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Animation & Visual Effects

Join one of the most dynamic Animation and VFX programs in the country. If you’re an aspiring storyboard artist, visual effects artist, 2D or 3D Animator, come learn from some of today’s most accomplished professionals in the heart of the animation industry.

Game Art

Learn techniques in game design, UI & UX, concept art, 3D character and environmental modeling, rigging, lighting, animation, and more. Gain specialized design skills including monetization, unique control types, rapid development via iteration, and production methods. Graduate with solid game art principles, including game engine technology and pre-production and production environments.

Game Development

Learn techniques in game design, UI & UX, concept art, 3D character and environmental modeling, rigging, lighting, animation, and more. Gain specialized design skills including monetization, unique control types, rapid development via iteration, and production methods. Graduate with solid game art principles, including game engine technology and pre-production and production environments.

Music Production

The Music Production degree programs will give you the production skills that contribute to the overall presentation of any visual image. We offer hands-on, narrative-driven courses taught by professional musicians and sound designers. What will you contribute to the future of visual media.

Communications & Media Technologies

Give your passion for media a professional focus. Learn from award-winning industry veterans as you produce and appear on broadcast shows and cutting edge 21st century media platforms. Multiplatform. Cutting edge. Hands-On. Start your career now.

Acting

Academy of Art University's School of Acting is rooted in developing craft, individual process, and truthful storytelling. By training well-rounded actors, we offer a unique professional environment in classes taught by working professionals. From stage to camera, voiceovers to commercials, the School of Acting is much more than a school—it's your opportunity to bring your passion to life.

Jewelry & Metal Arts

Art Education & Fine Art

The BFA in Art Education and Fine Art (Double Major) program provides a pathway to becoming an art teacher in classrooms, museums and community-based art programs. Through the Art Education coursework and fieldwork, students will learn how to develop successful curricula and art lesson plans for a wide range of audiences. Through the fine art major, students will develop a portfolio that will showcase their high level of artistic skill and their ability to solve creative problems through the synthesis of technical, aesthetic, and conceptual knowledge.

Motion Pictures & Television

The School of Motion Pictures & Television degree program is an immersive experience designed to give story tellers, communicators, and artists the skills to be heard and seen through film.

Visual Development

The School of Visual Development’s degree programs provide a dynamic education in the art of scene setting.

Illustration

Art History

In the Art History degree programs, you learn to think critically about the visual arts and visual culture. You will study in the classroom, and the studio, to develop your powers of perception, capacity for visual analysis, and knowledge of technical processes. Discover how to place art in its comprehensive historical context, to assess art and the field of art history critically and analytically, and to master research, writing, and presentation skills.