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Fall Thesis Development

Learn and apply user experience concepts and processes to your thesis project. Working through all stages of your interactive thesis project with fellow graduate students, you’ll solidify the research, target audience, personas, information architecture, wireframes, and more via an iterative workflow. (This course is cross-listed with IXD 820 and IXD… Read More

Data Structures and Algorithms

Take the leap from coder to software engineer. You will learn about asymptotic analysis of the various algorithms involved with arrays, linked lists, queues, stacks, strings, hash tables, trees, graphs, and more.

Fashion Business: Digital Techniques

You will learn to work fluidly between graphic design software programs and create concept boards, branding, merchandising and production documents, and marketing collateral to communicate information effectively.

Drawing Bootcamp: Dynamic Sketching

Improve your ability to create concept art by sketching various hard surfaces and organic subjects. You’ll start your own library of reference materials, including animals, vehicles, buildings, people, and assorted materials.

Production Design Foundations

While learning all about how a movie art department operates under the leadership of the Production Designer, you will have the opportunity to develop the visual style of how you “see” stories come to life. The basic roles and responsibilities of the creative team will be explored allowing you to… Read More

Textile Design: Knit Studio 1

Learn how to design and create knit fabrics. You will practice surface design methods such as felting, brushing, and basic macrame. Compose knit materials using hand-knit and crochet techniques and a mix of yarn types.

Composition and Painting

Increase the quality, scope, and breadth of your imaginative compositions. Make better paintings through a better understanding of the creative process and a deep dive into composition, value, pattern, tone, staging, mood, and color theories.

Still Life Painting

Develop your paint handling skills in value and color as you explore different organizational and compositional approaches to painting still life arrangements.

Design Communication 1

Create architectural drawings that convey design intent. Draft and model architectural spaces moving fluidly between 2D and 3D to create orthographic and isometric drawings. Learn the fundamentals of architectural drawing conventions and develop an efficient workflow incorporating Rhino and Adobe Suite.

Fashion Business: Marketing Promotion Strategy

Promotional strategies for fashion. You will create an integrated marketing plan including advertising, direct mail, publicity, public relations, personal selling, special events, and social networking.