Visual Effects (VFX) - Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degree Requirements

For a complete list of the core General Education curriculum please navigate to: College of Art & Design General Education 

Required Foundation Courses (15 credits)

It is recommended that first time first-year students take INTGR 1650 and transfer students take INTGR 1637.

INTGR 1650	Visual Culture Seminar	3
	or
INTGR 1637	Transfer Visual Culture Seminar	3
IFINE 1220	Color and Composition	3
IFINE 1630	Drawing Intensive	3
IFINE 1670	3D Concepts	3
IPHOT 1210	Digital Photography	3

Required Visual Effects Courses (48 credits)

IANIM 1250	Principles of Animation 1	3
IANIM 1261	Principles of Animation 2 for 3D	3
IANIM 1300	Animation Foundation Studio	3
IANIM 2350	Storyboarding for Time Based Media	3
IANIM 2550	Introduction to 3D	3
IANIM 2650	Technical Drawing	3
IANIM 3320	Procedural Modeling	3
IANIM 3350	Art Directed Destruction	3
IANIM 3625	3D Physics & Simulation	3
IANIM 4200	Business of Animation	3
IDFLM 2300	Production Studio	3
IDFLM 4221	Film Thesis Seminar II	3
IGAME 2500	Virtual Cinematography	3
IGAME 3300	Texture, Light & Rendering	3
IGAME 3400	Hard Surface Modeling	3
IANIM 4880	External Internship Animation + VFX	3
	or
IANIM 4882	Internal Internship Animation + VFX	3

Required Art History Courses (15 credits)

IAHIS 1800	Art Across Borders	3
IAHIS 2750	Digital Culture	3
IAHIS 2465	The History of Women, Gender, Race and Animation	3

Required Art History Courses (Choose One)

Choose one of the following IAHIS courses

IAHIS 3354	Art Now	3
IAHIS 3900	Alternating Currents: Experimental Film & Video	3

Required Art History Courses (Choose One)

Choose one of the following IAHIS courses

IAHIS 2460	History of Animation	3
IAHIS 2500	History of the Moving Image	3
IAHIS 2505	History of the Moving Image II	3
IAHIS 2625	Visual Narratives Across Time and Media	3

Free Elective Courses (12 credits)

	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
	Free Elective	3