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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.

Writing for Film, Television & Digital Media

If your goal is to create a body of work that could launch your professional writing career, our program will give you the competitive edge you need. Tap into your imagination. Come up with great ideas. Find your unique voice. Take your writing skills to a new level.

Architecture

The School of Architecture is dedicated to advancing the art and practice of architecture by offering academic programs that foster critical thinking, artistic vision, and responsible leadership.

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.

Fashion Art Direction

The Fashion Marketing M.A. program offers future fashion marketers and managers a firm foundation to gain strategic consumer and market insights and knowledge on the fast-changing fashion industry, and to identify emerging trends in fashion business, marketing, technology and consumer in a global context. 

Fashion Design

Construct the styles of tomorrow. Learn from the finest creative minds working in fashion today. Students pursuing a Fashion Design degree have access to the tools and cutting-edge facilities needed for creating collections that garner accolades at New York Fashion Week, and the Graduation Fashion Show in San Francisco. Join us and bring your vision to life on the runway.

Game Design

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.

Automotive Restoration

Recognizing an industry demand for talented entry-level automotive restorers, the School of Industrial Design has launched a new Associate of Arts degree in Automotive Restoration.

Sound Design

The Sound Design degree programs at the Academy provide you with the ideal mix of art and science to help prepare you for a career in music.

Fashion Styling

As a Fashion Styling student at Academy of Art University, you will develop a styling portfolio and gain hands-on experience developing concepts and assembling compelling outfits for photo shoots. On graduation, you'll be fully trained to style, produce and art direct for print or online fashion magazines, ad campaigns, commercials, catalogs, look books, fashion shows, fashion videos and personal clients.

School of Graphic Design | Graphic Design

The School of Graphic Design degree programs give you a strong foundation in art and design principles across a broad range of media—including print, traditional, digital, interactive, product, and emerging media. You will develop the problem-solving skills to design critical and thoughtful messages, interfaces, and public spaces.

Art Education & Art History

The BFA in Art Education and Art History double major program will provide an opportunity for students who want to expand the scope of their respective programs to include more depth of knowledge, aesthetic/historical perspective and both practical and creative artistic and pedagogical skills that will open up professional paths in the future – in both the fields of Art Education and Art History.