Art & Design Program
From honing professional skills to fostering individual expression, UC Berkeley Extension courses cover all aspects of art and design. Your education is enhanced by a combination of expert instruction and real-life experience. And, no matter which program you pursue, you'll find a supportive atmosphere for professional, personal and artistic growth.
Featured Courses
New! The Hand and Eye: Exploring Drawing and Photography explores the historical and contemporary relationship between drawing and photography through hands-on creative projects, using simple optics, montage, alternative photo processes, mixed media, and other approaches.
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New! Learning from Frida Kahlo: Exploring Issues of Identity in Modern and Contemporary Art positions Kahlo within a broader context of art history to define the ways art reflects and constructs our understanding of ourselves and the world we live in.
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Touching Down Lightly entwines painting and the written word as a catalyst for creating a visual language that is uniquely your own.
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See What I Mean: An Introduction to Film Theory studies films: their ontological status as objects in the world; their cognitive value; and their societal function.
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Minoan and Greek Art covers frescoes, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, metalwork, and jewelry from early Minoan culture, the Mycenaean world, and the Classical and Hellenistic periods of ancient Greece.
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Critique Seminar provides a forum for critical dialogue with your peers under the guidance of an experienced artist.
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Featured Certificates
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts provides a critical bridge between talent and skill. This exciting new curriculum provides the rigorous studio practice and conceptual/art-historical framework necessary to develop a portfolio of work for application to graduate programs in fine art.
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Professional Sequence in Graphic Design offers a study of timeless design principles.
