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Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
ANI 150AFTER EFFECTS WORKSHOP2
ANI 155CINEMA 4D WORKSHOP2
ANI 2313D ANIMATION4
ANI 315SOUND DESIGN FOR ANIMATION4
ANI 328ANIMATION FIGURE STUDY I4
or ART 218 FIGURE DRAWING
ANI 341ADVANCED ANIMATION PRODUCTION4
ANI 3423D ANIMATION PRODUCTION4
or VFX 310 GAME ENGINES FOR FILMMAKERS
ANI 356EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION4
ANI 3603D MOTION GRAPHICS4
ANI 361MOTION GRAPHICS4
ANI 362TITLE DESIGN4
ANI 367MOTION DESIGN STUDIO 4
ANI 368ADVANCED CINEMA 4D & REDSHIFT WORKSHOP2
ANI 376POST-PRODUCTION WORKSHOP2
or ANI 396 ANIMATION CAPSTONE WORKSHOP
FILM 233CINEMA & ART4
or ANI 363 CINEMA AND ART FOR ANIMATORS
GD 200GRAPHIC DESIGN: FORM4
GD 230TYPOGRAPHY: FORM4
POST 110EDITING I4
VFX 200INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL EFFECTS4
VFX 374COMPOSITING I4
Select 12 Credit Hours of Motion Graphics Electives (See list below)12
Select 18 Credit Hours of Open Electives18
*NOTE: Motion Graphics students are required to take ANI 360 3D Motion Graphics, which is now a prereq for ANI 341.

Motion Graphics Electives

Course Title Quarter Hours
ANI 226
TRADITIONAL MATERIALS FOR ANIMATION
ANI 301
ADVANCED 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION
ANI 324
STORYBOARDING II
ANI 327
HAND-DRAWN CHARACTER ANIMATION
ANI 328
ANIMATION FIGURE STUDY I
ANI 332
3D RIGGING
ANI 339
3D TEXTURING AND LIGHTING
ANI 340
2D ANIMATION PRODUCTION
ANI 342
3D ANIMATION PRODUCTION
ANI 357
HYBRID ANIMATION
ANI 345
CHARACTER DESIGN
ANI 378
3D DYNAMICS
ANI 382
DIGITAL PUPPET ANIMATION
ART 113
THREE DIMENSIONAL FOUNDATIONS
ART 115
BEGINNING SCULPTURE
ART 205
COLOR THEORY AND APPLICATION
ART 206
INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
ART 218
FIGURE DRAWING
ART 219
BEGINNING FIGURE SCULPTURE
ART 229
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING
ART 231
SCREEN PRINTING
ART 245
PAINTING: MIXOLOGY
ART 306
ADVANCED DRAWING
ART 324
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING
ART 376
DRAWING PROJECTS
FILM 250
CINEMATOGRAPHY I
FILM 325
EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING I
ILL 220
MAKING COMICS
ILL 321
MAKING COMICS II
POST 200
EDITING II
POST 322
ABLETON LIVE WORKSHOP
POST 328
SCORING FOR FILM AND VIDEO
POST 360
SOUND & MUSIC SYNTHESIS FOR FILM
POST 364
MAX CYCLING 74 WORKSHOP
POST 391
ADVANCED TOPICS IN EDITING
VFX 310
GAME ENGINES FOR FILMMAKERS
VFX 320
FUNDAMENTALS OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
VFX 334
VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
VFX 340
PREVISUALIZATION
VFX 378
COMPOSITING II
VFX 380
CG COMPOSITING
VFX 382
FLAME WORKSHOP
VFX 390
ADVANCED TOPICS IN VISUAL EFFECTS
VFX 391
VISUAL EFFECTS STUDIO

Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 208 hours. Open Electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.