Special Topics: Design Entrepreneurship
DESMA X 479.8B
Learn the business side of design. Position yourself, target your interests & strengths, and prepare your portfolio & communications toward select design markets.
Winter
Remote Instruction
Starting at $759.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0
3.2
What you can learn.
- Learn the business side of design
- Position yourself and target your portfolio and communications toward select design markets
- Explore freelance best practices and scoping opportunities in the vast market of design
- Gain exposure to industry professionals to understand first hand where the demand is for talent in the design field
About this course:
Design finds and solves problems. It is at the intersection of art and business, and the successful designer knows how to navigate between the two. Design is a vast field, and successful designers learn to target toward their interest and strengths in order to thrive. In this class students learn to position themselves, target their portfolios and communications toward select design markets, and learn the business side of design. Topics include freelance best practices, scoping opportunities in the vast market of design, positioning yourself to have a strong voice in targeted markets, and exposure to industry professionals to understand firsthand where the demand is for talent in the design field.
Prerequisites
Core DCA courses Design Fundamentals, Color Methodologies, Typography, and Adobe suite or equivalent experience.
Winter 2021 Schedule
Available Format(s):
These courses have regular meeting times and are fully online, via remote instruction. Click “See Details” below for more information.
Enrollment Closed
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Monday 6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Location:
Online
Instructor:
Pash
377580
Fee:
$759.00
Notes
One meeting to be arranged.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 11, 2021
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Mon Jan 4, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Jan 11, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Jan 18, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Jan 25, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Feb 1, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Feb 8, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Feb 15, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Feb 22, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Mar 1, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Mar 8, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
Lecture
Mon Mar 15, 2021
6:30PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Online
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