Archives: Courses

March 20, 2026
This course will focus on an introduction to 3D. Students will learn the key features of modeling, animation, lighting, texturing,…
March 20, 2026
This lecture and studio course is focused on the use vector based imaging software for drawing and design. Comprehension of…
March 20, 2026
This foundation level drawing course is for graphic design students to gain competency in traditional basic of drawing, including line,…
March 20, 2026
This lecture and studio course introduces principles of creative visualization with the use of the computer and pixel based imaging…
March 20, 2026
This course investigates principles of pictorial organization through the relationship of composition and color of visual elements. This includes the…
February 18, 2026
"Fabrication 2 propels students into the thrilling realm of intermediate fabrication, bridging traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge digital tools to bring…
February 18, 2026
This course is an introduction to water-based media with an emphasis on transparent watercolor. Students learn the techniques of flat…
February 18, 2026
This 15-week course introduces students to the powerful combination of Blender’s Grease Pencil and Substance Painter, focusing on the integration…
February 18, 2026
The course examines the development of animation from its inception through present-day manifestations in television, films, and the Internet. Major…
September 13, 2025
Art: The lifeblood of creative expression. A world without art is a difficult scenario to imagine. But, behind any major…
September 13, 2025
This course will examine storytelling as our most powerful means of understanding ourselves and the world around us. Literature becomes…
September 13, 2025
This course traces the development of representational art since 1960 and coordinates it with the major changes in the art…
September 13, 2025
In the rapidly evolving world of creative industries, mastering the art of business and budgeting is crucial. This course is…
September 13, 2025
The Science of Sight is a comprehensive overview of the visual phenomenon of eyesight incorporating information from disciplines of anatomy…
September 13, 2025
This course examines contemporary representational art in galleries and museums of the greater Los Angeles area. Noted art writer John…
September 13, 2025
This course traces the major movements and canonical figures of Modernism from 1850-1960. The theoretical underpinnings of Modernism are examined…
September 13, 2025
How do environments influence our experience of the world? The spaces we occupy can be understood as characters in the…
September 13, 2025
This course will explore a wide range of less-familiar visual arts. Crossing the boundaries of time, culture, class, geography, and…
September 13, 2025
This course guides students in producing and assembling a body of work that is cohesive in methodology and concept and…
September 13, 2025
A 3-unit MFA studio class that will focus on drawing and painting derived from direct observation of the natural world…
September 13, 2025
This 3 unit MFA Studio class is entirely focused on painting portraits, what makes it unique is that different guest…
September 13, 2025
The live human figure will be the constant theme of this 3 unit MFA studio class. A variety of accomplished…
September 13, 2025
Creative Investigation is a three unit Graduate level studio class designed to expand the options and approaches to representational art,…
September 13, 2025
This course is a masters level portrait class. The creation of engaging portraits will be explored. Our models will be…
September 13, 2025
A continuation of painting the life model, emphasizing observation and accurate representation. Students convincingly depict the life model through the…
September 13, 2025
This 3-unit MFA Studio class is focused on painting and drawing methods passed down in workshops or ateliers. Academic practices…
September 13, 2025
This 3 credit MFA studio class utilizes several guest teachers with the focus on the topic of Narrative. Projects are…
September 13, 2025
A 3-unit MFA Studio class that is entirely focused on painting and or drawing compositions that support the clear objectives…
September 13, 2025
The Filtered Photo is a 3 unit MFA Studio class is focused on skillful incorporation of photography involved in the…
September 13, 2025
This graduate level studio course is designed to explore and enhance the connection between materials, methods and the resultant meaning…
September 13, 2025
This course draws on contemporary and classical sources, both literary and visual, to create narrative works. Lessons in constructing narrative…
September 13, 2025
The human figure occupies various positions on the spectrum between the analytically anatomical to the purely poetic. This course will…
September 13, 2025
This studio course is tailored to the student who wants to maximize productive work and seriously curtail procrastination. Heightened accountability,…
September 13, 2025
In this studio course will explore and develop personal content and examine the ramifications of public exposure. Research and strategies…
September 13, 2025
This specialized course is designed to develop the MFA Thesis: a substantial summative statement analyzing and explaining the student's final…
September 13, 2025
This specialized course is designed to develop the MFA Thesis: a substantial summative statement analyzing and explaining the student's final…
September 13, 2025
This specialized course is designed to develop the MFA Thesis: a substantial summative statement analyzing and explaining the student's final…
September 13, 2025
This course examines the writing of other visual artists from a variety of mediums and reviews the fundamentals of English…
September 13, 2025
This course is designed to prepare students for careers as professional artists and college-level educators. The course will also serve…
September 13, 2025
Mentor Studio 4 culminates with the student's graduate exhibition.
September 13, 2025
This course is concerned with further clarifying the formal and conceptual direction the graduate's work is to take through the…
September 13, 2025
In this course, the student continues the work begun in Mentor Studio 1, producing more resolved, focused studies based on…
September 13, 2025
This course is dedicated principally to identifying and exploring directions the student's work may take, including such aspects as subject…
September 13, 2025
Art: The lifeblood of creative expression. A world without art is a difficult scenario to imagine. But, behind any major…
September 13, 2025
How do environments influence our experience of the world? The spaces we occupy can be understood as characters in the…
September 13, 2025
This course explores the psychological and neural foundations of creativity and aesthetic experience, from the brushstrokes of a painting to…
September 13, 2025
Art: The lifeblood of creative expression. A world without art is a difficult scenario to imagine. But, behind any major…
September 13, 2025
This course will examine storytelling as our most powerful means of understanding ourselves and the world around us. Literature becomes…
September 13, 2025
From the mystics of the East to the Classical philosophy of the west, this survey course takes a look at…
September 13, 2025
Myths are the dreams of the people. And familiar faces and patterns — that is to say, archetypes — run…