Design & Arts
Design & Arts
Learn to create from creatives.
Design user-focused websites that delight. Create impact through brand strategy. Think with your hands and paint. Capture a story through photography.
Then turn your passion into a career.
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Design your dream career with us.
Whether you're just starting out, or have years of experience, UCLA Extension offers courses to sharpen your skills and prepare you for greater levels of success. (And yes, we even have courses you can take just for fun.)
From user experience to photography, studio arts to art history, our courses are taught by experienced professionals who have successful creative careers of their own.
Design & Arts
Courses
ART 715.31
Introduction to Visual AI: Exploring Generative AI Tools and Adobe Photoshop Integration
This course offers a stimulating immersion into the intersection of technology and creativity.
ART X 440.22
Lighting I
Gain an understanding of how to use natural and artificial lighting to enhance your subject.
DESMA 776
Masters of Design Cover Series
Join Visual Arts department director, Scott Hutchinson, and this quarter’s master cover designer to explore the inspiration for the current cover.
DESMA 713.13
Media Landscape for Creatives: Spaces to Get Noticed and Get Work
Broaden your knowledge of the multitude of new media avenues and learn how to harness them to land creative work.
DESMA X 482.14
Mentorship: Design Communication Arts & User Experience
Work one-on-one with an instructor who guides your development of a meaningful project geared toward a portfolio piece, design competition, freelance assignment, or other advanced goal.
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