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Introduction to Lighting Design

Lighting is an art and a science. You’ll develop lighting designs, technical drawings, and specifications for residential and commercial interiors that use light to illuminate colors, forms, and textures, while adhering to energy codes and illuminance guidelines.

Interactive Music Production

Unleash your inner music producer with Apple’s premier music software, Logic Pro! Groove into music creation with hands-on guidance from an industry pro. You’ll master the tools for composing, arranging, editing, and mixing, and leave with a polished track and the skills to kickstart your music production journey!

Papermaking/Mixed Media

Paper is a powerful, creative tool. You’ll learn how natural and raw plant materials become unique papers using historical and contemporary techniques. Turn these papers into amazing projects for book arts, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and wearables. (This course is cross-listed with JEM 643.)

Music and Sound Design Professional Practices

Develop your demo reel and portfolio materials in preparation to enter the soundtrack for media industry. You’ll build a professional demo reel that demonstrates your abilities as a music creator or sound designer that effectively supports the narrative and emotional content of visual media. Professional practices in the entertainment media… Read More

Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction – The Screenplay

You will create a horror, science fiction or fantasy short screenplay. Along the way you will learn the foundational principles of each genre and how to write an effective screenplay with compelling characters, who live in believable worlds that will capture the audience’s attention. (This course is cross-listed with WRI… Read More

Foundational Design Studio I

Set the foundation for your architecture studies using concepts and skills in written, spoken, and visual form. You’ll learn the principal concepts of architecture by engaging in an iterative design process where you develop conceptual and spatial ideas through deliberate experimentation.

Type Systems

Building on the skills learned in Type Forms and Type Composition, you will learn to construct larger systems of typography through the development of linear narrative structures, non-linear interactive formats, and coordinated brand expressions. You will develop typographic communications and technical solutions for a wider array of mediums and platforms.

Fundamentals of Lookdev and Lighting

Learn how to render beautiful animations, just like your favorite studios. You’ll learn core principles of looked and lighting, including painting in 3D, how to work with BRDF shaders, linear lighting, animation caches, compositing of render passes, and much more.

Studio 2: Spatial Ordering and Form

Develop your critical design decision-making abilities through experimentation. You will research and analyze a case study project, identify key spatial ideas, and incorporate these ideas through an iterative process of model-making, diagramming, and drawing for small scale projects.