Courses

Adobe After Effects

Dive into After Effects' tools to discover this powerful application's potential for digital artists interested in 2D and 3D animation.

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Online
May 24, 2023 to July 26, 2023, Online

Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign is the leading layout design software for print and digital media. Explore the vast capabilities of InDesign and develop portfolio pieces focused on composition, typography, and publication design.

January 20, 2023 to April 7, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Architecture Immersion Studio

Pre-Requisite: Completed Bachelor's Degree. This architectural fundamentals course is taught by the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design faculty; and is geared toward professionals and students interested in attending graduate architecture school. Through a series of virtual studio sessions and lectures, the course introduces students to a series of design approaches to conceptualize architectural investigations using the most current techniques, including in visualization. Students typically receive one-to-one technical instruction, such as on digital modeling, drawing representation, and rendering. The work will culminate in a virtual design exhibition with invited Pratt faculty and will be documented in an individually developed portfolio which prepares students to apply for graduate architecture school. Note: Completion of this course does not guarantee admission into Pratt's graduate architecture programs. For information on admission requirements, please visit the Graduate Departmental Requirements page.

July 3-27, 2023, Higgins Hall North
July 3-27, 2023, Online

AutoCAD Advanced

Replicate a professional workflow and build upon concepts introduced in Introduction to AutoCAD through hands-on exercises that explore how to refine 2D production drawings.

May 25, 2023 to July 27, 2023, Online

BioDesign

Explore, research and develop bio-inspired design solutions, putting into practice biomimicry thinking, sustainable systems-based methods and designing for and with biomaterials.

March 1, 2023 to May 3, 2023, Online
June 19-29, 2023, Online

Biomimicry

Generate innovative forms that perform and give back to the planet responsibly. Based on the Biomimicry Institute's 3.8 guidelines, explore all levels of the biomimicry design process. Learn sustainability principles and practices; discover nature's time-tested design strategies, functions, and patterns to apply them to designs and demonstrate the value of biomimicry-based design to stakeholders.

February 25, 2023 to May 6, 2023, Online

Branded Content Marketing

Execute a successful branded content marketing strategy. Curate content marketing campaigns on various digital platforms that tie back to the brand and establish a connection between the brand and consumer, using authentic content.

January 23, 2023 to April 3, 2023, Online
May 22, 2023 to July 24, 2023, Online

Brand Design and Corporate Identity

Learn the craft of brand expression and how it flows from brand strategy and business objectives to perception in the minds of consumers and the public at large.

January 19, 2023 to April 6, 2023, Online
May 25, 2023 to July 27, 2023, Online

Branding: Design the Brand of You

From the red carpet to the board room, go on a creative journey that is the fusion of conceptual thinking, design strategy, design leadership and management to create 360 design experiences that extend across an ecosystem of platforms and spaces.

April 11, 2023 to May 2, 2023, Online

Business Writing

Learn how to communicate your message with a plain and direct writing style. Cut out the "lard." Utilize Richard A. Lanham's paramedic method to revise prose. Activate your voice to be more effective in business. Create more consistently pleasurable copy and communications for your audience with the style preferred by most readers.

April 12, 2023 to May 3, 2023, Online

Certificate Course in Human-Centered Design

Go beyond UX for interfaces and digital products through Pratt SCPS's Human-Centered Design Certificate. Construct a deep understanding of a user's needs and challenges. Develop a methodology that places those needs and challenges central in the design process. Create solutions for any touch point where people and industry intersect. From services to management frameworks, through both digital and physical applications, let empathy drive your designs to meaningful end-user experiences.

May 23, 2023 to July 25, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Coding I: Introduction to Web Development

Learn to code beautiful interactive websites that look great on mobile and desktop browsers.

