This broad, cross-disciplinary studio course will introduce students to a variety of animation techniques. Students learn the basics of animation through exploration of various tools and software while examining both historical and contemporary animated works. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credit hours when identified under a different subtitle.

Through course readings, personal investigations, creative projects and critiques, students will gain skills and knowledge on the history, use, and creation of typefaces. This course covers content ranging from creation to application across a variety of media, and explores a range of topics surrounding typography-from minute details of use to holistic understanding of its essential role in graphic communication.

Students prepeare professional quality assignments in lettering, pictogram systems, logos, and corporate identity design, line art, and cartoons for advertising illustration, as well as solutions for posters, billboards, folders, storyboards, and cover illustration. Nine studio hours per week.

Students prepeare professional quality assignments in lettering, pictogram systems, logos, and corporate identity design, line art, and cartoons for advertising illustration, as well as solutions for posters, billboards, folders, storyboards, and cover illustration. Nine studio hours per week.

An introductory digital-media studio course in graphic design. Emphasis will be placed on the study of typography, illustration, and layout design, as well as the social, political, and historical impact of graphic design. Technical and theoretical issues pertinent to the field will be presented.

An introductory digital-media studio course in graphic design. Emphasis will be placed on the study of typography, illustration, and layout design, as well as the social, political, and historical impact of graphic design. Technical and theoretical issues pertinent to the field will be presented.

An introductory digital-media studio course in graphic design. Emphasis will be placed on the study of typography, illustration, and layout design, as well as the social, political, and historical impact of graphic design. Technical and theoretical issues pertinent to the field will be presented.

This course offers an overview of digital drawing fundamentals including drawing software, tablet drawing, and hybrid processes. It introduces the field of digital illustration through topics such as observational digital drawing, survey of line techniques, analog/digital interaction, and editorial illustration. Students will engage in both short-term formal drawing exercises and long-term illustration projects. Emphasis will be placed on digital drawing as both a fine art and graphic medium.

This course offers an overview of digital drawing fundamentals including drawing software, tablet drawing, and hybrid processes. It introduces the field of digital illustration through topics such as observational digital drawing, survey of line techniques, analog/digital interaction, and editorial illustration. Students will engage in both short-term formal drawing exercises and long-term illustration projects. Emphasis will be placed on digital drawing as both a fine art and graphic medium.

Students strengthen drawing skills through observation and in experimentation with process and strategy. Students gain a better understanding of design and composition in relationship to overall outcome of drawing and explore a range of drawing materials.