Learn about design in the contexts of culture, stewardship and technology of built and natural environments. This program stresses critical inquiry and innovation as parts of the creative process in the field of architecture, teaching students how to intervene in the physical world through carefully considered creation. 

Prepare to qualify for the Pennsylvania Teaching Certification in Art for grades K–12 through a rigorous course of study in art education, art history, education, studio art and Temple’s General Education curriculum, with field placements in Philadelphia schools at all grade levels. 

Learn about visual culture and its history, gain strong skills and participate in onsite learning at local and regional museums. This program offers a variety of critical, theoretical and methodological perspectives and approaches.

Explore your identity as an artist and as a mental health practitioner through self-reflective art making, fieldwork and research. Learn techniques for effective communication and collaboration, creative design and planning, critical observation and cultural responsiveness. This program integrates art and psychology courses with fieldwork in local communities.

Study wheelwork, mold making and slip casting, as well as hand-building, sculpture, and 3-D modeling and printing in this studio art program. Students in the ceramics major are encouraged to investigate a wide range of processes as they develop their own personal visions using state-of-the-art facilities, and they work in a close-knit environment as they explore traditional and experimental clay techniques.

Pursue your passion for ceramics while learning how to sustain a studio practice. Perfect your techniques in mold making, slip casting and wheelwork. Study the process of creating tiles, porcelain and plaster molds. Support your career by learning how to finance your ideas, design your business plan, market your work and launch a startup.

Form an understanding of public planning through studies in the ethics and principles of planning practice with an emphasis on citizen participation. Gain the knowledge needed to become a professional planner, informed citizen or civically engaged professional with relevant coursework in many aspects of planning such as economic development, environmental planning, housing, land use and sustainability. 

Learn to understand and think critically about the cultural, economic, historical, political and social dynamics shaping various types of communities. Study how to assess a community’s assets, needs and opportunities; develop strategies, programs and policies to improve quality of life; engage stakeholders; and plan what particular communities want to achieve. 

The Certificate in Creative Entrepreneurship program gives students the necessary skills and knowledge to turn their creative practice into a viable business enterprise, through coursework at the Fox School of Business and Management as well as the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.

Enhance your understanding of the impact that development makes on natural resources. Develop leadership skills that will allow you to ensure that ecological, economic, political and social factors are considered in design and development plans. 

Master the fundamentals of botany, horticulture and plant identification. Develop an understanding of the practice and science of protecting, restoring, and managing both existing and natural landscapes. 

The Certificate in Environmental Sustainability gives students the knowledge they need to evaluate and offer solutions to environmental problems, drawing on perspectives from the fields of botany, city planning, community development, horticulture and landscape architecture.

Learn how to ensure buildings’ functionality by integrating people, place, process and technology. Students who choose this degree program may pursue facility management certification after entering into the profession. 

Explore materials in a contemporary context that considers through the practice of studio art issues of gender, multiculturalism, sexuality, technological advancement and more. Examine the relationships between the material, the maker and the process, as well as the critical role that cloth and fiber processes play in a global economic marketplace. Students in this major access state-of-the-art equipment and studio spaces.

Pair your fibers and materials studies with a set of business courses. Study dyeing, silk screening, weaving and varied sewing techniques. Gain expertise using the Jacquard, multi-harness floor, and electronic looms, while also learning how to secure financing, design your business plan, and launch and run your own studio.

Learn glass blowing, casting, flameworking, fusing and kiln working. Due to the complex nature of materials and processes involved in glass works, the curriculum for this studio art major incorporates aspects of chemistry, kiln and furnace design and construction, and state-of-the-art technology. Use a wide range of materials and methods that are applied in both traditional and contemporary contexts in the arts.

Study glassmaking and acquire the business skills that support a profitable studio. Learn hot and cold glass-working techniques as well as coloring, texturing and joining glass to metal, wood and other materials. Visit museums to study glassmaking from ancient to modern times. Incentivize your artisanship by learning to develop a business plan, secure financing, launch a startup and market your work.

Learn how to develop design concepts, make images, work with typography and master a wide range of new and traditional media. Known for its rigor, the program is extremely competitive and students are evaluated by the exacting standards of the design profession. A sophomore-level portfolio review is required for admission to the major. 

