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
DESMA X 481.99QT
After Effects: Motion Graphics with AI Integrated Toolset
Learn animation fundamentals, AI-generated imagery, text-to-video, and conversational AI in this course that explores motion graphics in After Effects.
DESMA 710.30
AI Evolution: How Conversational AI & AI-Generated Imagery are Transforming the Digital World
Explore the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence on our digital world, with a particular emphasis on conversational AI and AI-generated imagery.
ART X 5A
Basic Drawing I
A beginning course in drawing designed to develop and expand one's observational abilities and rendering skills.
ART X 5D
Beginning Painting: Acrylics
From palette building to mark making to composition, this course explores the fundamentals of painting with acrylic paint--a fast-drying, permanent, and clean water-based medium that permits easy correction and change.
DESMA 865.10
Big Ideas Workshop: Crafting your TED-style Talk, your Next Design Pitch, or Stage Presentation
Gain presentation skills that will serve you the rest of your career and beyond.
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