Curriculum
A Two-Year Program
Students earn a Master of Fine Arts in Animation and Digital Arts. The two-year degree program requires completion of 68-72 graduate credits.
- First Year, Fall Semester
- First Year, Spring Semester - Animation Track
- First Year, Spring Semester - New Media Track
- Second Year, Fall Semester - Animation Track
- Second Year, Fall Semester - New Media Track
- Second Year, Spring Semester - Animation Track
- Second Year, Spring Semester - New Media Track
- Internship: Elective
- Elective Information
- First Year, Fall Semester
- Traditional Forms of Animation
- The History of Animation
- Drawing in Motion
- Storytelling Strategies
- Digital Tools for Communication
- First Year, Spring Semester - Animation Track
- Introduction to 3D Animation
- Modeling and Design / Construction
- Elements of Composition for Moving Images
- First Year, Spring Semester - New Media Track
- Designing Interactive Content for Children
- Games of Yesterday
- Intro to Interactive Animation
- Second Year, Fall Semester - Animation Track
- Animation Studio: Character and Environment Design
- Thesis Workshop: Animation and New Media
- Second Year, Fall Semester - New Media Track
- Aesthetic Apps, Designing Device Applications from Script to Mini-Screen
- Compositing
- Interactive Art
- Second Year, Spring Semester - Animation Track
- 2D /3D Character Production: Production
- Elements of Composition In Moving Images
- Thesis: Animation and New Media
- Thesis Lab: Thesis Production and Management
- Second Year, Spring Semester - New Media Track
- Games of Yesterday
- Dynamic Environments for the Day after Tomorrow
- Internship: Elective
- Internship
- Independent Study
