Translate your creativity into a career path in art.
If you are passionate about art and design, Full Sail University's certificate programs can teach you the skills to keep it at the center of your universe. Through Full Sail's real-world approach, you'll build hands-on experience that combines traditional fine arts with today's digital tools and techniques.
3-D Arts Undergraduate Certificate – Online
In the 3-D Arts undergraduate certificate program students will learn fundamental art principles–including scale, proportion, and composition–to develop an understanding of how to create visual media.
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Fundamentals of Art I
- The Fundamentals of Art I course introduces students to the language of visual arts.
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3-D Foundations
- Students will learn the interface and controls of industry-standard software applications as they develop basic animation skills that prepare them for the more advanced courses later in their program.
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Model Creation
- Students will focus on developing their skills as computer-graphic (CG) artists, leveraging the traditional fine-arts principles of shape and silhouette, scale and proportion, and edge quality and integrating them with strategies to build better CG models.
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Fundamentals of Art I
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3-D Foundations
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Model Creation
User Experience Undergraduate Certificate – Online
The User Experience undergraduate certificate program will provide you with foundational knowledge of the concepts and tools involved in both visual and user experience design.
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Introduction to User Experience
- In this course, students will explore the primary design process and workflow that all UX designers implement.
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Design and Art Theory
- The Design and Art Theory course provides an understanding of composition, design, art, basic color, and graphics through a study of varied artistic styles and their sociological and psychological effects throughout history.
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UI Visual Design and Prototyping
- Students will exercise important techniques and skills essential in creating user interface prototypes for a variety of platforms and experiences, such as mobile, web, and gaming.
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Introduction to User Experience
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Design and Art Theory
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UI Visual Design and Prototyping
Visual Design Undergraduate Certificate – Online
The Visual Design undergraduate certificate program provides students with an introduction to the language of design and the theories that ground the production of quality visual products. Students will gain experience with the tools used in design projects as well as recognize the professional workflow that is adapted to develop creative ideas.
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Graphic Principles I
- This course emphasizes vector graphic design from a production point of view, as students gain a thorough understanding of input/output techniques, color theory, and tools for graphic design and image creation.
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Color Theory
- In this course, students will learn how color can impact original design concepts across multiple media types.
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Design and Art Theory
- The Design and Art Theory course provides an understanding of composition, design, art, basic color, and graphics through a study of varied artistic styles and their sociological and psychological effects throughout history.
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Graphic Principles I
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Color Theory
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Design and Art Theory
