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Art & Design

Art & Design


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Digital Arts Certificate

The Digital Arts Certificate program focuses on developing technical skill and creative artistry in digital photography and imaging. Students learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator or equivalent digital imaging and vector drawing tools.
Course projects include digital art studies, retouching, compositing, illustration, identity design, color matching and composition studies, photorealistic imaging, color correction and art exhibition development.

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DEV2 E849
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Online course. Register on-line for Digital Arts Certificate
No class meetings
Fee: $3203
22.5 CEUs

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Graphic Design Certificate

This online program begins with the fundamentals of design and guides you through the terms and processes you will use to turn your knowledge of design into a career. You will learn the rules of graphic design, as well as useful marketing strategies and information about art in the
electronic age. This course can be taken on either a Mac or a PC. You will need to have an Internet connection and email capabilities. Although not required, we recommend having some sort of image producing/editing software, like Paintshop Pro or Photoshop, which will help you to more easily create project assignments.

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DEV2 E821
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Online course
No class meetings
Fee: $1503
8.0 CEUs

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Multimedia Design Certificate

The Multimedia Certificate program focuses on providing the conceptual, technical, and visual design skills required to create multimedia applications and environments. You will learn professional applications for Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Adobe After Effects, or equivalent digital imaging, animation, digital video editing, and motion graphics tools.

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DEV2 E851
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Online course.
No class meetings
Fee: $3203
22.5 CEUs

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Fine Arts Training

This nationally recognized Fine Arts Training Online Program incorporates four courses to help you develop and unleash your full artistic potential in painting and drawing. You will begin with a foundation in the history of art, move on to basic drawing and figure drawing, explore the concepts of line, mass, form, perspective, value, and composition, learn how to capture realistic and expressive portraits, and pick up your paintbrush and study a systematic and time-honored approach to oil painting that enables you to capture proportion, perspective, and lighting in the world around you.

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DEV3 E854 Register on-line for Fine Arts Training
Online course
No class meetings
Fee: $1403
20.0 CEUs

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Cal Poly Continuing Education
& University Outreach
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0442
(805) 756-2053
Last Updated: 08/10/2008
E-mail: continuing-ed@calpoly.edu