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Thesis/Portfolio: 3D Design

Make a plan to finish your thesis project and/or 3D design portfolio in this self-directed course. You’ll use skills obtained throughout the program to include the work that best reflects your unique design point of view and identity. This course may be repeated to complete the thesis or portfolio.

Illustration Thesis Studio

Get individual, specific direction on your thesis. We’ll help you use comments from the review committee to improve your theses, address personal skill issues, and make a plan to complete the project successfully.

MAT Capstone

Document creative and professional accomplishments while developing an advocacy-driven art education project. Integrate your art, curriculum, pedagogical knowledge, experience, and research into multimedia tools that demonstrate your achievements and support career advancement and preparing for final review.

Object-Oriented Programming and Design

Learn essential techniques for organizing code into classes. Explore common design patterns used throughout game programming to facilitate in writing scalable, maintainable code.

Principles of Computer Science

Learn to think like a programmer. You’ll write programs to move a robot, learn numbering systems, problem-solving, API design, and other concepts foundational to programming. Designed to support GAP 125, but topics apply to all forms of programming.

Real-Time Engines for Interactive Media

Many industries have begun using real-time engines to create interactive experiences and rapidly iterate on new design ideas. This course explores key concepts related to real-time engines and provides hands-on experience with creating basic interactive experiences with freely available tools, like Unreal Engine.

Student Teaching

Conduct ongoing reflection on your student teaching experience by documenting your insights, ideas, and concerns, while being guided through preparations for the required CalTPA state assessments.

Digital Painting for Visual Development

Intensive digital painting tailored to the visual development design process. You’ll utilize Photoshop and 3D software to create a suite of thematically related pieces demonstrating consistent lighting and effective value, color, depth, and focal point(s).

Architectural History – Introduction

Gain a broad overview of Western and non-Western architectural development from early to pre-modern periods—approximately 3000 B.C. to 1890 A.D. You will attain an essential frame of reference for the understanding of the cultural evolution of architecture.

Thesis Preparation and Development

Prepare for the final Master of Architecture Thesis course. You’ll begin by critically thinking through an architectural problem and researching related topics to your proposal: social equity concerns, environmental considerations, program development, and typology studies, among others.