The Animated Arts major requires the completion of 60 semester hours, which includes eight three-credit required courses, one three-credit art history course, one three-credit elective selected from a list, one three-credit 300-level AA studio course, seven three-credit studio elective courses, and six credits of Thesis Project. This 60-credit major contributes to the 121 credits required for the BFA degree.

In addition to the program requirements listed below, all BFA students must complete Foundation and General Education requirements that contribute to the 121 credits required for the BFA degree.

Program Curriculum

Required Program Courses

course Essential Tools & Principles
AA212 Editing & Sound Design
AA231 Animation 1: Materials, Methods & Motion
AA232 Animation 2: Hybrid Moving Image
AA240 Visual Storytelling
course Production Co-Lab
course Layout and Background Design
AA333 Narrative Strategies

Art History

Complete 1 course from the following courses:
- course History of Film & Video
- IS219 History of Animation

Program Electives

Complete 1 course from the following courses:
- AA236 Character and Identity
- AA237 Stop Motion
- AA238 Puppet Fabrication
- PH211 Fundamentals of Cinematography
Complete 3 additional credits at the 300-level from Animated Arts (AA) subject
Complete an additional 21 credits from any of the following subjects (3 credits must be at the 400-level; the remaining 18 credits may be at any level):
- Animated Arts (AA), Creative Writing (CW), Drawing (DR), Graphic Design (GD), Illustration (IL), Intermedia (IM), Painting (PA), Painting and Drawing (PADR), Photography (PH), Printmaking (PR), or Sculpture (SC).

Applied Creative Practice

course Thesis Project

Animated Arts (BFA)

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