Academic Noncredit   

​​​​​​Learn the fundamentals of interior design through an introduction to key elements, principles, and design theory. This course explores composition and design relationships while developing essential skills for both visual and oral presentations. You’ll apply your knowledge by creating a residential conceptual design board and designing a model home project. Familiarity with basic computer functions, applications, and file management is required.

​​​​​​Learn the fundamentals of interior design through an introduction to key elements, principles, and design theory. This course explores composition and design relationships while developing essential skills for both visual and oral presentations. You’ll apply your knowledge by creating a residential conceptual design board and designing a model home project. Familiarity with basic computer functions, applications, and file management is required.

This course introduces metalsmithing techniques and design used for jewelry and small scale sculptural objects. This course introduces fabrication and forming techniques such as soldering, forming, hollow construction, cold connections, surface treatment, finishing processes, and basic stone setting. This course includes generating and constructing functional jewelry and sculpture.

This course provides on introduction to the basic techniques and unique aspects of materials involved in the use of either transparent or opaque water media or both. Color theory is included.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes, with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. This course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes, with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. This course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.

If you love to take pictures, and want to learn how to make them like a pro, this class is for you! This class presents the fundamentals of digital photography, including use of camera equipment and software for creative photography. Topics include camera settings and exposure control, composition, working with light and time, and creative image manipulation using apertures, shutter speeds and post processing using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

Notes: To enroll, students must have access to a digital camera with manual exposure capabilities and a computer capable of running Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. ACC does not supply computer or Adobe access for Academic Non-credit courses. For full access register for the for-credit course.

This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the Photography Area Coordinator, Angela Faris Belt at Angela.Belt@Arapahoe.edu

This course investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception.

This course introduces metalsmithing techniques and design used for jewelry and small scale sculptural objects. This course introduces fabrication and forming techniques such as soldering, forming, hollow construction, cold connections, surface treatment, finishing processes, and basic stone setting. This course includes generating and constructing functional jewelry and sculpture.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes, with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. This course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.

This course investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes, with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. This course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.

This course introduces traditional and contemporary approaches to ceramic form and processes, with an emphasis on hand building techniques, and a basic introduction to the potter’s wheel. This course includes basic surface design, glaze, and kiln firing procedures.

This course investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception.

Learn how to work with metal! This course teaches the fundamentals of jewelry and metalsmithing. Projects begin with surface embellishment pieces that incorporate various surface finishes on metal, riveting, and forming. Additional projects include soldering a variety of joints, fabricating a box form, and creating a pendant with a bezel set stone. ACC has one of the best equipped jewelry metals studios in Colorado. Each student will have their own jeweler’s bench and flex shaft during class. 
This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Angela Faris Belt.

This intermediate-level class is for people who have a foundation in drawing and want to take their skills to the next level. It introduces the basic techniques of drawing the human figure. This class uses live models to study anatomy and illustrate skeletal structures and musculature as they relate to representing the human form. 
This class runs concurrent with a for-credit academic class. For more information, contact the ART Department Program Chair, Katie Caron.