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Animation Curriculum Faculty
Curriculum

Studio Requirements

Core Studio

Drawing 1
3 units
Visual Dynamics (2D, 3D & 4D)
9 units

Animation Major Requirements

Animation 1 & 2
6 units
Animation Workshops
6 units
3D Computer Animation
6 units
Animation Tutorials
6 units
Sound for the Moving Image
3 units
Senior Project
6 units

Additional Studio Requirements

Interdisciplinary Critique
3 units
Interdisciplinary Studio
3 units
Diversity Studies Studio
3 units
Studio Electives
21 units

75 total units

Humanities & Sciences Requirements

English 1: Language Dynamics
3 units
English 2: Literature and Writing
3 units
Introduction to the Arts: Antiquity to Early Modern
3 units
Introduction to the Modern Arts
3 units
Visual Studies Seminar (300 level)
3 units
Media History: Animation
3 units
Visual Studies Electives
3 units
Science
3 units
Mathematics
3 units
Philosophy / Social Science
3 units
Foundation in Critical Studies
3 units
Cultural History
3 units
Methods Of Knowledge Seminar
3 units
Literature Seminar (304 level)
3 units
Diversity Studies Seminar
3 units
Humanities and Science Electives
6 units

51 total units

Current Courses

See the Course Schedule for current courses and their descriptions.


Course Mapping Made Easy

Use the Animation Program's Requirements Sequence Chart for a suggested sequence of courses that applies to students matriculating in fall 2008 and spring 2009.


Student Animation

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