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Course Requirements

Course List

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
ANI 421	ANIMATION MECHANICS	4
ANI 423	3D ANIMATION SURVEY 1	4
ANI 425	STORYBOARDING I	4
ANI 460	ANIMATION GRADUATE SEMINAR	4
ANI 461	MOTION GRAPHICS	4
ANI 462	TITLE DESIGN	4
ANI 463	3D MOTION GRAPHICS	4
ANI 422	ANIMATION HISTORY & PRACTICE	4
or ANI 466	CINEMA, ANIMATION AND ART
ANI 467	MOTION 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 List

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Select eight (8) credit hours from the following:		8
ANI 422	ANIMATION HISTORY & PRACTICE
ANI 428	ANIMATION FIGURE STUDY I
ANI 429	STORYBOARDING III
ANI 456	EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION
ANI 457	HYBRID ANIMATION
ANI 466	CINEMA, ANIMATION AND ART
ANI 481	SOUND DESIGN FOR ANIMATION
DMA 527	CREATIVE PROCESS AND STRATEGY
FILM 499	INTERNSHIPS IN MEDIA AND DESIGN
or POST 499	INTERNSHIPS IN MEDIA AND DESIGN
NMS 504	TEXT AND IMAGE
POST 400	EDITING
POST 420	DIRECTING SOUND DESIGN AND MUSIC
POST 444	ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION (FORMERLY DC 426)
POST 460	SOUND AND MUSIC SYNTHESIS FOR FILM
VFX 434	VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
VFX 474	COMPOSITING I
VFX 478	COMPOSITING II
VFX 480	CG COMPOSITING
VFX 490	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.