The Illustration Program Curriculum
Paul Vaccarello,Coordinator

The Illustration Program
The mission and purpose of the Illustration Program reflects the college mission, which includes, “…The programs intent is to educate the student to communicate creatively and shape the public's perceptions of issues and events and who will author the culture of their times.” The foundation of the program’s curriculum is rooted from a historical perspective to provide the basic skill that will enable the student to create an image to communicate a message. The program’s intent is to forge a relationship where ideas and practices converge. Students are encouraged to create and explore the use of image, time, text and sound, and apply it to related disciplines. The program challenges the traditional definition of illustration and creates a new analytic, societal, cultural and aesthetic practice.

Core Curriculum
Illustration Concentration Curriculum
Electives
Suggested Four-Year Curriculum

The Core Requirements
The foundation for the program was developed by a well-integrated core curriculum of fine art and design courses that exposes the students to basic theories and history applicable to all the visual arts.

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The Illustration Program also includes courses outside the concentration that introduce students to the process of developing concepts, creating solutions for the other applied arts such as graphic design, advertising design and motion graphics.

The following courses link the students to communication theories other than illustration. Students are also introduced to the practical issues of what it is like to work in these fields.

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Suggested Four-Year Curriculum

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4

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