January 23, 2023 to April 10, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan
May 22, 2023 to July 24, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Color, Texture, and Patterns

Explore color, texture, and patterns using a variety of surface materials, whether for interior, product, fashion, or accessories design. Color, texture and patterns define surfaces, impact scale, and impart a unique style to design. They add visual interest to clothing, products, and space. Learn to utilize these three vital design elements tastefully in order to articulate your creative vision. The course is focused on helping students develop compelling portfolio pieces that demonstrate mastery of color, texture and patterns. Recommended material cost: $40.

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Create A Picture Book

Are you an artist with a character in mind? A story to tell? Let an editorial director and an author-illustrator help you express your personal vision and successfully appeal to your audience-children and publishing professionals. Showcasing the essentials of the picture book format, we'll work with you to determine what's best suited to your story. With special focus on character development in art and text, we'll give individual help as you develop a layout with pacing and style

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Design for a Living: Everything You Need to Know About the Business

From beginning client relationships to completion and delivery, learn everything you need to know about being a professional in practice.

April 10, 2023 to May 1, 2023, Online

Digital Marketing

Survey opportunities for digital marketing: online advertising, blogs, and social outreach. Examine methods for developing successful online brand-building and digital marketing strategies.

January 23, 2023 to April 3, 2023, Online
May 22, 2023 to July 24, 2023, Online

Color, Texture, and Patterns

Explore color, texture, and patterns using a variety of surface materials, whether for interior, product, fashion, or accessories design. Color, texture and patterns define surfaces, impact scale, and impart a unique style to design. They add visual interest to clothing, products, and space. Learn to utilize these three vital design elements tastefully in order to articulate your creative vision. The course is focused on helping students develop compelling portfolio pieces that demonstrate mastery of color, texture and patterns. Recommended material cost: $40.

May 22, 2023 to June 1, 2023, Pratt Studios
May 22, 2023 to June 1, 2023, Online

Digital Product Design

Dive into user experience design for web and mobile apps through Pratt's Digital Product Design Certificate. Learn a design process and leverage it across industries. Gain UX/UI design skills while building a strong case study.

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Drawing for Interior Design

This course is designed for those seeking to develop drawing skills and complete drawings toward an interior design portfolio intended to be submitted for admission into the graduate interior design program of choice. Taking this course does not guarantee admission into Pratt Institute's Graduate Interior Design Program. Offered in the Summer only. This course is offered asynchronously, based on two sessions per week for 5 weeks.

July 4, 2023 to August 3, 2023, Online

Drawing for Product and Spatial Design

Drawing is a form of visual communication. Experiment in different media including pen, pencil, and markers to develop a broad range of skills and an understanding of two- and three-point perspective drawing for Product and Spatial Design. Study composition and basic rendering techniques that help create a sense of light and atmosphere, making your drawings vibrant and dynamic. Examine geometric and amorphic forms, ideation through freehand sketching techniques, presentation techniques, and technical drawing/drafting. Students will present their drawings and build their portfolios. The last three classes will provide an introduction to digital drawing.

August 7-17, 2023, Online

Drawing Pencil Portraits That (Almost) Speak Workshop

The goal of this workshop is to move toward creating portrait drawings that are expressive and lively. You'll learn how to uncover your subject's unique qualities and translate them into your own language of line, shape and form.

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Editorial Illustration

Learn the nuts and bolts of editorial illustration and create images for editorial publications through hands-on projects. From conceptual financial articles to book reviews, you'll wear both the illustrator and art director hats. Understand how to navigate commission-based work while building a portfolio of beautiful editorial illustrations.

May 25, 2023 to July 27, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Event Marketing

Discover the benefits of event marketing. Create an event to promote a brand, product, or service, and learn how to measure its success. Build an event marketing strategy that engages attendees and converts valuable leads.

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Exhibition Design

Learn to design and document an exhibition from concept to installation. Special focus is on creating interpretive environmental experiences that include storytelling, sustainability and environmental design. Complete and present an exhibition design proposal with models, photographs and drawings of original work toward a portfolio. This course can be taken individually or as one of three core required courses in the Exhibition Design certificate program, and is appropriate for artists, designers, visual merchandising designers, architects, and anyone interested in developing or enhancing their skillset in exhibition design - applicable to various scales and venues, including museums, art exhibitions, retail spaces, trade shows, kiosks, visitor centers, and showrooms.

