Courses in Digital Animation

The Digital Animation concentration provides students with global awareness of digital animation from technical, and non-technical perspectives; allows experiences in media design and content creation; and fosters aesthetic discrimination. The concentration empowers the student with employable skills across many digital media communication areas such as television production, computer graphics, digital compositing, CD-ROM and DVD authoring, webmastering, and digital media entrepreneurship.

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Requirements

Students must take the following courses in addition to the General Education Requirements and one (1) minor concentration to complete the Digital Animation degree requirements:
(Please see your advisor for more information about eligible minor concentrations.)

Digital Animation Requirements (18 hours)

  • PHOT 2050 Black and White Photography
  • EMC 3200 Digital Imaging
  • EMC 3300 Introduction to Digital Animation
  • EMC 3310 Intermediate Digital Animation
  • EMC 4300 Advanced Digital Animation
  • EMC 3040 Electronic Graphics for Television

Electronic Media Requirements (9 hours)

  • EMC 2410 Intro to Electronic Media
    or EMC 2500 Survey of New Media
  • EMC 3120 Sight, Sound, and Motion
  • EMC 3130 Television Production

Mass Communication Core Requirements (9 hours)

  • EMC/JOUR/RI 1020 Understanding Mass Media
  • JOUR 2710
    or EMC 2220
    or EMC 3020
    or EMC 3060
  • EMC/JOUR 4250
    or EMC 3650
    or EMC 4190

Computer Literacy Requirements (3 hours)

  • CSCI 1150
    or INFS 2200
    or INFS 3100

 

Possible Minors:

At least one minor is required. Possibilites include:

  • Art
  • English
  • Public Relations
  • Computer Science
  • Journalism

Students must also complete at least 65 semester hours in liberal arts and sciences