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History of Comics: American Comics

Some argue comics are uniquely American. By studying significant American comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels, you’ll identify the styles, trends, and subject matter of cartoonists, illustrators, and authors and recognize how social conditions and styles align.

LA 195 OL1 – 2026 Summer

Architecture Theory

The influence of architecture goes far beyond the buildings you see. Discover the history of the most significant architectural ideas and strategies and learn to articulate your position within its spectrum.

Into the Industry

Develop the professional collateral needed to enter the entertainment industry. Create a professional website, resume, demo reel, and a personal pitch. Create and package a project to market to the industry upon graduation. (This course is cross-listed with ACT 710 and MPT 810.)

Educational Psychology

Effective teaching starts with healthy psychological principles. Explore educational practices, student development and characteristics, learning processes, and teaching strategies to better understand your students and yourself. Course content is supported by fieldwork observations and interviews. (This course is cross-listed with ARE 600, GLA 600, and LA 305.)

Final Portfolio

In preparation for final degree reviews, students develop a cohesive physical and web-based portfolio that includes a comprehensive body of unique, impactful, and memorable print and digital work showcasing advanced conceptualization, innovation, and photographic abilities. Additional emphasis on self-promotion materials and marketing plans will be implemented. (This course is cross-listed… Read More

AI for Designers

You will embark on an immersive journey, blending traditional principles with multiple AI applications to develop portfolio quality design work. Beginning with an exploration of AI’s impact on graphic design and ethical considerations, the course progresses through fundamental design principles, generative AI applications, seamless workflow integration, and collaborative concept generation. Read More

Game Studio – Art (Fall)

The Collaborative Project class models the workflows, pipelines, and interdisciplinary environment of a professional game development studio. Students studying Game Art will generate concepts and 2D and 3D assets with the goals of creating portfolio-ready work and potentially releasable, published projects on a variety of platforms. The fall section of… Read More

Corporate Sponsored Project: Product Design

In this corporate sponsored project, students will be given a project directly by the sponsor. Students will produce product design concepts based on the sponsor’s project brief and will make adjustments based on sponsor feedback. Emphasis will be placed on concept, research, refinement, deliverables, presentation, and meeting project objectives. (This… Read More

The Creative Process

Artists and designers are creative problem solvers. Explore the art and science of creativity. You’ll analyze your own creative process to find strengths and develop solutions-based skills that will help you realize your creative potential. (This course is cross-listed with LA 125.)