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Advanced Certificate

Advanced Fine Arts Certificate Program

Build a portfolio of high-quality visual arts work—from traditional drawing and painting to digital art—with an Advanced Fine Arts Certificate program.

Program Overview

The Fine Arts Advanced Certificate program introduces traditional drawing and painting skills, art history, and digital photography, then allows you take these skills a step further with portfolio projects in the concentrations of your choice and a full portfolio review.

You can add one or more concentrations to a Fine Arts Professional Certificate to build your Advanced Certificate. Recommended concentrations for the Fine Arts program are shown below, but you may choose from our complete list or build your own custom concentration.

How It Works

The Advanced Fine Arts Certificate program begins with seven core classes. You then complete one or more concentrations, which typically consist of three or four courses. At the end of your advanced program, you'll participate in a faculty-led portfolio review that carefully examines your work against your career goals.

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Curriculum

Students are required to complete the following seven courses:

• Level 1

• 4803 intro to visual arts
• 4018 intro to drawing
• 4800 history of art
• 4501 drawing I

• Level 2

• 7002 digital photography I
• 4502 figure drawing
• 4700 painting I

Recommended Concentrations

Sessions College certificate students choose from a wide range of available concentrations. The following concentrations are recommended for Digital Arts students. Explore all available concentrations, or consider building your own concentration from our individual courses.

• Digital Photography

• 7002 digital photography I (or 7004 digital photography ii)
• 4242 color correction
• 7015 digital photography with lightroom

• Illustration

• 4501 drawing i (or 4502 figure drawing)
• 4227 illustrator advanced
• 4222 digital illustration advanced

• Digital Video

• 8040 digital video production
• 6225 digital video editing I
• 6010 after effects I

View a syllabus for any of the courses listed in the above Fine Arts Advanced Certificate curriculum by visiting the Certificate Courses page, and explore how course materials and instruction work on our Course Tours page.

Do you already have some fine art or design experience? You may be able to customize your Fine Arts Certificate program by substituting courses with others from the same subject area. For example, you may be able to take Digital Photography II in place of Digital Photography I. Your advisor can help you make the best course selections.

Need a shorter program? Look into the Fine Arts Certificate program.