Animation, BFA

Cultivate technique in acting and voice, develop skills in devising original works and prepare for a dynamic career in theatre, film and beyond in our Acting and Original Works, BFA.

Prepare for your career in animation with our program exploring traditional and digital animation and emphasizing hands-on learning, industry exposure and portfolio development.

In the art and visual culture studies major, you’ll integrate the fundamentals of art-making with an exploration of art history and visual culture.

Explore digital and traditional media in our dynamic art program that emphasizes critical thinking, creative experimentation and professional development.

The first of its kind on the West Coast, the MFA in arts leadership provides the essential entrepreneurship, social innovation, management, and advocacy skills vital to create change as a leader.

As a design major, you’ll explore typography, digital media, graphic design, web design and more. You’ll combine theory and practice to create cutting-edge concepts that lead to many opportunities.

Prepare for your design career with foundational training, project-based curriculum, exploration of cutting-edge technologies and an emphasis on portfolio building and networking.

As a film and media major, you will develop critical skills in creative production, writing, research and analysis. Through courses, you will prepare yourself for careers in film and media.

Cultivate your creative and technical skills for film storytelling, from scriptwriting and directing to cinematography and editing.

Blend your creativity and technical skill to create immersive and engaging games through the game arts program, equipping you for a career in game development.

Prepare for a career in illustration with our curriculum combining traditional technique and digital tools, emphasizing industry preparedness across disciplines.

With an interdisciplinary arts major in arts leadership, you’ll gain the essential entrepreneurship, social justice, and advocacy skills necessary to create change as a global leader.

With an interdisciplinary arts major in music, you’ll build a solid musical foundation of fundamentals, history, theory, ear training and performance.

With an interdisciplinary arts major in theatre, you will build a solid foundation of theatre-making fundamentals, including performance and design.

With an interdisciplinary arts major in photography, you’ll build a solid foundation of fundamentals, history, theory and composition and explore connections between photography and other art forms.

With an interdisciplinary arts major in visual arts, you’ll build a solid foundation of fundamentals, history, theory and composition and explore connections between visual arts and other art forms.

Combine your musical practice with other academic goals by building a foundation of music fundamentals — history, theory and composition.

Prepare for a dynamic career in technical theater and production artistry across multiple areas of production, including costume design, lighting design, scenic design and stage management.

In the BFA in photography, you’ll learn many kinds of photographic techniques, explore critical theory and reflect on how your work can respond to contemporary and historic issues of social justice.