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Certificate Program Electives

Examples of Electives (vary by semester)

Elective courses are offered to broaden a student’s artistic skills in observation and rendering the natural world beyond the eleven required courses.  For the certificate program, students must complete 72 hours of elective courses and/or workshops.

     

  •  Mammal Anatomy & Drawing

  •  Paleo-Anatomy & Drawing

  •   Drawing/Painting Gems & Mineral

  • Ornithology for Illustrators

  • Making a Small Scale Diorama

  • Digital Graphics 

            

  • Colored Pencil II                    

  • Watercolor II                     

  • Insects Writ Large                  

  • Field Sketching                    

  • Oil Painting  

  • Pen and Ink II                      

Final Project and Portfolio Review

The Final Project and Portfolio Review consists of 6 completed works in the student's medium of choice and subject of focus ( for example, insects in graphite).