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Fashion Illustration

Create a stunning collection of fashion illustrations with a variety of media. You'll learn to illustrate faces, hands, feet, a variety of poses, clothing (dresses, tops, bottoms and more), and textiles.

January 20, 2023 to April 7, 2023, Pratt Manhattan

Figma for UX/UI

Figma is built for user experience designers. Learn how to create UX and UI deliverables, such as sitemaps, wireframes and mock-ups. Explore core Figma concepts like Vectors, Artboards, Symbols (Nesting and Overrides) and Libraries.

January 20, 2023 to April 7, 2023, Online

Freelancing

Tackle the business basics you didn't learn in design school. Learn how to draft, review & execute contracts, budget as a freelancer, and create and enforce a scope of work for a client.

April 13, 2023 to May 4, 2023, Online

Furniture Design Foundation

Learn to design and model your own piece of furniture through making and testing. Study human scale, proportion and composition. Gain a basic understanding of furniture formulation, construction and manufacturing. Working on a full-size model and prototype, experience all stages of the design process. Estimated supplies costs: $100. Instructors' supplies list available upon registration. The course is waivable upon portfolio approval: please submit portfolio to prostudy@pratt.edu by 10 business days prior to class start date.

May 22, 2023 to June 2, 2023, Online

Furniture Design Studio

Learn how to turn your initial idea into a real piece of furniture and go through all stages of the professional design process without leaving your home. Observe and experiment to find an inspiration. Create and develop your concepts. Use sketches, drawings and models to test and refine the proposal. Develop your furniture design skills, experiencing a variety of technologies. Learn how to effectively document and communicate your projects to your clients. Notes: this course can be taken independently (after taking the Furniture Design Foundation prerequisite course) or as one of five core required courses in our Furniture Design certificate program.

June 5-15, 2023, Online

Graphic Design Studio

Apply the principles learned in Intro to Graphic Design to complex, real-world problems in a professional studio atmosphere. Build and refine your portfolio with multi-platform branding projects that require research, experimentation, and design problem-solving. Fill in portfolio gaps and emerge with a refined, job-search-ready, digital portfolio that champions ideation, process, and professional presentation. Participate and get inspired in a supportive community of peers. Refine your ability to give and receive constructive feedback.

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Illustrator Advanced

Use the complex variations and advanced tools of Adobe Illustrator to execute refined projects that demand a mature skill-set. Develop portfolio pieces. Prerequisite: PMCG 202 Introduction to Adobe Illustrator.

January 17, 2023 to April 4, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Interiors For The Beginner

Familiarize yourself with the skills, terminology, and techniques professional interior designers utilize to develop a space from initial idea to finished design. Learn how to present your designs to clients

February 15, 2023 to April 19, 2023, Online

Introduction to Architectural and Mechanical Drafting

Learn the fundamentals of drafting: the tools, techniques and principals. Create basic drafts of floor plans, elevations, sections, details, and isometric projections. Understand how drafting skills translate to today's basic 2D/3D digital software packages (i.e. AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, etc.)

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Pratt Manhattan
May 24, 2023 to July 26, 2023, Pratt Manhattan

Introduction to Audio Production

Go on a sound journey while tuning your ears for audio production. Explore methods of audio recording, editing, and mixing with a focus on podcasts, music production, and the fundamental concepts that apply across digital and analog audio production.

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Pratt Manhattan
May 24, 2023 to July 26, 2023, Pratt Manhattan

Introduction to AutoCAD

Begin with basic tools and concepts that enable you to create and edit simple drawings; then move on to more advanced tools. Explore the AutoCAD workspace and user interface. Finish with a production drawing that's ready to print.

