Design, Interactivity, and Media Arts - 2-D Animation (DI2DO)

This concentration focuses on basic 2-D principles of animation and time-based art. Career opportunities include film animation, multimedia and web interface design, and more.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	27.0
Concentration requirements	54.0
Total credit hours required	108.0

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010	English Composition IONLINEHYBRID	4.5
ENGL 1020	English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1110	Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
ARTS 1120	Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID	4.5

 

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

See Quantitative/numeracy skills course options

Other

HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Requirements

Tier I - Major Requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Students must take all courses

ARTS 1010	Elementary Drawing	4.5
ARTS 1020	2-D Design	4.5
DIMA 1110	Digital Design: Raster	4.5
DIMA 1120	Digital Design: Vector	4.5
DIMA 1310	Typography I	4.5
DIMA 1450	Design for Motion Graphics I	4.5

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 1410	2-D Animation and Compositing I	4.5
DIMA 1411	History of Animation	4.5
DIMA 1510	Interactive 2-D Design I	4.5
DIMA 1620	Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation	4.5
DIMA 2210	Electronic Illustration	4.5
DIMA 2410	2-D Animation and Compositing II	4.5
DIMA 2840	Projects Development	4.5
ARTS 2010	Life Drawing	4.5

Tier III - Electives (9.0 credit hrs.)

Select 9.0 credit hours from the following:

DIMA 1240	Character Design 1HYBRID	4.5
DIMA 1400	Game Design Fundamentals	4.5
DIMA 1455	Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation	4.5
DIMA 1500	Web Design	4.5
DIMA 2450	Design for Motion Graphics II	4.5
DIMA 2510	Interactive 2-D Design II	4.5
DIMA 2900	Special Topics in DIMA	variable
DIMA 2981	Internship	4.5
ARTS 2020	Elementary Painting	4.5
ARTS 2025	Watercolor	4.5
PHOT 1005	Basic Photography I - Digital	6.0
VACA 1020	Audio I	4.5
VACA 1110	Introduction to Scriptwriting	4.5
VACA 1130	Video I - Studio	4.5
VACA 2120	Screenwriting Principles	4.5
VACA 2220	Digital Media Editing	4.5

See Curriculum Plan