Curriculum

Total: 131-133 credits

First Year (30-32 credits)

College Studies

  • Writing Seminar I
  • Environmental Science (Fall)
  • Arts and Culture (HUMN-123 excluded)
  • Historical Understanding I
  • Science II (Spring)

Quantitative Reasoning I + II

  • Finite Math + Introduction to Calculus or
  • Pre-Calculus + Introduction to Calculus or
  • Pre-Calculus + Calculus I or
  • Calculus I + Calculus II

Major Core

  • Design Foundations I (Fall)
  • Design Foundations II (Spring)
  • Drawing I

Second Year (33 credits)

College Studies

  • Social Sciences I
  • Writing Seminar II (WRTG-215 recommended)
  • Language or Area Studies I

Major Core

  • Principles of Marketing
  • Introduction to Animation (Fall)
  • Storytelling and Storyboarding (Spring)
  • Design III for GDC (Fall)
  • Design IV for GDC (Spring)
  • History of Design and Communications

Physical Education

  • Physical Education
  • Physical Education

Designated Digital Animation Elective

  • DRAW-201 or, DRAW-206 or, ADFND-104

Third Year (34 credits)

College Studies

  • Humanities I
  • Junior Seminar
  • Junior Seminar
  • Language or Area Studies II

Major Core

  • Motion Graphics I (Fall)
  • Motion Graphics II (Spring)
  • 3D Modeling (Fall) 
  • 3D Animation (Spring) 

Digital Animation Elective

  • Digital Animation Elective
  • Digital Animation Elective

Fourth Year (33 credits)

College Studies

  • Contemporary Perspectives

major core

  • Marketing in an Electronic Environment (Spring)
  • Advanced Topics in 3D Animation (Fall)
  • Interdisciplinary Capstone Preparation (Fall)
  • Digital Animation Capstone Project (Spring)

Digital Animation electives

  • Digital Animation Elective
  • Digital Animation Elective

Free Elective

  • Elective
  • Elective