The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online DivisionSM
Learn from the leader in creative arts education online. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, will help you live your passion. You can earn a degree or diploma while attending class anytime - day or night - to fit your busy schedule. Choose from our broad range of academic programs to find one that inspires you.
Programs Offered:
- Advertising
- Culinary Management
- Digital Design
- Fashion & Retail Management
- Game Art & Design
- Graphic Design Online
- Interactive Media Design
- Interior Design
- Animation & Media Arts
- Residential Planning
- Web Design Online
Financial Aid: Financial aid is available for those who qualify.
Career Services: Our career services are designed to encourage your success. From helping you obtain part-time work while you are attending school to actively supporting soon-to-be graduates' job search, faculty and staff are committed to ensuring that each and every student receive the support he or she needs.
Summary of Programs:
Advertising
Advertising is a creative profession within the commercial realm. In the Advertising program, you’ll study art direction, copywriting, and account supervision – and you’ll learn both the creative and business side of advertising. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as account manager, copywriter, or assistant art director.
Culinary Management
In the Culinary Management program, you’ll focus on communications, training, leadership, management, accounting, marketing, financial management, and employee relations. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as restaurant manager or catering manager in restaurants, hospitals, cruise ships, and banquet facilities.
Digital Design
In the Digital Design program, you’ll study drawing, design fundamentals, lettering and typography, and graphic design. Build a portfolio as you create color composites, renderings, and learn mechanical preparation. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as production and design positions with advertising agencies, graphic design firms, corporate communications departments, and printing companies.
Fashion & Retail Management
The Fashion & Retail Management program teaches you to develop, analyze, and implement sales strategies – including buying and merchandising practices, inventory control, and cost analysis. You’ll also learn about coordinating runway shows, sales consultation, and working with manufacturers’ representatives. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as retail and wholesale sales, stylist, management trainee, and visual merchandiser.
Game Art & Design
In the Game Art & Design program, you’ll learn the art and design skills needed to get into the gaming field. You’ll use your talents to create applications used within the business, education, training, and entertainment industries. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as modelers, storyboard artists, animation artists, 3-D illustrators, digital artists, FX artists, video post production artists, broadcast graphics designers, and game designers.
Graphic Design Online
In the Graphic Design program, you’ll study design, typography, and color theory. Industry-specific software is utilized to help you learn to create everything from logos and posters to packaging, Web sites, and corporate identity packages. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as advertising designer, computer artist, freelance artist, graphic designer, or layout artist.
Interactive Media Design
Interactive Media Design is used to create everything from DVD menus to Web site navigation and touch screen. In the Interactive Media Design program, you’ll learn the skills needed to create accessible, engaging interactions via the Web, CD-ROMS, DVDs, and kiosks. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as interactive designer, animator, special effects artist, and computer artist.
Learn more about Web Design, another program that may interest you.
Interior Design
In the Interior Design program, you’ll study the design, safety, and usability issues of creating the spaces that we live, work, and play within. Coursework focuses on space planning, traffic patterns, and the colors, surfaces, and furnishings that make surroundings comfortable and livable. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as draftsperson, facilities planner, interior designer/decorator, or space planner.
Animation & Media Arts
In the Animation & Media Arts program, you’ll develop a strong foundation in drawing, design, and illustration in order to produce traditional 2-D formats. Then you’ll move into computer generated 3-D formats that make characters and objects come alive. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as animator, computer animator, digital media producer, special effects artist, background designer, computer artist, layout artist, or video game artist.
Residential Planning
The Residential Planning Program provides an overview of interior space planning, historic and contemporary styles, space planning, and kitchen and bath planning. You’ll also work with industry-related software to study the basics of drafting and computer-aided design. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as planners/designers or support personnel in interior design studios, including those of material and supply companies and design firms.
Web Design Online
In the Web Design program, you’ll study HTML scripting, designing graphics for the screen, Web site development using current applications, operating systems, network technology, web animation, and desktop editing skills. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as Web site designer, Web artist, Web producer, Web site developer, and multimedia producer.
Learn more about Web Design and Interactive Media, a web-related program that may interest you.
Degree Key: C = Certificate AAS = Associate of Applied Science BA = Bachelor of Arts BS = Bachelor of Science