January 23, 2023 to April 10, 2023, Online
May 22, 2023 to July 24, 2023, Online

Introduction to Creative Careers

Discover the creative career landscape for visual artists, photographers, and designers. Learn how to find and do the work that you love. From staff roles to freelancing to launching an LLC, understand your career options, strategies, and how to protect your intellectual property.

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Introduction to Graphic Design

Study the foundation of graphic design as a communication tool and learn the importance of graphic design as an informative and promotional presence in commerce and society.

January 17, 2023 to April 4, 2023, Online
May 25, 2023 to July 27, 2023, Online

Introduction to Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is the premier program in the graphic design industry for vector drawing. Create smooth-lined, clean, scalable graphics for both print and the Web. Develop portfolio pieces.

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

Introduction to Photoshop

Learn the tools and develop techniques in Adobe Photoshop, the premier image-editing program used by professionals for image/photo color correction, retouching, compositing, and more. Gain the skills and confidence to work with this versatile program. Develop portfolio pieces.

May 23, 2023 to July 25, 2023, Online

Introduction to Typography

Learn how to design typography for optimal reading, communication hierarchy, and graphic impact through a variety of real-world assignments and exercises.

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Online
May 24, 2023 to July 26, 2023, Online

Introduction to Web Design

Pursue the fundamentals of Web design. Focus on UX/UI for the Web. Research your target audience and conceive and design your own sites. Learn how to set up basic web typography. Create a responsive design system with wireframes and layouts.

January 18, 2023 to April 5, 2023, Online

Lifestyle and Collection Design I

Explore the art of collection design from a lifestyle design perspective, a time-tested approach used by successful designers of renowned luxury & consumer brands. Starting with a focus on sources of inspiration to create aspiration, imagine a new world and related lifestyle based on a narrative. Realize designs within a branded collection, whether for products or other types of designs, that exemplify your new world.

July 17-27, 2023, Online

Mixed Media Arts

Explore mixed media art techniques and materials. Combining various traditional and non-traditional media and techniques such as collage, drawing, painting, and assemblage, create a range of works that explore color, texture, figure ground relationships, as well as representation and abstraction. Create artworks that mix found objects and ephemera with traditional art materials to complete unique compositions toward a portfolio, using formal strategies to achieve balance and unity.

June 5-15, 2023, Hybrid/ Brooklyn

Paid Advertising: Converting Eyeballs Into Leads

Learn a simple yet effective framework for building profitable sales pipelines, how to write compelling ads, the elements of a high converting landing page, and how to track it all with a simple system.

April 12, 2023 to May 3, 2023, Online

Painting Intensive

Engage in fine arts painting as a vehicle for exploring light, color, image making, materials, and composition. Develop or sharpen your skills in color mixing, paint application, and various techniques in the context of figurative representation and abstraction. Study historical precedents and contemporary trends in painting today, through virtual excursions to online art collections. Through immersion practice, as well as group and individual critique, students will begin to develop or expand their own direction as painters. Students may enroll in one or both sessions 1A and 1B for this open-level intensive course.

June 19-29, 2023, Hybrid/ Brooklyn

Photoshop Advanced

Go beyond the basics and unleash the full potential of Adobe Photoshop. Produce seamless images for a multitude of industries with this versatile application.

January 19, 2023 to April 6, 2023, Online

Product Design

Learn to apply the design process to turn your next creative project into a unique and market-ready product idea. Exercises will include analyzing current products; brainstorming, identifying unmet needs in the market, articulating the product identity through branding, and sustainable materials research.

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Professional Practices in Furniture Design

Furniture design and manufacturing is a growing business. Learn how to thrive in that exciting world. Develop and adopt your professional skills to the specificity of the market. Learn how to specify, plan and price your designs. Work on project briefs, timelines and costing sheets. Gain a basic understanding of ergonomics. Pre-Requisite: XCSI-313 Furniture Design Foundation.

March 7, 2023 to May 23, 2023, Online
June 19-29, 2023, Online

Project/Portfolio Development

Your portfolio is critical to your success. Build a portfolio that emphasizes your specialty. Refine projects you have worked on during the semester with the aim of producing a cohesive body of work to market yourself/your brand.

