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Systems Design

Explore the formal systems structures of games. You will model complex game systems based on high-level game concepts and balance variables of systems using systems theory, the MDA model, core and compulsion loops, combat systems, narrative architecture, social systems, game economies, and more.

The Power of Composition

Use your composition and design skills to create powerful concept art. You’ll analyze the work of old masters, famous illustrators, and contemporary concept artists to improve your work.

Cinematics for Animation & VFX

Cinematics is the language and techniques of filmmaking. To learn Cinematics Animation and VFX, you’ll board, shoot, and edit a film, critically analyzing examples of film content and production to understand why choices in filmmaking are made.

Cultural Anthropology for Today’s Artist

Explore the depth of human and cultural diversity. Examining people’s interpretations of cultural differences, you’ll analyze how people identify themselves in terms of kinship, economics, religion, and artistic production.

Graphic Novel /Comic Book 2

Successful comic book artists are expert storytellers. You’ll learn the creation of style, story arc, page layout, sense of camera, and mood and time expression techniques needed to work with major or independent publications or self-publish. (This course is cross-listed with ILL 730.)

Respect for Acting

Jump into the world of objective-based acting! Through scene study, you will learn the basics of professional acting technique, focusing on making compelling acting choices and improving your performances based on adjustments. (This course is cross-listed with LA 104.)

Making the Music Video

Discover what it takes to create a music video. After you focus on breaking down and timing out a song and presenting initial concepts, you will concept, storyboard, shoot, edit, and complete a music video. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 805M.)

LA 125 OL1 – 2026 Summer

Podcast Production and Promotion

Explore podcasts from start to finish. You’ll write, host, record, and edit an original feature-length podcast to publish on iTunes and promote it using social media. Learn how concept development and various formats and styles affect a podcast. (This course is cross-listed with COM 250 and COM 750.)

Copywriting

Get the copywriting skills to craft well-written, creatively focused advertising. Assignments are based on creative strategies written by you. (This course is cross-listed with ADV 604.)