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 93 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

• Build Your Own Website 

• Colored Pencil II                    

• Watercolor II                     

• Insects Writ Large                  

• Field Sketching                    

• Botanical Illustration

• Pen and Ink II