Children's Book Ilustration Certificate

Children's Book Ilustration Certificate

Program Code: 2C37975

The Children’s Book Illustration Certificate is designed to prepare advanced skill-level students to create content specifically in children's picture books. This certificate emphasizes book content development, processes and publishing methods. It also provides skills and strategies for students to develop their own original Intellectual properties. To fulfill the requirements in this certificate, the student must have first taken the prerequisites for all courses in the certificate, or by portfolio review by department instructors. Upon completion of the required courses the student must submit a finished, self-published children’s book, for review and approval by three full-time faculty including: Head of the Illustration area, Art Department Chair, and another full-time faculty from the Illustration and DART programs. The book will be assessed against an industry standard preparing the student for the next stage of entering the profession. This certificate requires a total of 33-35 units. A minimum grade of C or better is required for each course taken in the certificate.

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1: Demonstrate evidence of proficiency in a variety of creative areas, including sketching skills/rapid visualization, two-dimensional design and color, draftsmanship of accurate human anatomy, knowledge of digital illustration programs, and creative storytelling. Outcome 2: Demonstrate an understanding of the expectations of the field of Children's Book Illustration, relating to interaction with peers and project leaders in a creative situation or environment.

Required Courses:
Units:24
Children's Book Illustration
Vis Storytelling: Struc & Form
Genre and Style in Ent Art
Composition for Artists
Illustration
Sketching for Animators-Illus
Digital Publishing I
DART 148
Restricted Electives:
Units:9-11
Fundamentals of Cartooning
Watercolor Painting
Illustrating Literature
Advanced Illustration
Fundamentals of Character Design
ENG 239
Intro to Printing

DISCLAIMER: Data on this page was extracted from the official college catalog on 01/01/2016 and is subject to change. Any student interested in matriculating through the certificate and/or degree program should cross reference the data found on this page against the official catalog and/or meet with a campus counselor.