Study advertising, logo and poster design, signage, and typography as well as identity, branding, packaging, publishing, and illustration. Explore motion graphics, mobile media and interactive design for the web. Hone the entrepreneurial skills to launch your own business, including personal marketing, freelancing, and working with artists and vendors for client-driven and independent projects.

The Certificate in Horticultural Therapy gives students the necessary skills and knowledge to earn a registration from the American Horticultural Therapy Association through coursework at Temple’s Ambler Campus.

Learn how to plan the appropriate use of land and design built environments based on an understanding of natural and cultural site characteristics, human need, and sound artistic and technical ability. The scope of landscape architecture includes land use, site design and urban planning at all scales. 

Become acquainted with the basics of horticulture with the Undergraduate Certificate in Landscape Plants at Temple University’s Ambler campus. Whether you’re a degree-seeking student or a hobbyist, you’ll learn essential knowledge of plants needed to design high-quality landscapes. 

Understand the history, theory and relationship between natural and built environments to become a more environmentally conscious citizen. 

In this studio art program, you will learn to design jewelry and objects of both beauty and utility using state-of-the-art tools and materials—and learn how to make a living doing so. Using materials that range from aluminum and bronze to gold, silver, modern titanium and plastics, students create bracelets, earrings, furniture, pins, rings, toys, and other functional objects and products.

Learn the traditional techniques and new technologies that create the commercial products, precious jewelry, premium tableware, and other objects. Master computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacture (CAM) to create precision drawings and test and verify solid models. Support your craft by learning how to price your work, handle contracts, launch your own business or run a studio.

Enhance your Landscape Architecture and Horticulture education with the Undergraduate Certificate in Native Perennial Garden Design at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Explore plant identification, cultural conditions, and the appropriate use of plant design at Temple’s Ambler Campus and arboretum.

Become a part of the working world of art, prepare for a career in studio practice and hone a variety of techniques while developing your personal vision. You will have opportunities to show your work and learn from diverse faculty who are scholars and practicing artists.

Study the techniques for capturing figures, still life, landscapes and cityscapes in oil, acrylic, watercolor and more. Discover and nurture your individual vision, thoughtfully critique another’s work, and develop an active studio practice. Pair your artistic talents with the business skills needed to maintain productive artist-gallery relations, properly market and price work, create an effective business plan and run a profitable studio.

Examine both the art and science of photography, as well as its history and contemporary critical trends and theories. This program emphasizes photographic processes as a fine art medium and  gives students the opportunity to perfect alternative techniques—such as gum printing, hand-applied emulsions that are light-sensitive, platinum printing and other historical practices—while exploring contemporary photo processes in one of the finest digital labs in the U.S. 

Study digital and film-based photography, photo processing, color theory and management, studio and location lighting, and large format printing. Learn to efficiently catalog and archive photos as well as methods for safe photo storage. Explore turning your passion into a business by learning how to develop a business plan and run your own studio.

Explore a wide range of concepts and techniques and focus on career development. Students first learn the fundamentals of the four printmaking disciplines (intaglio, lithography, relief and silkscreen) before exploring at least two of them in depth. Advanced projects include color, photo processes, large-scale printing, installation and digital printmaking. 

Learn to turn ink, print and page into graphic designs or works of art. Master etching, lithography, and silkscreen. Advance to color and photo etching, photolithography, metal engraving, digital and large-scale printmaking and more. Learn to turn a profit from your printmaking by studying how to market and price your work, develop a business plan and launch your own venture.

Develop your technical skills as an artist while learning critical discourse and theory and honing your knowledge of contemporary sculpture. This studio art program takes an open point of view to the practice of sculpture, with a solid emphasis on acquiring the practical skills necessary to build a lifelong career in art. It also emphasizes critical thinking in all aspects of the creative process. 

Develop the technical skill, visual perception and theoretical knowledge to critique historic and contemporary sculpture and to create art inspired by your own vision. Study sculptural strategies and gain an understanding of 2- and 3-D design principles. Learn to fabricate with metal, wood and a variety of other materials. Complete studio courses on installation, sound, video, robotics, or public art, and gain the business skills to help you market your work or launch and run your own studio.

Develop skills as makers and thinkers by taking an equal ratio of studio and academic classes that foster critical awareness of how society is reflected through visual means in the 21st century. By creating and interpreting images from art, commercial imagery, film, photography and TV, students learn to analyze visual communication from a variety of sociological and theoretical viewpoints.