Design, Interactivity, and Media Arts - 3-D Animation and Games (DI3DO)

Students create models, characters, and imaginative spaces that are the foundation of 3-D film animation and the gaming industry. These skills also apply to marketing, web design, and social media.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	27.0
Concentration requirements	54.0
Total credit hours required	108.0

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010	English Composition IONLINEHYBRID	4.5
ENGL 1020	English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1110	Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
ARTS 1120	Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

See Quantitative/numeracy skills course options

Other

INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5
HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
	OR
RDLS 1200	College Success StrategiesONLINE	4.5

Requirements

Tier I - Major Requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Students must take all courses

ARTS 1010	Elementary Drawing	4.5
ARTS 1020	2-D Design	4.5
DIMA 1110	Digital Design: Raster	4.5
DIMA 1120	Digital Design: Vector	4.5
DIMA 1310	Typography I	4.5
DIMA 1450	Design for Motion Graphics I	4.5

Tier II - Required Concentration (45.0 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1220	Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development	4.5
DIMA 1230	Drawing for Electronic Media	4.5
DIMA 1400	Game Design Fundamentals	4.5
DIMA 1411	History of Animation	4.5
DIMA 1455	Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation	4.5
DIMA 1620	Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation	4.5
DIMA 2620	3-D Character Development	4.5
	OR
DIMA 2625	3-D Modeling for Animation and Games	4.5
DIMA 2640	3-D Lab	4.5
DIMA 2700	3-D Game Development	4.5
DIMA 2840	Projects Development	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		45.0

Tier III - Electives (9.0 credit hrs.)

Select 9.0 credit hours from the following:

DIMA 1240	Character Design 1HYBRID	4.5
DIMA 1410	2-D Animation and Compositing I	4.5
DIMA 1500	Web Design	4.5
DIMA 1510	Interactive 2-D Design I	4.5
DIMA 2210	Electronic Illustration	4.5
DIMA 2410	2-D Animation and Compositing II	4.5
DIMA 2450	Design for Motion Graphics II	4.5
DIMA 2900	Special Topics in DIMA	variable
DIMA 2981	Internship	4.5
ARTS 1030	3-D Design	4.5
ARTS 2010	Life Drawing	4.5
PHOT 1005	Basic Photography I - Digital	6.0
PHOT 1500	Moving Image Lab	6.0
VACA 1020	Audio I	4.5
VACA 1110	Introduction to Scriptwriting	4.5
VACA 1130	Video I - Studio	4.5
VACA 2120	Screenwriting Principles	4.5
VACA 2220	Digital Media Editing	4.5

See Curriculum Plan