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HUM150 - Fundamentals of Animation

30 hours - 2.00 semester credit hours

The course teaches the basic understanding and concepts of storyboarding; fundamentals of animation through keyframing; conceptualization for claymation and paper-mache; operation of digital camera and computer manipulation of photographs.

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Careers in Media Arts

Concept Artist
Animator/Character Animator
3D Environment Artist/Modeler
Visual Effects Artist
Game Designer
Storyboard Artist
Character Modeler/Rigger
Creative Director
Technical Artist
Match Mover
Sculptor
Special Effects Animator

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Class Descriptions

AE400 MotionBuilder
AG300 Electronic Game 3D Animation
AH400 Digital Character Sculpting
AM300 Maya Dynamics / Effects
AO300 Organic Modeling
ART103 Life Drawing
ART150 Survey Of Art History I
ART151 Survey of Art History II
ART201 Film and Society
AX400 Special Effects
BUS202 Marketing Communications
COM105 Oral Communications
D102 Vector Graphics
DAC400 Advanced Digital Compositing
DAP400 Advanced Video Production
DC300 After Effects
DD101 Digital Production
DES101 Design Basics
DP300 Video Production
DSD400 Sound Design and Engineering
DSP102 Design for Print I
DSP103 Design for Print II
DV300 Script Writing
ENG105 English Composition
ENG201 Creative Writing
ENG202 Multimedia Writing
ENV101 Environmental Science I
ENV201 Environmental Science
HB150 Human Behavior
HUM103 History of Advertising
HUM105 Clay Modeling
HUM108 Fundamentals of Drawing
HUM150 Fundamentals of Animation
HUM201 Mass Communication
HUM202 Fundamentals of Illustration
IA104 Introduction to Animation
IV104 Introduction to Digital Video Production
IW104 Fundamentals of Web Design
LIT101 Introduction to Literature
MAT100 Introduction to Algebra
MAT101 Business Math I
MAT103 Introduction to Algebra / Geometry
MAT201 Introduction to Geometry
MAT204 Business Math Concepts
MUS201 The Enjoyment of Music
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P102 Raster Graphics
P103 Digital Imaging
PD100 Portfolio Development
PD200 Digital Portfolio Development & Presentation
PT200 Portfolio Thesis - Independent
TYP101 Typography/Computer System Skills
WA300 Flash for the Web
WAS400 Advanced ActionScript and Flash
WC300 Web Campaign Implementation
WD103 Introduction to Web
WIP400 Web Programming for Designers
WP300 Scripting for the Web
WUD400 Web Design for Usability

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