Azusa Pacific University
Design Studies Minor
DURATION
Request duration
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Feb 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
06 Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 21,450
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Program at a Glance
The School of the Arts develops students’ talents through rich artistic experiences and comprehensive training in their chosen artistic discipline.
Program Information
- Program Units: 18
- Location: Azusa (Main Campus)
Gain Hands-on Experience
- Find creative solutions to communication problems using technology and conventional media.
- Reimagine how people can better engage with a website, software, or application.
- Explore the conceptual process necessary for enduring design.
- Research and create diverse visual solutions within deadline-oriented environments.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
School of the Arts Design Scholarship
The School of the Arts Design Scholarship is a talent-based scholarship available to select incoming undergraduate students. This talent-based scholarship is renewable up to eight semesters and can be awarded in addition to any other academic merit scholarships and need-based aid.
2024-25 Academic Scholarships
| Scholarships | Amount | Class Standing | Renewability |
| Trustees’ Scholarship | Full Tuition | Incoming Freshman | Up to four years |
| President’s Scholarship | $24,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Provost’s Scholarship | $21,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Deans’ Scholarship | $20,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Directors’ Scholarship | $18,000 per year | Incoming Freshman or Transfer | Up to four years |
| Mary Hill Award | $14,000 per year | Incoming Freshman | Up to four years |
Curriculum
Requirements
Core Courses
- Using Digital Media in a Visual World
- Elements and Principles of Typography
Electives
- History of Graphic Design and Illustration
- Digital Design I
- Illustrating with Type
- Digital Design II
- Graphic Design Processes
- Design Branding
- Special Topics in Design
- History of Ancient Art and Architecture
- History of Early Christian and Medieval Art and Architecture
- History of Renaissance to Rococo Art and Architecture
- Writing 3: History of Modern Art and Architecture
- History of Contemporary Art and Architecture
- Women In Art
Total Units 18
Program Outcome
Program Learning Outcomes
- General Knowledge and Essential Skills: Design work that demonstrates fluency with visual vocabulary, principles, composition, and excellence in craft and technical skills, developed with familiarity with professional standards, contemporary issues, and technological developments in design.
- Inquiry, Research, and Critical Thinking: Construct innovative design solutions that result in measurable outcomes, through research, conceptualization, and synthesis of information, and using narrative devices and visual metaphor.
- Visual and Written Articulation: Communicate effectively through written and oral presentations that demonstrate proficiency in the aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of ideation, production, and criticism of design solutions.
- Cultural Literacy and Sensitivity: Articulate, critique, and apply the historic, social, and theoretical contexts of visual communication by demonstrating knowledge and sensitivity towards diverse audiences and points of view.
- Faith Integration: Demonstrate a sense of responsibility and ethical awareness as they evaluate design and developments in the field of design in light of a Christian worldview.
Career Opportunities
- Web and Digital Interface Designers - Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.
- Video Game Designers - Design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies. Create and maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary - Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- Special Effects Artists and Animators - Create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.
- Art Directors - Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.
- Graphic Designers - Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.