AN205 Animation: Pre-Production 3 credits
This course focuses on the behind-the-scenes aspects of developing animation projects, including a variety of technical and non-technical production issues. Topics include story and character development, bibles, turnarounds, character and background design, storyboarding and animatics.
Prerequisites: Life Drawing I
Fulfills: A+IM 200-Level Elective (Animation Students); Studio Elective

AN220 Animation: Traditional and Digital 3 credits
This interdisciplinary course begins with a brief overview of the history of animation using drawing exercises involving story telling, character development and bringing pictures to life with mechanical animation devices such as Thaumatropes and Zoetropes. Students will then translate the tradition of hand drawn cell animation to digital tools by using a variety of techniques to create motion on a computer screen: drawing, collage, stop motion, rotoscoping and the incorporation of video and sound. Emphasizing planning, storyboards and time management, each student will finish the course with a completed short animation.
Prerequisites: Drawing I or Permission of Instructor; Co-Requisite: Drawing I for 1st Semester Freshmen
Fulfills: A+IM Requirement (Animation students); Lens, Technology, Time Elective; Graphic Design Elective (Graphic Design students); Time Based Media Elective (Photography students); Digital Media Elective (Interdisciplinary Arts students); Studio Elective

AN235 3D Modeling and Animation 3 credits
Students explore the expressive possibilities of the 3D animation environment through a variety of narrative and thematic assignments. Virtual objects are modeled and placed into scenes that are then textured, animated and rendered. An emphasis on planning, and project management strengthens the storytelling possibilities created by integrating the motion of objects, cameras, lighting and sound.
Prerequisites: 15 Studio Credits, including LTT Elective or Permission of Instructor
Fulfills: A+IM Requirement (Animation students); Graphic Design Elective (Graphic Design students); Time Based Media Requirement Elective (Photography students); Digital Media Elective (Interdisciplinary Arts students); Digital Sculpture Requirement Elective (Sculp

AN240 3D Character Animation 3 credits
Students work with meshes, rigging and skinning to develop the initial skills for 3D character animation. Simple characters are created and then moved through a series of exercises based on traditional animation principles. Emphasis is on structure, planning and process documentation. Students will explore a variety of thematic assignments and finish the course with several character animation studies.
Prerequisites: 15 Studio Credits, including LTT Elective or Permission of Instructor
Fulfills: AI+M 200-Level Elective (Animation Students); Graphic Design Elective (Graphic Design students); Digital Media Elective (Interdisciplinary Arts students); Digital Sculpture Requirement Elective (Sculpture students)

AN250 Animating Stories 3 credits
Students explore story development as it relates to animation and the moving character learning the nuances of the 12 principles of animation and how to better use them for narrative effects. Students tackle a variety of projects that test their ability to integrate dramatic pacing and shot choices creating a visual dialogue with the audience. The course ends with students using 2D animation tools to build characters and develop short-form animated storylines.
Prerequisites: 15 Studio Credits, including Animation: Traditional to Digital or Permission of Instructor
Fulfills: A+IM 200-Level Elective (Animation Students); Illustration Elective (Illustration students); Studio Elective

AN299 Topics in Animation 3 credits
This course provides an in-depth study of a topic in animation. The topic may be selected to take advantage of special events, to allow further exploration of a subject covered in a preliminary way in other courses, or to explore areas not sufficiently covered by the regular class rotation.
Prerequisites: To be developed in conjunction with the course description for each topic.
Fulfills: A+IM 200-Level Elective (Animation Students); Studio Elective

AN305 Animation and Interactive Media Projects I 3 credits
This is an opportunity for advanced students to work independently or in small groups in a structured critical environment. The final project of this course is a public presentation incorporating one or more of the following forms: 2D or 3D Animation, interactive media or web authoring.
Prerequisites: 15 Studio Credits; At least one of the following: Animation: Traditional to Digital; Animation 3-D; Web Authoring I; Interactive Design
Fulfills: A+IM Requirement(Animation students); Studio Elective

AN310 Animation and Interactive Media Projects II 3 credits
This is an opportunity for advanced students to continue to work independently or in small groups in a structured critical environment for an additional semester. The final project of this course is a public presentation incorporating one or more of the following forms: 2D or 3D Animation, interactive media or web authoring.
Prerequisites: Animation and Interactive Media Projects I
Fulfills: A+IM 300-Level Elective (Animation students); Studio Elective

