Continuing Education

ACT 123—Improvisation 1

You will engage in experiential activities that involve risk taking, creativity, and spontaneity. You will also play off their partner’s suggestions, connect with characters, create environments, and articulate a story on the spot with confidence.

Onsite Only

ANM 180—Introduction to Animation Principles & Techniques

You will gain hands-on experience with techniques including the media of clay, paper cutouts, found objects, pixilation, and stop motion puppets.

Onsite Only

COM 208—Fundamentals of Drone Production

You will be introduced to and gain hands-on experience with exciting capabilities presented by the emerging field of drone photography. You will also conduct aerial photography and cinematography exercises by flying various drones to create dynamic aerial footage.

Onsite Only

FSH 184—Styling

You will be provided the foundation of a styling portfolio as you gain hands-on experience developing concepts and assembling compelling outfits for photo shoots. Fashion culture, working with a model, photographer, and a make-up artist will be covered.

FA 110—Still Life

This is a focused introduction to still life painting. You learn to indicate simple form with a single light source and then learn to paint form lights, various forms, and cast shadows.

FA 143—Silkscreen 1

You will be introduced to the art of prints using the direct photo emulsion stencil method of printing with water-based inks. You will also develop specialized knowledge for using a variety of papers and inks to create works of fine art and contemporary communications.

FA 423—Abstract Painting 1

In this course, abstraction is created from objective and non-objective sources. A strong emphasis is placed on composition, alignment, color, texture, shape relationships and paint application.

GAM 110—Introduction to Game Development

You will be introduced to the fundamentals of game design and development with an emphasis on the various roles that facilitate professional video game production. You will also get basic experience with development tools like Maya, Photoshop, and Unity while learning about the concepts and best practices that drive successful studios.

GAP 125—Programming for Games 1

You will be introduced to object-oriented programming with a focus on developing proficiency in the core C++ language. Topics will include program structure, functions, console input, variables, branching, looping, and programming statements. You will also diagram program flows, break down technical tasks, solve problems, and practice finding and removing bugs.

Online Only

ILL 177—Drawing for Tattoo and Skin Art

You will learn the basics of designing tattoo art, tattoo art history, and business practices for the art of tattooing. Topics will include tattoo line and color techniques, and communicating custom work ideas to clients.

Onsite Only

JEM 110—Jewelry & Metal Arts 1

You will create fine metal arts objects and jewelry using precious metals and learn basic fabrication, stone setting, metal forging, chasing, simple sinking, and die forming.

Online Only

MPT 106—Edit 1: The Art of Editing

You will be introduced to visual storytelling through the creative use of video editing. Using Adobe Premiere Pro, you will also learn the concepts of montage, screen direction, continuity and the elements of style while editing a narrative scene.

Onsite Only

MUS 120—Music Production 1

You will learn traditional music composition principles and apply them to 21st century production tools to create original musical sketches. You will also use digital audio workstations (DAW), virtual instruments and loops to sync music to video with SMPTE time code.

Onsite Only

PRO PH510—Digital Photography: Shooting

You will learn camera operations, exposure, and the essential elements of good composition.

Online Only

FASCU 231—Ceramic Sculpture

You will learn the techniques of hand building with clay as well as covering clay bodies, kiln firing, and an overview of the contemporary ceramic scene.

Onsite Only

PRO 314—Social Media Content Development

You will focus on producing content for cross-platform social media channels utilizing text, video, audio, and visual images. Emphasis will be on developing a unique social media voice and footprint for established, such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram, and emerging social media channels.

MPT 135—Virtual Reality/360 Production: The New Frontier

You will get hands-on experience working with different camera rigs, stitching footage together, and exploring storytelling techniques.

Onsite Only

WNM 105—Design Technology: Visual Design Tools

You will cover a wide range of fundamental technologies involved in professional digital design and production. Topics include: preparing graphics with emphasis on the use of vector graphics, font technologies and typography, color manipulation, the MacOS, production efficiencies, presentation and output methods.