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COURSE CATALOG 2019-2020 COURSE CATALOG SP19 SU19 FA19 SP20 SU20 FA20 Begin Your Future Here This book is more than a catalog. It tells of people, just like you, who aspire to do what they love everyday. These are accounts from students, graduates and faculty, who spend their days filling the world with beauty, making their visions into realities, and looking at things in a new light. If the following pages inspire you, take it as a sign. This could be the beginning of another story – yours. 2 1 OUR PROGRAMS SCHOOL OF ACTING MA Available Areas of SCHOOL OF FASHION MFA Fashion Merchandising & SCHOOL OF GAME DEVELOPMENT AA & BFA Available Areas of Emphasis: AA Acting* Emphasis: AA Fashion Management AA Game Development • Transportation Design BFA Acting* • 2D Animation and Stop Motion AA Fashion Journalism MFA Fashion Product Development BFA Game Development MA Acting* • 3D Animation AA Fashion Marketing MFA Footwear & Accessory Design* BS Game Programming SCHOOL OF INTERIOR MFA Acting* • 3D Modeling AA Fashion Merchandising MFA Knitwear Design* MA Game Development ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN • Visual Effects AA Fashion Product Development MFA Textile Design* MFA Game Development AA Interior Architecture & Design SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING AA Fashion Styling BFA Interior Architecture & Design AA Advertising SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AA Fashion Visual Merchandising AA Available Areas of Emphasis: SCHOOL OF GRAPHIC DESIGN CERT Interior Architecture & Design* AA Studio Production BA Architectural Design BA Fashion Journalism • Technical Fashion Design AA Graphic Design MA Interior Architecture & Design BFA Advertising B.Arch Architecture BFA Costume Design BFA Graphic Design MFA Interior Architecture & Design CERT Advertising* MA Advanced Architectural Design* BFA Fashion BFA Available Areas of Emphasis: CERT Graphic Design MA Advertising & Branded Media M.Arch Architecture BFA Fashion Marketing • Fashion Design* MA Graphic Design & Digital Media SCHOOL OF JEWELRY & METAL MFA Advertising BFA Fashion Merchandising • Pattern Making & 3-Dimensional Design MFA Graphic Design ARTS SCHOOL OF ART EDUCATION BFA Fashion Product Development for Fashion* AA Jewelry & Metal Arts SCHOOL OF ANIMATION & VISUAL BFA Art Education BFA Fashion Styling SCHOOL OF ILLUSTRATION BFA Jewelry & Metal Arts EFFECTS CRED Art Education BFA Fashion Visual Merchandising MFA Available Areas of Emphasis: AA Illustration MA Jewelry & Metal Arts AA Animation & Visual Effects MA Art Education BFA Footwear & Accessory Design* • Fashion Design* BFA Illustration MFA Jewelry & Metal Arts BFA Animation & Visual Effects MAT Art Education BFA Knitwear Design* CERT Illustration* CERT Animation & Visual Effects* BFA Textile Design* SCHOOL OF FINE ART MA Illustration SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE MA Animation & Visual Effects SCHOOL OF ART HISTORY CERT Fashion* AA Fine Art MFA Illustration ARCHITECTURE MFA Animation & Visual Effects BA Art History CERT Social Media Management BFA Fine Art BFA & MFA Available Areas of Emphasis: AA Landscape Architecture BFA Art History MA Costume Design CERT Fine Art* • Comics BFA Landscape Architecture BFA & MFA Available Areas of MA Art History** MA Fashion Art Direction MA Fine Art MA Landscape Architecture Emphasis: MA Fashion Journalism MFA Fine Art SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MFA Landscape Architecture • 2D Animation and Stop Motion SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS & MA Fashion Marketing AA Automotive Restoration* • 3D Animation MEDIA TECHNOLOGY MA Fashion Merchandising AA, BFA, MA & MFA Available Areas of AA Industrial Design • 3D Modeling BA Communications & Media Technology MFA Costume Design Emphasis: BFA Industrial Design • Storyboarding MA Communications & Media Technology MFA Fashion* • Drawing & Painting CERT Industrial Design* • Visual Effects MFA Fashion Marketing & Brand • Printmaking MA Industrial Design Management • Sculpture MFA Industrial Design *These Programs are not available online **These Programs are not available onsite 2 3 OUR PROGRAMS SCHOOL OF MOTION PICTURES & SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL OF WEB DESIGN & NEW TELEVISION AA Photography MEDIA AA Motion Pictures & Television BFA Photography AA Web Design & New Media BFA Motion Pictures & Television CERT Photography* BFA Web Design & New Media CERT Motion Pictures & Television MA Photography CERT Web Design & New Media* MA Writing & Directing for Film* MFA Photography MA Web Design & New Media MFA Motion Pictures & Television MFA Web Design & New Media BFA Available Areas of Emphasis: BFA Available Areas of Emphasis: • Documentary SCHOOL OF WRITING FOR FILM, • Cinematography • Fine Art Photography TELEVISION & DIGITAL MEDIA • Directing • Advertising/Photo Illustration BFA Writing for Film, Television & Digital • Editing Media • Production Design SCHOOL OF VISUAL MFA Writing for Film, Television & Digital • Producing DEVELOPMENT Media • Screenwriting AA Visual Development BFA Visual Development SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRODUCTION