Animation curriculum guide

Academic Year: Fall 2020-Spring 2021

Total credit hours to graduate: 120

For entering cohort Fall 2020

Freshmen Year - Fall

  CORE1120 Visual Literacy I 3.0
  CORE1110 Drawing Methods I 3.0
  CORE1026 Intro to Animation with History of AN 6.0
  LIBA1290 Writing & the Arts 3.0
  CORE0100X New Student Seminar 0.0
      15.0

Freshmen Year - Spring

  CORE1031 SODA Collab Across Design 3.0
  CORE1213 Drawing for Entertainment Design 3.0
  CORE1221 Visual Literacy II 3.0
  LIBA2501 Math Quantitative Literacy 3.0
Choose 1 course ARTH1132 Modern Contemp Art/Dsn 3.0
ARTH1133 Historical Art & Design
      15.0

Sophomore Year - Fall

Choose 1 course ANIM2201 2D Animation Fundamentals 3.0
  ANIM2303 3D Fundamentals
  CORE2100 Visual Narrative & Storyboard 3.0
  ANIM**** Animation Elective 3.0
  LIBA26**,36**,46** Choose Social Science course 3.0
  LIBA22**,32**,42** Choose Advanced Writing 3.0
      15.0

Sophomore Year - Spring

  ANIM2601 Pipeline and Product Fundamentals 3.0
Choose 1 2D or 3D ANIM3202 2D Animation Techniques 3.0
ANIM3203 2D Character Animation
ANIM3503 Café Sketch
ANIM3303 3D Animation Modeling & Surfacing
ANIM3313 3D Character Animation Simulation
ANIM3323 3D Animation & Lighting Compositing
  ANIM35** Drawing Elective 3.0
  LIBA1510 Intro to Philosophy 3.0
Choose 1 course not taken ARTH1132 Modern Contemp Art/Dsn 3.0
ARTH1133 Historical Art & Design
  ANIM2999X ANIM Sophomore Assessment 0.0
  LIBA2999X Liberal Arts Assessment 0.0
      15.0

Junior Year - Fall

Choose 1 2D or 3D ANIM3202 2D Animation Techniques 3.0
ANIM3203 2D Character Animation
ANIM3503 Café Sketch
ANIM3303 3D Animation Modeling & Surfacing
ANIM3313 3D Character Animation Simulation
ANIM3323 3D Animation & Lighting Compositing
  ANIM**** Animation Elective 3.0
  LIBA33**,43** Choose Literature course 3.0
  LIBA24**,34**,44** Choose Science course 3.0
  CORE4666 SODA Professional Practice 3.0
      15.0

Junior Year - Spring

Choose 1 course CORE1012 Photography I 3.0
CORE2210 Video I
  ARTH2120 History of Cinema 3.0
  ANIM**** Animation Elective 3.0
  ANIM4614 Animation Lab Team 3.0
    Art/Design Elective 3.0
  ANIM3999X ANIM Jr Assessment (under 2.9 GPA) 0.0
      15.0

Senior Year - Fall

  ANIM4604 Animation Lab Pipeline 3.0
  ANIM35** Drawing Elective 3.0
  ANIM**** Animation Elective 3.0
Choose 1 2D or 3D ANIM3202 2D Animation Techniques 3.0
ANIM3203 2D Character Animation
ANIM3503 Café Sketch
ANIM3303 3D Animation Modeling & Surfacing
ANIM3313 3D Character Animation Simulation
ANIM3323 3D Animation & Lighting Compositing
  LIBA28** Choose Business Elective 3.0
      15.0

Senior Year - Spring

  ANIM4605 Animation Lab Production 3.0
    Art/Design Elective 3.0
    Art/Design Elective 3.0
  LIBA Choose LIBA Elective 3.0
  LIBA Choose LIBA Elective 3.0
      15.0