School of Creative Arts, Entertainment and Design Areas of Study

Architecture

Build your architecture foundation at Dallas College with transferable courses in design, sketching, computer graphics and structural concepts. Explore architectural history and master essential skills.

Transfer, None
In Person, Hybrid, 100% Online

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

Art

Explore your creativity with Dallas College art courses. Learn drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, digital art, and more. Build critical thinking skills while discovering art history and design.

Transfer, Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

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Commercial Music

Turn your passion for music into a career at Dallas College Cedar Valley. Learn from working professional musicians who perform internationally. Develop musical and technical skills for the music industry.

Degree/Certificate, Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Cedar Valley

Communications

Study communications at Dallas College with hands-on training in video production, journalism, radio, TV, and digital media. Work with student newspaper, radio station, and television to build real experience.

Transfer, Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

Creative Writing

Develop your writing voice with Dallas College creative writing courses. Learn literary techniques, overcome writer's block, explore self-publishing, and discover your unique storytelling style through community education.

Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

Dance

Explore dance at Dallas College with classes in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, ballroom, modern dance, and world dance. Learn performance, composition, and anatomy for dancers in this expressive art form.

Transfer, Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

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Digital Art and Design

Turn your creativity into a career with Dallas College Digital Art and Design. Merge artistic vision with high-tech computer skills through small classes, accessible instructors, and hands-on training.

Career Training, Degree/Certificate
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
North Lake
Richland

Drama & Dramatic Arts

Develop artistic and life skills through Dallas College theatre programs. Learn acting, stagecraft, voice, and costume design while building collaboration, critical thinking, and communication abilities.

Transfer, Career Training, Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

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English – Rhetoric, Writing, Literature and Critical Thinking

Start your journey at Dallas College! English courses in writing, literature & communication. Affordable, supportive, designed for your success.

Transfer, None
In Person, 100% Online

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

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English as a Second Language (ESL and ESOL)

Improve your English skills at Dallas College with ESL/ESOL classes for speaking, writing, reading, and grammar. Free WorkReadyU classes plus credit courses for college prep and TOEFL preparation.

Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

Fashion

Turn your fashion creativity into a career at Dallas College with hands-on training in sewing, pattern-making, and design. Top-quality education at a fraction of high-priced fashion school costs.

Career Training, Degree/Certificate
In Person, Hybrid

El Centro

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Foreign Language Courses

Expand your horizons with foreign language courses at Dallas College. Learn ASL, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish—and boost your global skills, career potential, and cultural awareness.

Transfer, Life Skills and Interests, None
In Person, 100% Online

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

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Interior Design

Interior Design program, where you'll gain the skills you need to succeed from many disciplines including architecture, product design and environmental psychology.

Career Training, Degree/Certificate
In Person, Hybrid

El Centro

Music

Dallas College offers a wide variety of instrumental and vocal instruction in performance and theory through its Music courses. Ensembles may include jazz, band, brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, vocal ensemble, madrigal singers and chorus.

Transfer, Life Skills and Interests
In Person, Hybrid

Brookhaven
Cedar Valley
Eastfield
El Centro
Mountain View
North Lake
Richland

Elevated view of a theater stage with two people working—one welding and one handling wooden planks—amid tools, lighting rigs, and red audience seats.

Technical Theater and Live Events

Turn your passion for live events into a career with Dallas College’s Technical Theatre and Live Events program. Get hands-on training and prepare for in-demand jobs in lighting, sound, staging, and production—in as little as one year.

Degree/Certificate
In Person

North Lake
Richland

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Video Technology

Train for a career in video production with Dallas College’s Video Technology program. Learn behind-the-camera skills for film, broadcast, and digital media in a fast-growing industry.

Transfer, Career Training, Degree/Certificate
In Person, Hybrid

North Lake