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Design, Interactivity and Media Arts - 3-D Animation and Games (DI3DO)

Students create models, characters and imaginative spaces that are the foundation of 3-D film animation and the gaming industry. These skills also apply to marketing, web design, and social media.

Requirements

Tier II— Required Concentration (45.0 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1220	Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development	4.5
DIMA 1230	Drawing for Electronic Media	4.5
DIMA 1400	Game Design Fundamentals	4.5
DIMA 1411	History of Animation	4.5
DIMA 1455	Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation	4.5
DIMA 1620	Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation	4.5
DIMA 2620	3-D Character Development	4.5
	OR
DIMA 2625	3D Modeling for Animation and Games	4.5
DIMA 2640	3-D Lab	4.5
DIMA 2700	3-D Game Development	4.5
DIMA 2840	Projects Development	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		45.0

Tier III— Electives (9.0 credit hrs.)

Select 9.0 credit hours from the following:

DIMA 1500	Web Design	4.5
DIMA 1510	Interactive 2-D Design I	4.5
DIMA 1410	2-D Animation and Compositing I	4.5
DIMA 2410	2-D Animation and Compositing II	4.5
DIMA 2210	Electronic Illustration	4.5
DIMA 2500	Web Design Partnership Project	4.5
DIMA 2450	Design for Motion Graphics II	4.5
DIMA 2900	Special Topics in DIMA	variable
DIMA 2981	Internship	4.5
PHOT 1005	Basic Photography I - Digital	6.0
VACA 1020	Audio I	4.5
VACA 1130	Video I - Studio	4.5
VACA 2220	Digital Media Editing	4.5
VACA 1110	Introduction to Scriptwriting	4.5
VACA 2120	Screenwriting Principles	4.5
ARTS 2030	Elementary Sculpture	4.5
ARTS 2010	Life Drawing	4.5
INFO 2340	Internet Scripting	4.5

Suggested Course Sequence -3D

First Year

Quarter One

ARTS 1010	Drawing	4.5
DIMA 1110	Digital Design: Raster	4.5
DIMA 1120	Digital Design: Vector	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Two

ARTS 1020	2-D Design	4.5
DIMA 1310	Typography I	4.5
DIMA 1400	Game Design Fundamentals	4.5
DIMA 1220	Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Three

DIMA 1230	Drawing for Electronic Media	4.5
DIMA 1620	Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation	4.5
DIMA 1411	History of Animation	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Second Year

Quarter One

DIMA 1450	Design for Motion Graphics I	4.5
DIMA 2700	3-D Game Development	4.5
DIMA 2625	3D Modeling for Animation and Games	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Two

DIMA 2640	3-D Lab	4.5
DIMA 1455	Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation	4.5
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
	Tier 3 Elective	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Quarter Three

	Gen. Ed.	9.0
	Gen. Ed.	4.5
	Tier 3 Elective	4.5
DIMA 2840	Projects Development	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		22.5