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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Digital Animation Concentration Suggested Course Sequence

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Freshman Year

First Semester

ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
ENTC 1510 - Student in University (2 credits)
ARTA 1110 - 2-D Design (3 credits)
DIGM 1100 - Visual Thinking (4 credits)
HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Second Semester

ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)
MATH 1720 - Precalculus II (Trigonometry) (3 credits)
ARTA 1204 - Color Theory (3 credits)
DIGM 1640 - Vector-Based Imaging (4 credits)
DIGM 1650 - Raster-Based Imaging (4 credits)

Semester Total: 17 Credit Hours

Sophomore Year

First Semester

DIGM 3010 - Principles of Visualization (4 credits)
HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
PHYS 2011 - General Physics Laboratory I-Noncalculus (1 credit)
ARTA 1201 - Drawing Fundamentals (3 credits)

Semester Total: 14 Credit Hours

Second Semester

DIGM 3000 - Principles of Interaction (4 credits)
DIGM 2870 - Animation Fundamentals (4 credits)
ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)
Literature or Fine Arts (3 credits)

Semester Total: 14 Credit Hours

Junior Year

First Semester

MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits)
ARTA 2120 - Basic Figure Drawing (3 credits)
DIGM 3130 - 3-D Animation (4 credits)
DIGM 3110 - 3-D Model Design (4 credits) or
DIGM 3120 - 3-D Lighting & Rendering (4 credits)

Semester Total: 14 Credit Hours

Second Semester

THEA 2510 - Acting I (3 credits)
DIGM 4146 - Character Animation Laboratory (1 credit)
DIGM 4147 - Fundamentals of Character Animation (3 credits)
Natural Sciences (for science majors courses only) (4 credits)
Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
Oral Communication (3 credits)

Semester Total: 17 Credit Hours

Senior Year

First Semester

ENTC 3030 - Technical Communication (3 credits)
Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
DIGM 2900 - Motion Tools I: Editing (4 credits)
DIGM 4816 - 3-D Effects Animation Undergraduate Laboratory (1 credit) and
DIGM 4817 - 3-D Effects Animation (3 credits)
or
DIGM 4886 - Technical Direction Laboratory (1 credit) and
DIGM 4887 - Technical Direction for Animation (3 credits)

Semester Total: 14 Credit Hours

Second Semester

DIGM 4930 - Portfolio Development for Digital Media (4 credits)
Literature or Fine Arts (3 credits)
Guided Elective (4 credits)
DIGM 4646 - Animation Laboratory (1 credit) and
DIGM 4647 - Advanced Animation (3 credits)
or
DIGM 4957 - Special Topics in Digital Media (2-4 credits)
Guided Elective (4 credits)

Semester Total: 15 Credit Hours

Total: 120 Credit Hours