Dec 21, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Entertainment Design, B.F.A. (Animation Concentration) Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ART-100 Drawing I (3 cr.)
ART-101 Two-Dimensional Design Foundations (3 cr.)
ARTH-223 Survey of Art–Ancient Through Medieval (3 cr.)
DES-176 Introduction to Digital Narrative (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Freshman English–Honors I (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ART-103 Three-Dimensional Design Foundations (3 cr.)
ART-200 Drawing II (1-3 cr.)
DES-220 Introduction To 2D Digital Imaging (3 cr.)
ARTH-224 Survey of Art-Renaissance Through 20th Century (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Seminar I (3 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

DES-205 Design Drawing and Concept Visualization (3 cr.)
DES-372 3D Modeling and Animation I (3 cr.) or
DES-378 Animation Studio (3 cr.)
PHOTO-130 Introduction to Still and Moving Image Photography (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

Course Selective-1 : DES-XXX Animation Concentration Requirement
ART-209 Painting I (3 cr.)
ART-301 Life Drawing I (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences)
LIT-208 Fiction Into Film (3 cr.) or
LIT-230 American Cinema (3 cr.) or
ENGL-245 Creative Writing (3 cr.)

Third Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course Selective-1 : DES-XXX Animation Concentration Requirement
Course Selective-2 : DES-XXX Design Studio Selective
DES-321 Digital Imagery Studio (3 cr.)
ARTH-340 History of Interactive Media (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

Course Selective-4 : DES-XXX Animation Concentration Requirement
Course Selective-5 : DES-XXX Design Studio Selective
Course Selective-6 : DES-XXX Design Studio Selective
DES-390 Professional Practices in Design (2 cr.)
Course Selective-7 : (Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences with lab)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

Course Selective-8 : DES-XXX Co-op, Field Experience or other as approved by Program Director

Fourth Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

DES-490 Senior Project: Entertainment Design (3-4 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : DES-XXX Design Studio Selective
Course Selective-2 : ART-XXX Animation Concentration Requirement
Course Selective-3 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Course Selective-4 : (GE Selective)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

DES-490 Senior Project: Entertainment Design (3-4 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : ART-XXX Art Studio Selective
Course Selective-6 : (Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning)
Course Selective-7 : (Cross-disciplinary Issues)
Course Selective-8 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences)