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Awarding body:

American Academy Of Art

Modules:

The courses are Fundamentals of Art I 5 Semester Credit Hours, Beginning Life Drawing I 5 Semester Credit Hours, English Language Arts I 3 Semester Credit Hours, Freshman Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hour, Fundamentals of Art II 5 Semester Credit Hours, Beginning Life Drawing II 5 Semester Credit Hours, Anatomy 3 Semester Credit Hours, 2-D Animation/Digital Video I 5 Semester Credit Hours, Computer Graphics Foundations 5 Semester Credit Hours, English Language Arts II 3 Semester Credit Hours, Art History Survey I 3 Semester Credit Hours, Intermediate 2-D Design 5 Semester Credit Hours, Visual Communications I 5 Semester Credit Hours, Art History Survey II 3 Semester Credit Hours, (One of Four) Film and Society; Film and Society: World Cultures; Visual Culture; or Art and Activism 3 Semester Credit Hours, Visual Communications II 5 Semester Credit Hours Electronic Imaging 5 Semester Credit Hours, Math 101 3 Semester Credit Hours, Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours, Digital and Pre-press Production 5 Semester Credit Hours, Packaging and Design 5 Semester Credit Hours, (One of three) Intro to Lab Science; Vision, Light and Color; or Advanced Anatomy 3 Semester Credit Hours, (One of seven) Survey of American Illustration; History of Graphic Design; 20th Century and Contemporary Art History; Art History: Renaissance and Baroque; Art History: Art and Technology; Art History: Rococco and Neo-Classical; or World Art 3 Semester Credit Hours, Visual Communications III 5 Semester Credit Hours, Studio Elective 200/300 or 400 5 Semester Credit Hours, Studio Elective 200/300 or 400 5 Semester Credit Hours, Portfolio: Visual Communications 3 Semester Credit Hours, (One of three) Web Design I; or Multimedia I: Interactive Graphics; or Internship 5 Semester Credit Hours, (One of four) Film and Society; Film and Society: World Cultures; Visual Culture; or Art and Activism 3 Semester Credit Hours, Professional Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours.

Cost:

US $11,940 per semester

Duration:

Variable

Study mode:

Full time

Course description:

In this program, students are taught how to conceptualize and execute a project for a specific target audience. As they progress through the program, they create a body of work that demonstrates their creativity, analytical thinking, and expertise in graphic design techniques. Students learn how to combine typography and images to create a wide variety of designs such as magazine and newspaper advertisements, television story boards, and product packaging and displays. They learn to use the elements of design to clearly communicate corporate image or personal identity. The success of their designs is dependent upon their mastery of the concepts of white space, color, headlines, copy blocks, photographs, original art, logotypes, borders and other typographic devices.

Entry requirements:

Applicants should be a high school graduates or recipients of the G.E.D. and obtained a minimum TOEFL score of 500 (paper-based), 173 (computer-based) and 61 (internet-based). Additionally an interview with a representative of the school should be taken up by the applicants when they apply.

Application details:

Applicants should submit the completed application form along with $25 non-refundable application fee. In addition to this an official transcript of grades from a high school and any post-secondary school attended should be mailed directly to American Academy of Art, Office of the Registrar, at 332 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604-4302.

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