MA Visual Development & SOUND DESIGN FOR VISUAL MFA Visual Development MEDIA AA Music Production BFA Available Areas of Emphasis: AA Sound Design • Digital Art BFA Music Production BFA Music Scoring & Composition MA & MFA Available Areas of Emphasis: BFA Sound Design • Entertainment Art MA Music Scoring & Composition MA Sound Design MFA Music Scoring & Composition MFA Sound Design *These Programs are not available online **These Programs are not available onsite 4 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS 8 WHAT WE OFFER 657 FOUNDATIONS 12 HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL 661 ENGLISH FOR ART PURPOSES 18 WELCOME 667 LIBERAL ARTS 20 WHO WE ARE 687 GRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS 21 PHILOSOPHY 699 ONLINE EDUCATION 22 ACCREDITATION/MEMBERSHIP 24 MISSION STATEMENT PROGRAMS FOR EVERY LEVEL 703 PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS DEPARTMENTS & COURSES 705 PERSONAL ENRICHMENT 26 ACTING 705 CONTINUING ART EDUCATION 48 ADVERTISING 705 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 72 ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS 711 ATHLETICS 106 ARCHITECTURE 130 ART EDUCATION CAMPUS INFORMATION 146 ART HISTORY 716 FINANCIAL AID & TUITION 166 COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA 720 HEALTH INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY 721 CAMPUS LIFE (HOUSING & ACTIVITIES) 182 FASHION 721 ACADEMIC RESOURCES 286 FINE ART 725 ACADEMIC CALENDARS 328 GAME DEVELOPMENT 729 ADMISSIONS INFORMATION 364 GRAPHIC DESIGN 734 REGISTRATION INFORMATION 384 ILLUSTRATION 736 TRANSFER INFORMATION Watercolor painting by Richard S. Stephens, founder of Academy of Art University 410 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 737 UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND ACADEMIC 440 INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN INFORMATION 464 JEWELRY & METAL ARTS Student and Academic Policies (Catalog Addendum 1): 486 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE https://www.academyart.edu/wp-content/uploads/catalog-supple- 510 MOTION PICTURES & TELEVISION ment-and-academic-policies.pdf 540 MUSIC PRODUCTION & SOUND DESIGN Board of Directors, Administrators and Faculty (Catalog Addendum 2): FOR VISUAL MEDIA https://www.academyart.edu/wp-content/uploads/board-of-directors-adminis- 572 PHOTOGRAPHY trators-faculty.pdf 598 VISUAL DEVELOPMENT 618 WEB DESIGN & NEW MEDIA Course Fees & Prerequisites: 640 WRITING FOR FILM, TELEVISION & DIGITAL MEDIA https://my.academyart.edu/content/dam/assets/pdf/course_fees_prerequi- sites.pdf 6 7 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES ONLINE EDUCATION WHAT WE OFFER Associate of Arts Undergraduate + Graduate Degrees Bachelor of Arts Study 100% online, or take online classes toward your degree Bachelor of Science Earn the same credit as on campus classes Bachelor of Architecture For more information, visit http://online.academyart.edu Bachelor of Fine Arts PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS COURSES FOR BEGINNERS Certificate High School Art Experience Foundations coursework for every level Tuition-free high school scholarships No-barrier admissions policy; no portfolio required GRADUATE DEGREES Master of Arts PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Master of Fine Arts In-Service Teachers Master of Architecture Practicing professionals CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS PERSONAL ENRICHMENT Art Teaching Credential Continuing Art Education All levels from beginner to advanced FINANCIAL AID AND CAMPUS HOUSING visit us online at www.academyart.edu FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE Days, nights, weekends, online INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES Intersession classes offered between semesters* Help with immigration and visa questions *Financial Aid is not available for intersession classes. Search up-to-date ATHLETICS Take English for Art Purposes support courses and other university course schedules at www.academyart.edu courses at the same time NCAA PacWest Conference Intercollegiate Teams Recreational & Intramural Sports We are able to meet the needs of students from all skill levels and all backgrounds. Call an admissions representative today to personalize your educational plan: 1.800.544.2787. 8 9 AS YOU EXPLORE OUR EXCITING WORLD WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TO WATCH VIDEOS, AND TO SEE MORE STUDENT WORK. WWW.ACADEMYART.EDU 10 11 OVERVIEW HISTORY HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL We strongly believe that all students willing to 1966 make the commitment have the ability in them. • School name changed from Academy of Advertising Art to We are committed to hiring a faculty of distin- Academy of Art College guished professionals to help our students become • Academy is granted authority to offer a Bachelor’s Degree in professionals themselves. Fine Art • Fine Art, Fashion, Photography, Interior Design, Advertising and Illustration classes offered This is our 90 year tradition. • Academy acquires its own space at 740 Taylor Street 1929 1968 • Academy expands to 625 Sutter • Richard S. Stephens, Art Director for Sunset Magazine,