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Art Center College of Design | Pasadena, California | Leading By Design

Course of Study

 

ALL TRACKS

TERM 1 (All)

Writing Studio or
Writing Studio Intensive
3
Digital Design 1
3
Design 1 GPK/ILL/ADT
3
Head and Hands
3
Composition and Drawing
3

TERM 2 (All)

Critical Practice 1
3
Design 2: Structure & Color
3
Perspective or
Vis Comm Fund 1
3
Composition and Painting
3
Drawing Concepts 1
3
Illustration Now 1
3

TERM 3 (All)

Critical Practice 2
3
Intro to Modernism
3
Materials of Art & Design or
Materials of Art & Design or
Vis Comm Fund 2
3
Sketching for Illustration or
Sketching for Entertainment
3
Expressive Type - Illus
3
3rd Term Portfolio Review
0

ENTERTAINMENT ARTS TRACK

TERM 4 (Entertainment Arts)

3
Inventive Drawing
3
Creative Perspective
3
History of Art 1 or
History of Art 2 or
History of Art 3 or
History of Illustration or
Graphic Design History 1
3

TERM 5 (Entertainment Arts)

Color Theory for Entertainment
3
Storyboarding
3
Digital Landscape
3
Style
3

TERM 6 (Entertainment Arts)

Visual Development
3
6th Term Portfolio Review
0
Intro to Matte Painting
3
1 TDS Course
3

TERM 7 (Entertainment Arts)

3
Inventive Character 1
3
Inventive Character 1
3

TERM 8 (Entertainment Arts)

Ent Senior Projects
3
Portfolio Design Lab
3

HUMANITIES AND DESIGN SCIENCES

HMN courses
9
CUL courses
3
MAT courses
9
PRP courses
6

TOTAL REQUIRED (Visual Storytelling for Film)

Total Required Units
Additional Elective Units
Total Units Needed to Graduate
123
12
135

FINE ART PAINTING TRACK

TERM 4 (Fine Art)

Rethinking Art 1
3
Drawing Concepts 2 or
Drawing for Illustration or
Drawing as Process
3
Portraiture or
Color Theory
3
Painting Strategies
3
History of Art 1 or
History of Art 2 or
History of Art 3 or
History of Illustration or
Graphic Design History
3

TERM 5 (Fine Art)

Studio Practice
3
Color Theory or
Portraiture
3
Illustrative Story Telling or
Image and Idea
3
Nude Body
3

TERM 6 (Fine Art)

6th Term Portfolio Review
0
1 TDS course
3
Adv Portraiture
3

TERM 7 (Fine Art)

Business 101
3
Senior Drawing Projects
3
Studio Visits 1 or
Visiting Artists Workshop 1
3

TERM 8 (Fine Art)

3
Dialogues w/Visiting Artists
3
Senior Painting Projects
3
Portfolio Design Lab
3

HUMANITIES AND DESIGN SCIENCES

HMN courses
9
CUL courses
3
MAT courses
9
PRP courses
6

TOTAL REQUIRED (Fine Art)

Total Required Units
Additional Elective Units
Total Units Needed to Graduate
126
9
135

ILLUSTRATION DESIGN TRACK

TERM 4 (Design)

Color Theory or
Portraiture
3
Image and Idea
3
Illustration Design Lab
3
Illustration Design
3
Graphic Design History 1 or
History of Art 1 or
History of Art 2 or
History of Art 3 or
History of Illustration
3

TERM 5 (Design)

Fashion Illustration or
Drawing Concepts 2
3
Illustrative Story Telling
3
Adv Illustration Studio
3
Adv Portraiture or
Motion Design 1
3

TERM 6 (Design)

Illus for Publishing or
Children's Book Illustration or
Motion Design 2
3
6th Term Portfolio Review
0
1 TDS course
3

TERM 7 (Design)

Business 101
3
Notorious
3
Supersized or
3D Motion Graphics or
Nude Body
3

TERM 8 (Design)

Portfolio Design Lab
3

HUMANITIES AND DESIGN SCIENCES

HMN courses
9
CUL courses
3
MAT courses
9
PRP courses
6

TOTAL REQUIRED (Design)

Total Required Units
Additional Elective Units
Total Units Needed to Graduate
120
15

135

MOTION ILLUSTRATION TRACK

TERM 4 (Motion)

Image and Idea
3
Storyboarding for Motion
3
Illustration Design Lab
3
Motion Design 1
3

TERM 5 (Motion)

Advanced Illustration Studio
3
Color Theory for Entertainment
3
Language of the Moving Image 1
3
Language of the Moving Image Seminar
3
Drawing Concepts 2 or
Drawing for Illustration or
Inventive Drawing or
Drawing as Process
3

TERM 6 (Motion)

Motion Design 2
3
Illustrative Story Telling
3
1 TDS course
3
6th Term Portfolio Review
0

TERM 7 (Motion)

Notorious!
3
3D Motion Graphics or
Nude/Body
3
Business 101
3

TERM 8 (Motion)

Portfolio Design Lab
3

HUMANITIES AND DESIGN SCIENCES

HMN courses
9
CUL courses
3
MAT courses
9
PRP courses
6

TOTAL REQUIRED (Motion)

Total Required Units
Additional Elective Units
Total Units Needed to Graduate
123
12
135

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