April 10, 2023 to May 2, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan
April 19, 2023 to May 11, 2023

Retail Design with AutoCAD

Develop unique shopping experiences that foster brand awareness, product sales, and customer loyalty through retail design. Create detailed, industry standard, 2D CAD drawings that emphasize functionality and aesthetics. Build a portfolio of commercial interior design projects to present to future clients and employers.

May 26, 2023 to July 28, 2023, Online

Rhino: CAD for Product & Spatial Design

Learn to create your own 3D models in this hands-on course. Understand 3D space and viewport directions. Learn effective modeling techniques and strategies, multiple surface tools, drafting, rendering and 3D modeling while completing projects toward a portfolio. This course is applicable across all design industries and disciplines.

June 19-29, 2023, Hybrid/ Brooklyn

RHINO for Jewelry: Computer Aided Design and 3-D

This course is designed for the computer-aided design (CAD) novice. Through a series of hands-on exercises and projects, students will experience fundamental digital tools suitable for the design, modeling, rendering, and production of small jewelry items.

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Solidworks

Learn to build virtual 3D models of parts and assemblies using Solidworks (parametric CAD software). Topics include: learning the interface, communicating design intent, building parts and assemblies using solid features, producing 2D drawings from Solidworks models, 2D and 3D sketch tools, associative relationships and parametric constraints, and basic rendering. NOTE: Students can opt to replace the Solidworks course requirement with the XIND-112-01 Rhino: CAD for Product and Spatial Design course.

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Spatial Design

Create impactful designs for your portfolio based on real-world challenges. Develop a core skill-set to express ideas, address cultural concerns and make informed interior design choices. Through in-class exercises that involve engaging with objects in space, you'll be guided through a professional interior design process that introduces basic CAD design, using SketchUp and Revit.

May 22, 2023 to July 24, 2023, Online

Supercharge Your StartUp with Ideation

Would you like to turn your creative inspirations into viable business ideas? Explore combining the creative/design thinking process with key phases of the entrepreneurial process-identification, development, launch, and scaling in this interactive workshop. Starting with a fun simulation, learn simple yet powerful innovation principles to take your ideas to the next viable level or to generate new, viable ideas. Working as a team, apply a time-tested step-by-step process to further guide and support your creative entrepreneurial journey. Walk away with an empowering, practical ideation tool set for innovation and effective entrepreneurship.

August 2-30, 2023, Online

Sustainable Design Foundation

Study the basic principles of sustainable design thinking, design vocabulary, and composition. This course is an introduction to sustainable design for learners with or without prior design experience.

June 5-15, 2023, Online

UX/UI Career Preparation

Learn how to prepare for interviews, present projects, and network for interviews.

April 11, 2023 to May 2, 2023, Hybrid/ Manhattan

UX/UI Portfolio/Project Development

Perfect for anyone with prior knowledge of UX who is looking to quickly develop a UX case study for their portfolio, or refine existing projects for presentation and professional development.

April 10, 2023 to May 3, 2023, Online

Video Editing: Premiere Pro

Edit footage and tell your stories. Learn the aesthetics of video editing by connecting sequences and applying color corrections, special effects, and graphics.

May 24, 2023 to July 26, 2023, Online

Watercolor Intensive

Watercolor is the perfect medium for small scale investigations in the studio, at home, or with plein air painting. Explore the fundamentals of watercolor by focusing on technique, color, light, and composition. Begin with the basics and advance at your own speed. Learn how to build color through transparent layers. Experience the spontaneous flow of watercolor found in both abstraction and representational painting. Subjects include color abstraction, still life, and landscape. Gouache and sumi-e ink will be introduced as additional water-based mediums. This class is appropriate for all levels. Drawing experience recommended. Material cost approximately $75-100.00.

June 5-15, 2023, Hybrid/ Brooklyn