- Program Description
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Portfolio Review Course Requirements
- Petition to Proceed with Senior Overview
- Degree Requirements
- Required Courses
- Course Descriptions
The BA in animation offers students the opportunity to learn core principles and techniques focusing on storytelling, acting, timing, movement, drawing and expression through traditional and digital forms. The student will undertake an intensive course of study including character animation, experimental concepts, fine art techniques and commercial applications, building a strong, diverse foundation before embarking upon an eventual area of concentration.
Successful graduates of the Animation Program will be able to:
- create animation with fundamental and technical proficiency
- express visual concepts artistically
- integrate storytelling and performance
- synthesize theory and practice.
Portfolio Review Course Requirements
- EPMD 1000 Introduction to Media Production
- MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications
- ANIM 1000 Animation I
- ANIM 1010 Animation II
- ANIM 2000 Advanced Animation
Petition to Proceed with Senior Overview
Majors who are not taking an internship (MEDC 4950) must submit for review and approval with a Petition to Proceed with Senior Overview. This petition must include a comprehensive statement of intent for completing an animated short. Students will qualify for this review after completion of the following courses or their equivalents, acceptance into the major through portfolio review and senior status:
- ANIM 3020 Story Development
- ANIM 4010 Character Design
- ANIM 4020 Storyboarding
- 63 required credit hours
- 36 General education credit hours
- 29 Elective Hours
| ANIM 1000 Animation I | 3 hours |
| EPMD 1000 Introduction to Media Production | 3 hours |
| ANIM 1010 Animation II | 3 hours |
| MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications | 3 hours |
| ART 1110 Introduction to Drawing | 3 hours |
| MEDC 1050 Media Writing | 3 hours |
| ANIM 2000 Advanced Animation | 3 hours |
| FLST 2070 History of Animation | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2200 Ethics in the Media | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media | 3 hours |
| ANIM 3010 Voicing Your Creation | 3 hours |
| ANIM 3020 Story Development | 3 hours |
| ANIM 4010 Character Design | 3 hours |
| ANIM 4020 Storyboarding | 3 hours |
| MEDC 4100 The Law and the Media | 3 hours |
| ANIM 4620 Senior Overview* or | |
| MEDC 4950 Professional Practicum | 3 hours |
A minimum of 15 credits must be chosen from the following:
| ANIM 2010 Experimental Animation | 3 hours |
| ANIM 2030 Introduction to 3D Animation | 3 hours |
| ANIM 3030 Visual Storytelling | 3 hours |
| ANIM 3040 Comic Book Creation | 3 hours |
| ANIM 3200 Intermediate 3D Animation | 3 hours |
| ANIM 4200 Advanced 3D Animation | 3 hours |
| ANIM 4700 Professional Development in Animation | 3 hours |
| ART 1120 Principles of Drawing | 3 hours |
| ART 2110 Figure Drawing | 3 hours |
| ART 2120 Intermediate Drawing | 3 hours |
| SCPT 3500 Writing Screenplays For Film | 3 hours |
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