Travel Study enables individuals to explore multicultural relations, gain experiential knowledge of real-world problems and be provided with the tools to promote civic engagement.
The Otis Laboratory Press is a fully functioning letterpress studio with four Vandercook proof presses and over 200 fonts. It has a rich history of small edition book publishing, introducing generations of students to the origins of typography and the notion of the book as a visual communications medium.
Otis College facilities include Painting Studios, a Photography Lab, Lighting Studio & Green Screen, Video Lab, Laboratory Press, Wood and Metal Shop, Model Shop, Printmaking Lab, Sculpture Studio, Ceramics Studio, and more
The Learning Lab for Technology is a computer lab open to Communication Arts students for a variety of technology instruction.
Liberal Arts and Sciences provides diverse students of art and design with an intellectually stimulating environment that cultivates the habits of mind and critical tools for students to become informed, creative, well-rounded artists and designers.
The Millard Sheets Library at Otis College of Art and Design is a relaxed atmosphere where creative students meet, study, browse, and find inspiration.
Students will find everything they need for fashion shoots, portraiture and still life in the spacious lighting studio, 60 x 40 ft, with a 12 x 18 ft permanent green screen.
Students in MFA Fine Arts develop a “personal vision” that has been filtered through history, gender, sexuality, culture and politics.
The MFA in Graphic Design provides a rigorous and challenging academic and studio environment for candidates interested in enhancing their current professional practice.
Otis offers 19 minors as defined course sequences, exploring a specific theme, topic or discipline that extends and complements a student's work in a major.