G + A Degree Plan

• Technology for Graphics
• Fundamentals of Drawing
• Figure Drawing
• Elements of Visual Thinking
• Introduction to Communication Design
• Form and Communication
• Illustration I
• The Business of Branding Yourself
• History of Design
• Contemporary Art
• History of Photography + Motion Pictures
• 3D Modeling and Animation I
• Interactive Media Design I
• Digital Photography
• Animation Principles and Practices
• 3D Modeling and Animation II
• Video for Media
• Motion Imagery
• Team Game Production I
• Commercial Studio Photography
• Gaming + Animation Studio
• Gaming + Animation Capstone

Animation Principles and Practices

ARTS-3163: History, theory, and technique of traditional and contemporary approaches to animation. Includes studies in fundamentals of digital storytelling, physics, animation aesthetics, expression, kinetics, and motion. Projects include work in digital 2D and 3D, stop-motion, rotoscoping, and other animation environments.