The Associate degree in Animation program is a comprehensive study of the skills necessary to create 2D or 3D digital animation for the entertainment industry. The required coursework begins with the Animation Foundation Certificate of Achievement, combining a solid foundation in animation history and visual storytelling with hands-on experience in digital animation pre-production and production processes.

The Architecture program at Santa Monica College provides an analytical foundation from which you will explore innovation through functional, cultural, environmental, and socially conscious design. Learn about the impact of the built environment while developing skills in drafting, rendering, presentations, project collaboration, environmental design, building systems, and code compliance. Explore creative careers in digital production or environmental design for a sustainable future.

The Architecture program is part of the Design Technology Department, located in the cutting-edge Center for Media and Design. The CMD houses innovative and creative programs to broaden and enrich your design experience at Santa Monica College.

Santa Monica College boasts an award-winning interior architectural design program within the Design Technology department located at the cutting-edge Center for Media and Design. Explore a creative career in interiors or set design for the entertainment industry. Our program applies artistic and functional design techniques to professional planning, design, and furnishing for residential and commercial spaces, as well as for film and television.

Interior architectural design at SMC provides a thorough and analytical foundation from which you will examine not only design innovation, but also functionality and safety. Learn hand sketching as well as digital rendering and production skills using industry-standard software, including CAD, Revit, Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, and more. We offer specialty courses in environmental design, lighting design, production design for film and television, and building and interior codes.

he Digital Media Associate degree program is a comprehensive study of the digital post-production processes used in the entertainment industry. The required coursework begins with the Digital Media Foundation Certificate of Achievement, combining a solid foundation in visual storytelling with hands-on experience using digital media software applications.

We are well known as one of the best foundation art programs in the state of California, and our students are regularly recruited and given scholarships by the most prominent art schools in the country. These include California Institute of the Arts, Art Center College of Art and Design, San Francisco Art Institute, the Chicago Art Institute, Rhode Island College of Art and Design and the California College of Arts and Crafts.

2-D Design emphasis

seeks to provide learning experiences that allow students to become fluent in the fundamentals of visual design language. Students will gain a new understanding of how design enhances and defines various aspects of culture and our physical world.