MAP - BFA in Animation 8.15.2022

The Animation BFA program is a limited enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Interested students should declare pre-major intent and complete DESAN 101. Based upon review of work completed in DESAN 101, students will be promoted to pre-BFA Animation status. Successful applicants will go on to complete the foundational courses before applying for admissions to the Animation BFA major through a portfolio review in June.

Only students granted pre-BFA status are to complete the foundational courses and then may apply for the BFA professional program through a portfolio review in June.

Requirement 1 — Complete 1 Course

Prerequisite courses:

course - Intro to Drawing for Pre-Anim 1.0

Apply for pre-BFA status via portfolio review.

Requirement 2 — Complete 3 Courses

Foundational courses:

course - Intro to 3D Graphics 1.5

course- Drawing Fundamentals 3.0

course - Intro to 2D Animation Skills 1.5

Apply to the Animation BFA program.

Requirement 3 — Complete 8 Courses

After admission to the major, complete the following:

course - Visual Narrative 3.0

course - Interm 3D Computer Graphics 2.0

course - Scripting for Animation 3.0

course - Gesture Drawing - You may take once 3.0

course - Beginning Char Anim 3.0

course - Experimental Animation and Production - You may take once 1.5

course - Business & Ethics in Animation 2.0

course - Introduction to Film 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Technical Animation 3.0

course - Technical Drawing 3.0

Requirement 5 — Complete 1 of 4 Courses

course - Materials & Surfacing 3.0

course - Visual Development 3.0

History & Critical Studies Courses:

Requirement 6 — Complete 1 of 2 Course

course - Animated Film Production 1 - You may take once 3.0

course - Video Game Production 1 - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 7 —Complete 6 hours

course - Animated Film Production 2 - You may take once 3.0

course - Animated Film Production 3 - You may take once 3.0

course - Video Game Production 2 - You may take once 3.0

course - BFA Final Project - You may take once 3.0v

course - Video Game Pre-Production 3.0

course - Pitching for Film & Games - You may take once 1.5

course - Capstone: Anim. Analysis 3.0

course - Film Pre-Production - You may take once 1.5

course - BFA Independent Film Productn - You may take once 3.0v

Requirement 8 — Complete 3 Courses

course - World Civilization to 1500 3.0

course - World Civilization Since 1500 3.0

course - History of Animation 3.0

Requirement 9 — Complete 1 of 5 Courses

course - Design Theory 3.0

course - Survey of Illustration History 3.0

course - History of Photography 3.0

course - Media Arts History 1 3.0

course - Media Arts History 2 3.0

Requirement 10 — Complete 9.5 hours

(Courses completed above do not double count to fulfill this requirement.)

course - The Joy and Beauty of Computing 3.0

course - Intro to Computer Science 3.0

course - Game Design 2.0

course - Real-time Techniques 3.0

course - Lighting for 3D Graphics - You may take once 3.0

course - Animated Film Production 1 - You may take once 3.0

course - Previsualization 3.0

course - Materials & Surfacing 3.0

course - Advanced Shading 3.0

course - 3D Visual Effects 3.0

course - Video Game Production 1 - 3.0

course - Special Projects - You may take once 3.0v

course - Design Lecture Series - You may take 2 times 0.5

course - Motion Concepts 3.0

course - Analog Motion 3.0

course - Special Topics - You may take once 3.0

course - 3D Motion 2 3.0

course - Basic Storyboarding 3.0

course - Visual Development 3.0

course - Interm Charac Anim 3.0

course - Advanced Storyboarding - You may take once 3.0

course - Vis Dev & Character Design - You may take once 3.0

course - Adv Charac Anim - You may take once 3.0

course - Digital Sculpting - You may take once 3.0

course - Digital Painting - You may take once 3.0

course - Special Topics - You may take once 0.5v

course - Adv. Life Drawing 3.0

course - Intellectual Properties - You may take once 3.0v

course - BFA Independent Film Productn - You may take once 3.0v

course - Directed Studies in Animation - You may take once 6.0v

course - Environment Design 3.0

course - Adv. Life Drawing 3.0

course - Intro to B/W Photography 3.0

course - Acting Fundamentals 2.0

course - Screenwriting 1 3.0