Using all areas of your brain sparks creativity and clarity to improve your work in other parts of your academic life.
No pressure. No judgement. Just classes that open your imaginative mind and build transferable skills for any career:
- Self-expression, beyond words
- Creative problem-solving
- Collaborative thinking
- Feedback acceptance and processing
Popular Classes for Non-Major Students
ART 1502
Introduction to Visual Language, Painting
ART 1503
Introduction to Visual Language, Drawing
Everyone Welcome
Tyler welcomes Temple University undergraduate students from any major to explore Tyler courses in these areas.
Painting
Drawing
Glassmaking
Printmaking
Jewelry making
Ceramics
Graphic Design
Illustration
User Experience (UX) / User Interface (IU)
Photography
Art History
Architecture
Landscape Architecture
Community Development
Art Education
Art Therapy
Botany
Community Arts
See Upcoming Art and Architecture Classes
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture offers a variety of classes for non-majors each term. Look at what’s coming up soon!
Gen Ed Courses for Spring 2026
Category | Course Name |
|---|---|
Art | ARTH 0803 Art of the Sacred Space (Multiple Topics) |
ARTH 0808 Art Matters: Ideas in Art | |
Human Behavior | ART 0822 Human Behavior and the Photographic Image |
ARCH 0835 Guerrilla Altruism | |
ARCH 0875 Architecture and the American Cultural Landscape | |
ARCH 0875 Architecture and the American Cultural Landscape (HONORS) | |
Diversity and Race | TYLE 0805 Race, Identity & Experience in American Art |
TYLE 0905 Race, Identity & Experience in American Art (HONORS) | |
Quantitative | CTRP 0821 Digital Mapping |
US Society | CTRP 0807 People, Places, and the Environment |
Science & Technology | LARC 0841 Sustainable Design |
LARC 0852 Green vs. Gray: Improving and Sustaining Urban Ecosystems |
Non-Major Courses for Spring 2026
Category | Course Name |
|---|---|
Architecture | ARCH 1001 Intro to Design & Environment |
ARCH 1013 Architecture for Non-Majors | |
ARCH 1196 History of the Form of Cities | |
ARCH 3146 Engaging Places | |
Art | ART 1010 Special Topics: Basics of Photography |
ART 1301 Glass for Non-Tyler BFA | |
ART 1401 Jewelry for Non-Tyler BFA | |
ART 1504 Philadelphia Sketchbook | |
ART 1603 Art Photography & Digital | |
ART 1604 The Shared Image: Photography and Social Media | |
ART 1701 Screenprinting | |
ART 1702 Artist Books, Zines, and Independent Publishing | |
ART 1801 Introduction to Woodworking | |
ART 1802 Introduction to Welding | |
ART 2101 Beginning Ceramics | |
ART 2201 Intro to Fibers & Material Studies | |
ART 3010 Special Topics: Puppetry: Site Specific Giant Puppets, Social Change + Resistance | |
ART 3010 Special Topics: Crash Course: How to Make (Almost) Anything | |
Art Education | ARTE 3003 Art and Learning in the Elementary School |
ARTE 3202 Teaching Artists | |
Art History | ARTH 1155 Arts of the World I |
ARTH 1156 Arts of the World II | |
ARTH 1156 Arts of the World II (HONORS) | |
ARTH 2010 Special Topics: Global Interactions: 'African American Art' and the Politics of the International Arena | |
ARTH 2010 Special Topics: Design, Power, and Practice | |
ARTH 2010 Special Topics: Smashing the Canon: Revolutionary Feminist Art from the 1970s until Now | |
ARTH 2010 Special Topics: Iconoclasm | |
ARTH 2010 Special Topics: Post-War Art 1945-1989 | |
ARTH 2096 and 2098 Writing Intensives (Multiple Topics): Japonisme and Yōga: Cross-Cultural Artistic Influences in the West and Japan | |
ARTH 2096 and 2098 Writing Intensives (Multiple Topics): Desire, Dreams, and Revolution: Global Surrealism and Art, 1924-1945 | |
ARTH 2096 and 2098 Writing Intensives (Multiple Topics): Go Figure: Spectacle, Representation, and the Black Body | |
Art Therapy | ARTT 3004 Intro to Art Therapy |
Botany | BOT 1112 Plant Ecology |
Community Arts | CART 3011 Introductory Seminar in Community Arts |
Community Development | CDEV 1113 Intro to Community Development |
Design & Illustration | DES 2001 Introduction to Design and Illustration |
DES 2002 Introduction to Digital Tools | |
DES 2003 Introduction to Typography | |
DES 2521 The Art of Infographics | |
DES 2522 UX/IX Design for Beginners | |
DES 2523 Illustration for Beginners | |
DES 2524 Web Design for Beginners | |
DES 2525 Motion Design for Beginners |