Summer Design courses open to non-majors and community members
Check out this summer lineup! All of this summer's Design courses are open to non-majors and community members. Please email the Design Department or call 360-650-7778 if you have any questions.
Community members can learn more about about summer enrollment here.
Foundations of Visual Communication
DSGN 211 (30450)
Instructor: Cristina de Almeida
- Online, Asynchronous
- 3 credits
- 6 weeks
Issues and topics related to the development of visual communication/graphic design with emphasis on the development of typographic and print culture. Fulfills Design major requirement.
Graphic Design Concepts
DSGN 249 (30942)
Instructor: Jonny McConnell
- Online, Asynchronous
- 4 credits
- 6 weeks
Introductory course in layout, design, and software with an emphasis on typography. Course incorporates hands-on projects covering both analog and digital techniques of image and type manipulation.
Principles Interaction Design
DSGN (30941)
Instructor: Amy Wisegarver
- Online, Asynchronous
- 3 credits
- 6 weeks
Overview of the principles of interaction design with an emphasis on issues and topics related to the development of user experience design, human-centered design, and current industry practices. Course is a combination of lectures, weekly assignments, and a final case study
Graphic Novel & Sequential Storytelling
DSGN 355 (30941)
Instructor: Jonny McConnell
- Online, Asynchronous
- 5 credits
- 6 weeks
Introduction to sequential storytelling through visual formats such as zines, comics, and graphic novels. The course teaches the basic principles of visual narratives through character and story development, storyboarding, color, typography, style, and production.
Visual World Building
DSGN 390 (30940)
Instructor: Andrea Heimer
- Face to face
- Wednesdays, 11:00am - 1:50pm
- 3 credits
- 9 weeks
Artists and designers create immersive and rich worlds in movies, games, and visual art. These fictional worlds can involve elaborate narratives, characters, events, and a complex relationship to place. We will examine the work of artists who engage with worldbuilding in myriad ways. Students will explore and expand these ideas toward a self-directed worldbuilding project open to a variety of media, including painting, drawing, collage, and photography.
Photography for Designers
DSGN 390 (30939)
Instructor: Aric Mayer
- Face to face
- Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00pm - 3:30pm
- 4 credits
- 6 weeks
Photography is a ubiquitous medium in 2024. Let's get proficient with product/tabletop and portrait photography, using both artificial and natural light.
