Digital Media - Bachelor of Fine Arts

The digital media program offers students the opportunity to develop both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the use of digital media technology. With the increasing market demand for skilled media specialists, this curriculum offers a wide range of career opportunities for graduates such as:

• Multimedia developer
• Digital media authoring specialist
• Web designer
• Audio/video engineer
• Streaming media specialist

Throughout the program, students can learn concepts, techniques and tools related to:

• Digital media design
• Interface design
• Audio/video editing
• Web design

Project management, creative design and communication skills training are integrated throughout this dynamic curriculum.

Fashion Design - Associate of Fine Arts & Bachelor of Fine Arts

A career in fashion design offers an exciting opportunity to influence and support the fashion merchandising market. No matter what aspect of the fashion design industry interests you most, a variety of career paths can be pursued ranging from costume design and fashion illustration to textile design, merchandise sales and more.

A thriving fashion design career involves attention to design detail as well as effective fashion marketing. Our courses help train you on the fundamentals of fashion design and help you gain the skills you need to promote and sell your work, including:

• In-depth introduction to the fashion industry including history, designers, terminology and up-and-coming business markets.
• Advanced training in textile, fabric and design selection for use in a variety of creative projects.
• Thorough fashion trend research and analysis to help design, develop and market a wide variety of fashion merchandise.
• Ongoing business development to teach you the basics of merchandising such as financial tracking, inventory supply and retail store organization.
• Challenging internships and senior design projects to showcase the breadth of your fashion design knowledge, creativity and skills.

Game Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts

With the Academy's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Game Design, you can turn your recreational passion into a career you love. Game design is a growing field in need of talented and trained individuals. New opportunities are constantly opening in advertising, education, business and the web for well-crafted games.

Graduates from our program should be fully prepared to pursue entry-level positions in the competitive world of game design in Detroit and beyond our city's borders. You can be armed with computer skills, an understanding of story writing, character development and logical complexity progression. Trained in client/server technology, multiple platforms, applets and scripts, you can become an asset to employers who are ready to turn gaming interest into marketable products.

Our bachelor's degree program in game design can teach you:

• Java & C++
• 2D prototyping
• Interface & usability
• Audio features
• Programming behaviors
• Storyboards & character development
• 3D Modeling
• Texturing
• Level Design
• Project Management

Graphic Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts

With desktop publishing, electronic and online media, graphic design has spidered out, touching on fields from commercial art to multimedia. It incorporates drawing and design skills, typography and color, digital imaging and online publishing. There's a variety of career paths available for you, and the Academy's program can prepare you for a rewarding career.

This exciting career track can prepare you to analyze and formulate creative solutions to commercial design problems. You can develop an understanding of color and composition, so you can apply these tools to form a targeted message.

Our bachelor's degree in graphic design teaches:

• Graphic and web design
• Advertising design and consumer behavior
• Project budgeting and project management
• Corporate communications packages, identity and advertising materials
• Promotional material for print, web, television and multimedia sources

Interior Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts

With the Academy's bachelor's degree or associate degree program in interior design you can become a specialist in the relationship between people and spaces. You can develop the skills and the portfolio to enter one of today's growing fields--one very much in need of talented, creative, and well-trained men and women.

There's more to creating usable and pleasing space than meets the eye. There are elements like sound, light, furnishings, dividers, traffic flow and directionality. Other critical considerations are industrial regulations and safety requirements. So much goes into creating an environment that truly works.

Look forward to studying:

• Architectural drafting
• Space planning
• Computer-aided design
• Building systems and regulations
• Professional industry standards in interior design

*Programs and availability are subject to change.