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History of Fashion

Focus on key moments in fashion history across time and culture as reference points for current fashion and design. You will explore modes of dress and ideals of beauty by highlighting the sources of influence on current fashion.

Film Music Appreciation

Learn the history of film music, from the birth of sound film to today. You will trace the historical development of the art of film music and how it supports the narrative elements of the story.

Introduction to Radio/Podcasting

Produce your own podcasts. You’ll learn the professional roles associated with radio broadcasting and gain basic audio editing skills, interviewing techniques, and radio production abilities. (This course is cross-listed with COM 150.)

Character Design 1: Bringing Characters to Life

Explore quick drawing, line-of-action, volume, and caricature skills will help as you design original characters, make model sheets and turnarounds.

Visual Development 2

You’ll use your vivid imagination and strong drawing and painting skills to help you create characters and environments that set the mood of a story.

Paperback Book Covers

You will use different media and techniques to create original cover art from photo references for genres encompassing science-fiction fantasy: fairy tales, cyberpunk, space; fiction: teen and young adult, historical fiction, gothic horror; romance: enemies to lovers, romantic suspense, forbidden love; mystery and suspense, and children’s book. (This course is… Read More

Comprehensive Design Studio

Interior architectural designers are creative problem solvers. In this six-unit class, you’ll identify specific design problems, research case studies for innovative design solutions, apply design knowledge and skills to formulate and document a solution for a complex commercial project, and develop a complete presentation across a range of media.

Clothed Figure Drawing 1

Draw the clothed figure in various situations. You’ll study physical flexibility in observational drawing, the essential relationships of the body, how to achieve three-dimensional form, proportion, foreshortening, and how to construct folds.

Model Making – Fall

The ability to communicate your design ideas in quick and accurate ways is a valuable skill. Through design and modeling projects, you will learn to make design models for industrial design evaluation.

Color Rendering Techniques

Create authentic versions of your designs using professional rendering techniques. Working in a variety of graphic communication mediums, you’ll increase your ability to depict effects of color, light, material, and texture in the built environment.