Visual Effects and Technical Animation, BFA
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Studies | ||
| FOUN 110 | Design Thinking and Process | 5 |
| FOUN 111 | Sketching and Drawing | 5 |
| FOUN 112 | Color in Context | 5 |
| FOUN 113 | Creative Collaboration Lab | 5 |
| FOUN 220 | Drawing: Light and Shadow | 5 |
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Figure Drawing: Gesture and Movement | ||
| Storyboarding | ||
| Time Based Design: Story, Sound, and Movement | ||
| Inventing Environments | ||
| General Education | ||
| COMM 105 | Speaking of Ideas | 5 |
| BUSI 110 | Business I: Fundamentals | 5 |
| CTXT 121 | Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives | 5 |
| CTXT 122 | Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities | 5 |
| ENGL 123 | Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing | 5 |
| DIGI 130 | Digital Communication | 5 |
| ENGL 142 | Foundations of Story | 5 |
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Reading Films | ||
| History of Cinema | ||
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| 20th-century Art | ||
| Modern Architecture After 1900 | ||
| Mathematics/Natural Sciences Elective | 5 | |
| Major Curriculum | ||
| VFX 101 | Survey of Visual Effects | 5 |
| VPRD 170 | Survey of Virtual Production | 5 |
| VFX 210 | Introduction to 3D Computer Graphics | 5 |
| VFX 220 | Compositing | 5 |
| VFX 230 | Visual Effects-based Cinematography | 5 |
| VFX 260 | Introduction to Scripting for Visual Effects | 5 |
| VFX 316 | Digital Lighting and Rendering | 5 |
| VFX 350 | Procedural Modeling and Animation Techniques | 5 |
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Collaborative Experiences in Animation | ||
| Collaborative Experiences in Visual Effects | ||
| Collaborative Experiences in the School of Animation and Motion | ||
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Animated Capstone Film: Preproduction | ||
| Concept and Preproduction for Visual Effects | ||
| VFX 409 | Professional Development for Visual Effects | 5 |
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Animated Capstone Film: Production | ||
| Visual Effects Studio I | ||
| VFX 488 | Visual Effects Studio II | 5 |
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Undergraduate Internship | ||
500-level SCADpro Elective | ||
Business-Focused Elective | ||
| ANIM, ARVR, DWRI, FILM, GAME, ITGM, MOME, PROD, SANM, SFLM, SNDS, STEC, THED, or VFX elective | 5 | |
| ANIM, ARVR, DWRI, FILM, GAME, ITGM, MOME, PROD, SANM, SFLM, SNDS, STEC, THED, or VFX elective | 5 | |
| Additional Electives | ||
| Free Elective | 5 | |
| Free Elective | 5 | |
| Free Elective | 5 | |
| Free Elective | 5 | |
| Total Hours | 180 | |