2015-2016 Catalog

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 1010English Composition IONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENGL 1020English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1110Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

ARTS 1120Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID

4.5

 

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

Other

HMRL 1010Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID

4.5

INFO 1001Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Requirements

Tier I - Major Requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Students must take all courses

ARTS 1010Elementary Drawing

4.5

ARTS 10202-D Design

4.5

DIMA 1110Digital Design: Raster

4.5

DIMA 1120Digital Design: Vector

4.5

DIMA 1310Typography I

4.5

DIMA 1450Design for Motion Graphics I

4.5

Tier II - Required Concentration (45.0 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1220Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development

4.5

DIMA 1230Drawing for Electronic Media

4.5

DIMA 14102-D Animation and Compositing I

4.5

DIMA 1411History of Animation

4.5

DIMA 1510Interactive 2-D Design I

4.5

DIMA 1620Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation

4.5

DIMA 2210Electronic Illustration

4.5

DIMA 24102-D Animation and Compositing II

4.5

DIMA 2840Projects Development

4.5

ARTS 2010Life Drawing

4.5

Tier III - Electives (9.0 credit hrs.)

Select 9.0 credit hours from the following:

DIMA 1240Character Design 1HYBRID

4.5

DIMA 1400Game Design Fundamentals

4.5

DIMA 1455Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation

4.5

DIMA 1500Web Design

4.5

DIMA 2450Design for Motion Graphics II

4.5

DIMA 2510Interactive 2-D Design II

4.5

DIMA 2900Special Topics in DIMA

variable

DIMA 2981Internship

4.5

ARTS 2020Elementary Painting

4.5

ARTS 2025Watercolor

4.5

PHOT 1005Basic Photography I - Digital

6.0

VACA 1020Audio I

4.5

VACA 1110Introduction to Scriptwriting

4.5

VACA 1130Video I - Studio

4.5

VACA 2120Screenwriting Principles

4.5

VACA 2220Digital Media Editing

4.5

See Curriculum Plan