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 The Art of Sacred Space (Multiple Topics) |
ARTH 0808 Art Matters: Ideas in Art and Architecture | |
Human Behavior | ART 0822 Human Behavior and the Photographic Image |
ARCH 0835 Guerrilla Altruism: A Mini-Manual of Subversive Activism | |
Quantitative Literacy | CTRP 0821 Digital Mapping: From Mercator to Mashups |
Race & Diversity | TYLE 0805 Race, Identity and Experience in American Art |
TYLE 0905 Honors Race, Identity and Experience in American Art | |
US Society | ARCH 0875 Architecture and the American Cultural Landscape |
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 1017 Photo & Visual Literacy | |
ARCH 1196 History of the Form of Cities | |
ARCH 3146 Engaging Places | |
Art | ART 1010 Basics of Photography (Online) |
ART 1012 Intro to Visual Language, Design | |
ART 1301 Glass for Non-Tyler BFA | |
ART 1401 Jewelry for Non-Tyler BFA | |
ART 1502 Intro to Visual Language, Painting | |
ART 1503, Intro to Visual Language, Drawing | |
ART 1504 Philadelphia Sketchbook | |
ART 1603 Smartphone Photography (Online) | |
ART 1604 Photography and Social Media | |
ART 1701 Screenprinting | |
ART 1702 Artist Books, Zines and Independent Publishing | |
ART 2101 Beginning Ceramics | |
ART 2201 Introduction to Fibers and Material Studies | |
ART 3010 Special Topics in Art: Advanced Woodworking | |
ART 3010 Special Topics in Art: Soft Sculpture | |
ART 3010 Special Topics in Art: Dying for Color II | |
ART 3010 Special Topics in Art: Stained Glass | |
ART 3010 Special Topics in Art: Glass in an Expanded Field | |
ART 3010 Special Topics in Art: Neon | |
Art History | ARTH 1155 Arts of the World I: Prehistoric to 1300 |
ARTH 1156 Arts of the World II: 1300 to 21st Century | |
ARTH 2010 Thinking Digitally: Digital Tools and Methods in Arts and Humanities Management | |
ARTH 2010 Monsters, Myths, and Revivals | |
ARTH 2010 Modern Art 1900-1940 | |
ARTH 2096, 2098, 2197 (Art History Writing Intensive): The Ancient Mediterranean World | |
ARTH 2096, 2098, 2197 (Art History Writing Intensive): Imperial Cities | |
ARTH 2096, 2098, 2197 (Art History Writing Intensive): Sex, Gender, and Identity in Early Modern Art | |
ARTH 2096, 2098, 2197 (Art History Writing Intensive): Global Modernisms: Art, Mobility, and Cities | |
ARTH 2096, 2098, 2197 (Art History Writing Intensive): Women and the Arts in Italy, 1400-1800 | |
ARTH 2096, 2098, 2197 (Art History Writing Intensive): Im(printing) Place: Modernist Printmaking in Latin America | |
ARTH 2200 The Ecological Imagination: Art History, Letterpress, and Relief | |
ARTH 2910 Honors Introduction to Arts Management | |
Art Therapy | ARTT 2011 Creative Process in Art Therapy |
ARTT 3004 Intro to Art Therapy* | |
Art Education | ARTE 3003 Art and Learning in the Elementary School |
ARTE 3202 Teaching Artists | |
Botany | BOT 1111 General Botany |
Community Arts | CART 3011 Introductory Seminar in Community Arts |
Community Development | CDEV 1113 Intro to Community Development |
CDEV 3113 Nonprofit Management | |
Design and Illustration | DES 2001 Intro to Design and Illustration† |
DES 2002 Intro to Digital Tools* (Prerequisite Exists) | |
DES 2003 Intro to Typography* (Prerequisite Exists) | |
DES 2521 The Art of Infographics | |
DES 2522 UX/UI Design for Beginners | |
DES 2523 Illustration for Beginners | |
DES 2524 Web Design for Beginners | |
DES 2525 Motion Design for Beginners | |
Horticulture | HORT 1001 Fundamentals of Horticulture |
HORT 1211 Woody Plants I | |
HORT 2221 Herbaceous Plants I | |
Tyler | TYLE 2468 Punk’s DIY Rebellion |
TYLE 2968 Honors Pink’s DIY Rebellion | |
Visual Studies | VS 2004 Global Citizens* |
*Check in with Tyler Academic Advising
†Prerequisite Exists