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Bachelor's
The 3D Modeling/Animation program incorporates traditional skills, such as sculpture and drawing, with 3D digital skills to create 3D models and animations in a digital environment. Students apply concepts such as lighting effects, camera angles, motion studies, digital video and sound to create scenes.
Part of the training in the 3D Modeling/Animation program prepares students for the work environment of this industry. They learn to create a project concept and plan a production schedule and to work with a team to meet project deadlines. Classes help students to cultivate knowledge of current and historic industry examples.
The successful animator is able to compose, develop, and direct a scene that conveys a specific idea. Students apply their traditional art skills, 3D composite and photo editing skills to create animations that demonstrate that competence within an industry specialization.
Bachelor's
Students who pursue a design program learn how to conceptualize and execute a project for a specific target audience.
As students progress through the program, they create a body of work that demonstrates their creativity, analytical thinking, and expertise in graphic design techniques.
Students learn how to combine typography and images to create a wide variety of designs such as magazine and newspaper advertisements, television story boards, and product packaging and displays. They learn to use the elements of design to clearly communicate corporate image or personal identity. The success of their designs is dependent upon their mastery of the concepts of white space, color, headlines, copy blocks, photographs, original art, logotypes, borders and other typographic devices.
Design students must develop finely-tuned analytical skills. Their assignments are based on learning to analyze the needs of a client, create a concept that will meet those needs, and clearly articulate that concept, both visually and verbally. Professional communication skills and business acumen are essential to success in the design field.
A variety of methods and tools are applied in the completion of projects. Design students will learn to use industry standard graphic arts equipment and software to produce fully-functioning electronic files.
Project management is also an important component of the program. Students must learn to plan and execute projects with multiple deadlines in an efficient and professional manner.
Bachelor's
The Illustration Department offers the Illustration program for students who want to enter a career in professional illustration. The successful illustrator is able to convey emotions, interpret events, tell a story or market a product or idea through the use of artistic concepts and images. Illustrators must master a wide range of drawing media and techniques to meet the objectives of a wide range of employers and projects.
Students in the Illustration program learn to produce work of high quality that is stylistically strong and reproducible. Classes emphasize flexibility, follow-through and a high level of professionalism.
Projects assigned are based on realistic job situations. Students learn to work independently and as a team to conceptualize and complete projects. They demonstrate proficiency and versatility in producing work for publication. Consistency, confidence and personal style are emphasized as the student develops a professional portfolio.
The Illustration program also cultivates professional skills that will prepare students for successful careers. Some of these skills include creating an illustration from verbal or visual instruction, following a solid work process from concept to completion, and applying marketing principles to creating freelance opportunities.
The Illustration curriculum and faculty guide students through a series of increasingly complex illustrations for advertising and editorial use. The program also concentrates on merging the student’s traditional training with digital skills to prepare them for the rapid technological advances in the field. Students produce a final portfolio that will exhibit personal illustrative style and abilities in design, page layout and art direction.
Bachelor's
The Life Drawing department offers a program in Life Drawing. Students who pursue this major work to perfect their traditional drawing techniques.
The courses in the Life Drawing program focus on intensive study of the figure in a variety of contexts. Students complete assignments which require them to render a representational figure, draw a figure in action, compose a figure within an environment, and compose multiple figures in a narrative mode.
Students strive to develop an individualized style in their work and to produce a professional portfolio that exemplifies their creative vision.
Bachelor's
Multimedia/Web Design is a program that compliments the student’s traditional training with digital skills. Students learn to use several software programs to create interactive and time-based media that targets a specific market and objective.
Students in the Multimedia/Web Design program develop expertise in the use of computers to manipulate images, prepare print layouts and create web designs. Through the projects assigned, students apply graphic design concepts using typography, photography, illustration, web programming, interface design, video and animation. Students are also trained in image-processing, color correction and three dimensional model building.
All of these skills are applied to class assignments which require students to identify a target market, develop a concept for that market, and clearly communicate that concept both visually and verbally. The ability to manage workflow and multiple deadlines is essential in progressing from concept to output.
During their studies, students will produce a body of work which demonstrates their expertise in developing interactive and time based presentations displaying awareness of context of display, non-linear linking structures, time-based media, and user oriented navigational systems.
Bachelor's
The Oil Painting program trains students in the technical aspects of oil painting. Coursework and assignments direct students through the process of creating a unique, consistently styled portfolio of work. As they develop a personal creative vision, Oil Painting students apply critical, historical and theoretical principles to their own work while developing the professional business practices of the fine art field.
Bachelor's
Students in the Watercolor Painting program are trained in the necessary tools and techniques to create works for exhibition, sale or reproduction. Students learn to select the appropriate content, format and materials to meet the objectives of an audience or client. They apply concepts such as color theory and light and shadow to create works that convey a sense of atmosphere, mood or drama.
Students are expected to define an aesthetic philosophy that guides the development of their work as they assemble a professional portfolio.