AN315 The Exquisite Frame 3 credits
This course will offer students the opportunity to bring their own sense of artistic experimentation into animation, getting away from the conventional tracks of cartooning and story arcs, working with alternative approaches, such as incorporating found footage, using small gauge film manipulation, collaborative work, pixilation, painted image sequences, etc. Students will explore employing a thesis as the core of their work, through abstract and experimental short and long form animations, as well as readings on specific media concerns. Students will leave with a body of work that focuses on the message of the film as much as the aesthetic involved.
Prerequisites: Animation: Traditional to Digital and 45 credits, or permission of instructor
Fulfills: AI+M 300-Level Studio Elective (Animation Students); 300-Level Studio Elective

AN325 Interactive Design: 3D Game Development 3 credits
This course focuses on the broad issues of game design, particularly tailored towards 3D video games. Through a series of exercises and projects students study and practice the fundamental skills of computer game planning and development while exploring the history and principles of game design.
Prerequisites: 3D Character Animation or 3D Animation and Modeling
Fulfills: A+IM 300-Level Elective (Animation Students); 300-Level Studio Elective

AN399 Topics in Animation 3 credits
This course provides an in-depth study of a topic in Animation. The topic may be selected to take advantage of special events, to allow further exploration of a subject covered in a preliminary way in other courses, or to explore areas not sufficiently covered by the regular class rotation.
Prerequisites: To be developed in conjunction with the course description for each topic.
Fulfills: A+IM 300-Level Elective (Animation students); 300-Level Studio Elective

DR204 Life Drawing I 3 credits
Studying the human figure is an effective way to engage with and understand visual dynamic. Through involvement with gesture, structure, proportion, anatomy, the effects of light in relation to form and composition, students explore both formal and expressive issues as they work from the model. Slides and other sources of historic and contemporary figurative art are presented throughout the semester.
Prerequisites:
Fulfills: Life Drawing 1 Requirement (A+IM, Illustration, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture Students); Art Education Requirement

GD223 Interactive Design 3 credits
Students explore interactive screen-based media as a design tool and environment. Focus here is on digital creations that embody their own application software, suiting them not only for the web, but for use in CDs and other independent media. Students gain experience with graphics, video, sound, 3D objects, and markup and scripting languages as they consider issues of usability, transitions, duration and motion to create and control meaning. Emphasis on flowcharts and project management.
Prerequisites: Drawing I, 2-D Design, LTT Elective, or Permission of Instructor
Fulfills: A+IM Requirement (Animation students); Graphic Design Requirement (Graphic Design students); Studio Elective

GD256 Web Authoring I 3 credits
Students survey and critique existing web sites, develop a body of graphic and typographic information to create their own web pages, through which this information can be effectively communicated. They learn fundamental concepts and techniques to sketch and design in markup (HTML & CSS), while designing basic web pages for current browser standards.
Prerequisites: Drawing I, 2-D Design, LTT Elective, or Permission of Instructor
Fulfills: A+IM Requirement (Animation students); Graphic Design Requirement (Graphic Design students); Time-Based Media Elective (Photography Students); Studio Elective

ID350 Sound and Image: Producing a Sound Track 3 credits
Students gain an understanding of the basic principles of audio capture, enhancement and multi-track production by focusing on the methods used in creating a professional sound track. Examples of successful videos and animations are analyzed for the relationship of sound and image. Students compose a sound track for an existing project or their in-class production. This includes writing or generating music, gathering and recording sound effects, and mixing the final tracks.
Prerequisites: At least one of the following courses: 3D Modeling and Animation, Animation: Traditional to Digital, Intro to Audio and Video Media, Evolving Documentary Traditions in Photography and Video or Permission of Instructor.
Fulfills: A+IM 300-Level Elective (Animation students); 300-Level Studio Elective

INT300 Internship 3 credits
Required during the junior year, INT300 provides the opportunity for real world experience through the Internship & Apprenticeship Program. Students complete a minimum of 120 hours on-site as an intern with a business or as an apprentice with an established artist. Other requirements include keeping a journal, writing a reflection paper and attending a debriefing seminar with other interns and apprentices. A learning contract outlining educational objectives as well as work duties and responsibilities is completed prior to starting INT300.
Prerequisites: Junior level standing
Fulfills: Internship Requirement (All Concentrations)

PH240 Audio and Video Media I 3 credits
This course combines viewing and discussion with video production to help students develop a critical point of view regarding video, electronic, digital and print media. Assignments examine the cross fertilization between art and media industries, covering topics that could include advertising, documentaries, the news, political campaigns, personal identity, media imaging and text. Students work on projects that involve the conception, production, and presentation of inter media works, which can include basic audio, video, and various other elements. Methods of critical viewing are applied to the consideration of the work of contemporary media artists as well as works produced by the class. Basic digital and multi media concepts are also discussed.
Prerequisites:
Fulfills: A+IM Requirement (Animation Students); Lens, Technology, Time Elective; Time Based Media Elective (Photography students); Photography Elective (Photography students); Studio Elective