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.
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.
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Design & Arts
Courses
DESMA 713.14
Idea to Image: Illustration for Designers
Discover how illustration is less about technique and more about communication and connection.
ART 803.81
Ikebana
Using branches, leaves, and flowers, create new and differently-styled arrangements each week that capture the beauty and elegance of nature.
DESMA X 481.47
Illustrator I
Discover how this vector-based drawing program integrates into the suite of design tools.
DESMA X 479.47AA
Illustrator II
Develop advanced techniques and practical workflows in Adobe Illustrator.
DESMA X 480.22
Immersive Experience Design
This class provides a solid foundation in how to design effective and meaningful immersive content.