The 3D Modeling/Animation program incorporates traditional skills, such as sculpture and drawing, with 3D digital skills to create 3D models and animations in a digital environment. Students apply concepts such as lighting effects, camera angles, motion studies, digital video and sound to create scenes.
Part of the training in the 3D Modeling/Animation program prepares students for the work environment of this industry. They learn to create a project concept and plan a production schedule and to work with a team to meet project deadlines. Classes help students to cultivate knowledge of current and historic industry examples.
The successful animator is able to compose, develop, and direct a scene that conveys a specific idea. Students apply their traditional art skills, 3D composite and photo editing skills to create animations that demonstrate that competence within an industry specialization.
Bachelor's
Students who pursue a design program learn how to conceptualize and execute a project for a specific target audience.
As students progress through the program, they create a body of work that demonstrates their creativity, analytical thinking, and expertise in graphic design techniques.
Students learn how to combine typography and images to create a wide variety of designs such as magazine and newspaper advertisements, television story boards, and product packaging and displays. They learn to use the elements of design to clearly communicate corporate image or personal identity. The success of their designs is dependent upon their mastery of the concepts of white space, color, headlines, copy blocks, photographs, original art, logotypes, borders and other typographic devices.
Design students must develop finely-tuned analytical skills. Their assignments are based on learning to analyze the needs of a client, create a concept that will meet those needs, and clearly articulate that concept, both visually and verbally. Professional communication skills and business acumen are essential to success in the design field.
A variety of methods and tools are applied in the completion of projects. Design students will learn to use industry standard graphic arts equipment and software to produce fully-functioning electronic files.
Project management is also an important component of the program. Students must learn to plan and execute projects with multiple deadlines in an efficient and professional manner.
Bachelor's
The Illustration Department offers the Illustration program for students who want to enter a career in professional illustration. The successful illustrator is able to convey emotions, interpret events, tell a story or market a product or idea through the use of artistic concepts and images. Illustrators must master a wide range of drawing media and techniques to meet the objectives of a wide range of employers and projects.
Students in the Illustration program learn to produce work of high quality that is stylistically strong and reproducible. Classes emphasize flexibility, follow-through and a high level of professionalism.
Projects assigned are based on realistic job situations. Students learn to work independently and as a team to conceptualize and complete projects. They demonstrate proficiency and versatility in producing work for publication. Consistency, confidence and personal style are emphasized as the student develops a professional portfolio.
The Illustration program also cultivates professional skills that will prepare students for successful careers. Some of these skills include creating an illustration from verbal or visual instruction, following a solid work process from concept to completion, and applying marketing principles to creating freelance opportunities.
The Illustration curriculum and faculty guide students through a series of increasingly complex illustrations for advertising and editorial use. The program also concentrates on merging the student’s traditional training with digital skills to prepare them for the rapid technological advances in the field. Students produce a final portfolio that will exhibit personal illustrative style and abilities in design, page layout and art direction.
Bachelor's
The Life Drawing department offers a program in Life Drawing. Students who pursue this major work to perfect their traditional drawing techniques.
The courses in the Life Drawing program focus on intensive study of the figure in a variety of contexts. Students complete assignments which require them to render a representational figure, draw a figure in action, compose a figure within an environment, and compose multiple figures in a narrative mode.
Students strive to develop an individualized style in their work and to produce a professional portfolio that exemplifies their creative vision.
Bachelor's
Multimedia/Web Design is a program that compliments the student’s traditional training with digital skills. Students learn to use several software programs to create interactive and time-based media that targets a specific market and objective.
Students in the Multimedia/Web Design program develop expertise in the use of computers to manipulate images, prepare print layouts and create web designs. Through the projects assigned, students apply graphic design concepts using typography, photography, illustration, web programming, interface design, video and animation. Students are also trained in image-processing, color correction and three dimensional model building.
All of these skills are applied to class assignments which require students to identify a target market, develop a concept for that market, and clearly communicate that concept both visually and verbally. The ability to manage workflow and multiple deadlines is essential in progressing from concept to output.
During their studies, students will produce a body of work which demonstrates their expertise in developing interactive and time based presentations displaying awareness of context of display, non-linear linking structures, time-based media, and user oriented navigational systems.
Bachelor's
The Oil Painting program trains students in the technical aspects of oil painting. Coursework and assignments direct students through the process of creating a unique, consistently styled portfolio of work. As they develop a personal creative vision, Oil Painting students apply critical, historical and theoretical principles to their own work while developing the professional business practices of the fine art field.
Bachelor's
Students in the Watercolor Painting program are trained in the necessary tools and techniques to create works for exhibition, sale or reproduction. Students learn to select the appropriate content, format and materials to meet the objectives of an audience or client. They apply concepts such as color theory and light and shadow to create works that convey a sense of atmosphere, mood or drama.
Students are expected to define an aesthetic philosophy that guides the development of their work as they assemble a professional portfolio.
