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History of Visual Development

To create the future of the profession, you must understand the past. You’ll explore the impact specific designers and artists have had, and see how production techniques, costs, financing, and marketing have evolved over time.

Magazine Print and Digital Media Publishing

Learn the art of self-publication. You will conceptualize, design, produce, and publish a digital and print magazine. (This course is cross-listed with FSH 488.)

Commercial Photography

Want to be a successful commercial photographer? Through commercial work, you’ll discover the importance of having a consistent vision, a willingness to collaborate, and a reliable and professional attitude.

Dada and Surrealism

Study the art, philosophy, and film of international Dada and Surrealist artists whose work became a turning point in the evolution of modern art history. You’ll examine both movements through the lens of Modernism and postmodernism. (This course is cross-listed with AHS 634.)

History of the Built Environment 1: Ancient to Gothic

Learn the stories of human cultures through the environments they built. Compare buildings and landscapes across the globe from prehistory to the 14th-century and discover how we lived shaped the spaces we built.

Music Scoring for Film

Acquire the skills to compose music scores for motion pictures to enhance your portfolio. You’ll use practical, technical, and aesthetic techniques to create an effective music score that reinforces the emotional content of films. (This course is cross-listed with MUS 375.)

Harmony 1

Learn to construct musical harmony and how harmony functions in support of melody. You will gain music composition skills by learning chords, scales, diatonic chord progressions and relationships, harmonic function, voice leading, and musical analysis.

Design Drawing 3

Rapid freehand sketching techniques will improve your work. You’ll quickly sketch free and geometric forms focusing on textures and material delineation. (This course is cross-listed with IND 712.)

Natural Systems in the Landscape

How do natural systems influence design decisions? While developing a deep understanding of natural systems, you’ll explore landscapes in your region to learn how to develop strategies for mapping and recording soil types, geological forms, watersheds, and other natural features. (This course is cross-listed with LA 115.)

Advanced Design Studio I – Design Process and Morphology

Explore an experience-driven design methodology where you develop phenomenologically focused spatial circumstances that come together in an architectural composition to fulfill scale-specific program requirements.