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Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
ANI 421ANIMATION MECHANICS4
ANI 4233D ANIMATION SURVEY 14
ANI 425STORYBOARDING I4
or ANI 434 VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
ANI 460ANIMATION GRADUATE SEMINAR4
ANI 461MOTION GRAPHICS4
ANI 462TITLE DESIGN4
ANI 4633D MOTION GRAPHICS4
ANI 422ANIMATION HISTORY & PRACTICE4
or ANI 466 CINEMA, ANIMATION AND ART
ANI 467MOTION DESIGN STUDIO 4
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Students with 3D animation experience can have the ANI 423 3D ANIMATION SURVEY requirement substituted with an Animation Elective by their Faculty Advisor.  ​

Motion Graphics Electives

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select eight (8) credit hours from the following: 8
ANIMATION HISTORY & PRACTICE
STORYBOARDING I
ANIMATION FIGURE STUDY I
STORYBOARDING III
VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION
HYBRID ANIMATION
CINEMA, ANIMATION AND ART
SOUND DESIGN FOR ANIMATION
CREATIVE PROCESS AND STRATEGY
INTERNSHIPS IN MEDIA AND DESIGN
INTERNSHIPS IN MEDIA AND DESIGN
TEXT AND IMAGE
EDITING
DIRECTING SOUND DESIGN AND MUSIC
ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION (FORMERLY DC 426)
SOUND AND MUSIC SYNTHESIS FOR FILM
VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
COMPOSITING I
COMPOSITING II
CG COMPOSITING
ADVANCED TOPICS IN VISUAL EFFECTS

CDM Open Electives

Students must complete eight (8) credit hours of graduate courses from CDM.  Elective courses must be in the range of 421 to 699.