Advertising Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts

The Advertising and Design degree program at the International Academy of Design & Technology is designed to prepare students for careers in the Advertising and Design field. Through comprehensive coursework and instruction by industry professionals, students can learn the skills necessary to succeed in various areas of advertising and design.

The Advertising and Design degree program provides an education for creative people focusing on the use of electronic technology while incorporating the theories of advertising, design, business and media. This combination of convention and electronic techniques, plus a foundation of general education coursework, offers students a balanced and well-rounded knowledge base essential to successfully perform and communicate in this industry.

Students in our Advertising and Design degree program are given the opportunity to learn more about audio and video for advertising, storyboarding, digital imaging and consumer behavior. A professional internship offers real-world training to help students prepare for a rewarding career with a degree in Advertising and Design.

Digital Media Production - Bachelor of Fine Arts

You're a creative student who wants to become a creative professional. So don't spend all day attending lectures. When you earn your BFA in Digital Media Production from the Academy, you can pursue hands-on projects, guided by experienced digital and multimedia professionals.

Using industry-current equipment and software, you can develop skills and create a portfolio that can help you prepare for the job you want. Whether you see yourself as a web content producer, flash developer, motion graphic designer or other digital media professional, the Academy can help prepare you for a bright future in an exciting field.

Our Digital Media Production students can learn to produce and distribute interactive media for communication and entertainment. You'll have the opportunity to create video, audio, and graphics. In addition to creative skills, hone valuable project management skills as you collaborate with fellow degree program students to complete projects that can help you build your professional portfolio. As you work in our innovative digital media studio, you can become familiar with the environment of digital media professionals.

Internships in the field can help build on your coursework by developing practical job skills, industry knowledge and the professional contacts to enter today's workforce with more than just a bachelor's degree. You can develop knowledge, confidence, and a body of work you can show to potential employers with pride.

Fashion Design & Merchandising - Bachelor of Fine Arts

Do you dream of designing a line of new fashions for a major runway show? Want to showcase your creativity and eye for design to a worldwide audience? The fashion design and merchandising degree program at the Academy could get you started on a rewarding career path.

Students in this exciting fashion design and merchandising degree program can get hands-on training, enabling them to design and communicate their ideas in the global fashion and merchandising industry. The program can give students a solid foundation in fashion design and merchandising, from the beginning of the design process to the customer sale, with courses focused on:

• Market and trend research in fashion
• Design development
• Visual displays
• Sales and business practices
• Production management

Game Production - Bachelor of Fine Arts

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Game Production from the Academy is designed to help talented, creative students develop skills that can be used in a variety of career opportunities.

Expertise learned in a Game Production degree program could lead you to a career in the video game industry. However, there are many other career fields that require similar skills and talent. Creative, artistic individuals can easily transform their interests into a career by learning environment and 3D modeling, scripting, multiplayer interactivity, texturing, and other aspects of design. For example, you could find a career creating interactive media applications, virtual learning tools or virtual simulation models for a variety of businesses online and offline, including education entertainment and military game simulation. Depending on your unique interests and talents, you can pursue a career opportunity that suits you.

This Game Production degree program introduces students to multiple aspects of designing and producing games not just for the traditional video game industry, but far beyond. Students have the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, and competence not only in traditional game production, but also in written and verbal communication, project management and team collaboration, which can be applied to interactive media and post production industries.

Prepare for opportunities in this exciting, creative career field today with the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Game Production at the Academy .

Graphic Design - Associate of Science

The Graphic Design degree program is designed to provide graduates with skills and training in graphic design that can enable them to keep abreast of the changing and emerging technology and subsequent trends in the industry. It prepares students to work from concept to creation in agency-based environments and publication houses.

• Working with clients to help them communicate ideas visually
• Generating creative ideas from conception through final product
• Working with digital illustration and imaging programs

The career-focused, Graphic Design degree program combines the fundamentals of computer graphics, advertising and design with general education courses in order to offer students a well-rounded, comprehensive course of study.

The Graphic Design degree program offers an education for creative people focusing on the use of electronic technology while incorporating the basic theories of advertising, layout, type, color and illustration. This combination of conventional and electronic techniques, in addition to a foundation of general education coursework, is designed to provide a balance of well-rounded knowledge that is essential for preparing students to perform and communicate within the graphic design industry.

Graphic Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in Graphic Design is designed to provide graduates with advanced skills in graphic design that can enable them to keep abreast of the changing and emerging technology and subsequent trends in the industry.

Our Graphic Design program is structured to help prepare you with a real-world understanding of the roles and responsibilities of today's graphic designers in the modern workplace, including:

• A focus on hands-on projects, professional portfolio, and résumé building
• The opportunity to gain a mastery of career and industry-relevant skills in advertising, layout, type, color, and illustration
• An emphasis on industry-current technology including digital illustration and imaging, web and multimedia

This career-focused, graphic design program explores professional principles and practices in the graphic design industry, including aspects of page layout, digital graphics development, editorial design, branding and identity development, environmental graphics, packaging, prepress, interactive media design, design history, and theory.

Students in our Graphic Design degree program will be challenged to examine and apply problem-solving techniques to the visual organization and layout of information and graphics, common business practices, advertising and marketing strategies and art direction.

Interior Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt the need to reconfigure the design or layout? If your ideal career includes developing design concepts and refining space, texture and color, then an interior design career could be for you.

Students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in Interior Design can learn to enhance the function, quality and safety of interior spaces. The career-focused curriculum attracts students who want to challenge their creativity. Our interior design degree program courses focus on forward-thinking design solutions that are tested against a backdrop of knowledge acquired from codes and laws of interior design.

Preparing technical drawings and contracts requires students to learn career-focused skills, such as drafting and computer-aided drawing and rendering. Students in the interior design degree program can learn aesthetic, functional and economical needs of clients while comparing the quantities, cost and appropriate use of furniture and materials.

*Programs and availability are subject to change.

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