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Major Requirements

First Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 101FOUNDATIONS OF CINEMA FOR MAJORS4
FILM 105FOUNDATIONS OF TELEVISION4
FILM 110CINEMA PRODUCTION I FOR MAJORS4
FILM 131HISTORY OF CINEMA PRODUCTION4
POST 110EDITING I4
POST 124SOUND DESIGN I4
SCWR 101SCREENWRITING FOR MAJORS4
SCWR 110INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION IN FILM & TV4
or MPOP 274 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION

Second Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
ANI 101ANIMATION FOR NON-MAJORS4
or ANI 201 ANIMATION I
ANI 105MOTION GRAPHICS FOUNDATIONS4
or GD 105 INTRO TO VISUAL DESIGN
ANI 2303D DESIGN & MODELING4
ANI 3393D TEXTURING AND LIGHTING4
FILM 150CINEMATOGRAPHY I (FORMERLY FILM 250)4
POST 340COLOR CORRECTION4
VFX 200INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL EFFECTS4
VFX 374COMPOSITING I4

Third Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
ANI 2313D ANIMATION4
ANI 361MOTION GRAPHICS4
IT 202CODING FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO4
VFX 310GAME ENGINES FOR FILMMAKERS4
VFX 330VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISION4
VFX 378COMPOSITING II4
VFX 380CG COMPOSITING4

Fourth Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
POST 384POST-PRODUCTION SEMINAR4
POST 398POST PRODUCTION CAPSTONE 4
VFX 320FUNDAMENTALS OF VIRTUAL PRODUCTION4
VFX 334VIRTUAL CINEMATOGRAPHY4
VFX 340PREVISUALIZATION4
VFX 391VISUAL EFFECTS STUDIO4
Choose eight (8) Credit Hours from the following:8
ANI 342
3D ANIMATION PRODUCTION
ANI 360
3D MOTION GRAPHICS
ANI 378
3D DYNAMICS
CP 350
PRODUCING FOR ANIMATION AND VFX
FILM 210
CINEMA PRODUCTION II
FILM 359
VISUAL EFFECTS CINEMATOGRAPHY
POST 200
EDITING II
IT 281
IMAGE SCIENCE
POST 344
ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION
POST 348
TITLE DESIGN
POST 395
ESTABLISHING A CREATIVE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS
VFX 390
ADVANCED TOPICS IN VISUAL EFFECTS

Open Electives

Open elective credit hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Program Combination Restrictions

Students pursuing the BFA in Film and Television with a Concentration in Visual Effects are forbidden from pursuing the BA in Film and Television. Students pursuing the BFA in Film and Television with a Concentration in Visual Effects are also forbidden from pursuing the following Minor degrees: Film Production; Visual Effects.