2016-2017 Catalog

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 1010English Composition IONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENGL 1020English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1110Art History-Ancient to GothicONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

ARTS 1120Art History-Renaissance to ModernONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

Other

INFO 1001Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID

4.5

HMRL 1010Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID

4.5

OR

RDLS 1200College Success StrategiesONLINE

4.5

Requirements

Tier I - Major Requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Students must take all courses

ARTS 1010Elementary Drawing

4.5

ARTS 10202-D Design

4.5

DIMA 1110Digital Design: Raster

4.5

DIMA 1120Digital Design: Vector

4.5

DIMA 1310Typography I

4.5

DIMA 1450Design for Motion Graphics I

4.5

Tier II - Required Concentration (45.0 credit hrs.)

DIMA 1220Character, Narrative, and Storyboard Development

4.5

DIMA 1230Drawing for Electronic Media

4.5

DIMA 1400Game Design Fundamentals

4.5

DIMA 1411History of Animation

4.5

DIMA 1455Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation

4.5

DIMA 1620Introduction to 3-D Modeling and Animation

4.5

DIMA 26203-D Character Development

4.5

OR

DIMA 26253-D Modeling for Animation and Games

4.5

DIMA 26403-D Lab

4.5

DIMA 27003-D Game Development

4.5

DIMA 2840Projects Development

4.5

Total Credit Hours:45.0

Tier III - Electives (9.0 credit hrs.)

Select 9.0 credit hours from the following:
DIMA 1240Character Design 1HYBRID

4.5

DIMA 14102-D Animation and Compositing I

4.5

DIMA 1500Web Design

4.5

DIMA 1510Interactive 2-D Design I

4.5

DIMA 2210Electronic Illustration

4.5

DIMA 24102-D Animation and Compositing II

4.5

DIMA 2450Design for Motion Graphics II

4.5

DIMA 2900Special Topics in DIMA

variable

DIMA 2981Internship

4.5

ARTS 10303-D Design

4.5

ARTS 2010Life Drawing

4.5

PHOT 1005Basic Photography I - Digital

6.0

PHOT 1500Moving Image Lab

6.0

VACA 1020Audio I

4.5

VACA 1110Introduction to Scriptwriting

4.5

VACA 1130Video I - Studio

4.5

VACA 2120Screenwriting Principles

4.5

VACA 2220Digital Media Editing

4.5

See Curriculum Plan