This course focuses on the development and critique of a professional animation portfolio. Topics include industry interviewing techniques, portfolio refinement and self-marketing skills. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to analyze their personal traits and present a digital portfolio and résumé that highlights their individual animation skills in a professional manner.

This course provides a brief overview of historical ideas and events in the development of the arts. Topics include a review of the styles and schools of art as well as the functions of art in varying cultures. Upon s uccessful completion of this course, students will be able to describe major characteristics of art and architecture; analyze visual images; and identify historically significant artistic styles, individual artists, and works of art.

This course explores the principles of color as it applies to digital media. Topics include RGB versus CYMK, digital color principles in the game environment, color for screen, bit depth, color pallets, color channels, alpha channels and file formats. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the psychology of color and how to properly apply digital color theory for screen and digital media.

In this course students are introduced to 3D modeling and animation using industry relevant software. Topics covered include project development from initial concept to final production using lighting, camera angles, and textures. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to create and animate virtual objects in a 3D environment.

This course expands upon modeling and texturing skills and concepts in a 3D application. Topics include poly-modeling, nurbs/spline modeling, sub-division surfaces, texture mapping, lighting, and rendering. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to model, texture, light and render a complex 3D object (Character) or environment.

This course covers the elements and techniques of sequential storytelling. Topics include story boarding and scene layout, graphic arts publishing, pencil tests, and animatics. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to create dynamic and effective narrative content for a variety of visual media.

This course introduces the fundamentals of traditional and digital animation. Topics include the history and principles of animating key poses, timing cycles, and the mechanics of motion. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to present a short animation using traditional and digital techniques.

This course introduces the basics of web site design and layout. Topics include foundational mark up languages including formatting, design theory, layout, utilization of typography, and web-appropriate imagery. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to apply the principles of web site design and use industry-standard software to create functional web sites.

This course is a progressive study in physics based simulation and natural phenomenon. Topics include advanced tools and scripting used in simulation. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and reconstruct an actual event as an animation.

This course covers advanced 3D methods and techniques. Topics include rigging, scripting, and advanced rendering techniques; as well as an introduction to particles, dynamics, and simulations. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to apply advanced 3D techniques towards the production of a professional 3D short.

This course explores advanced digital effects techniques used in film and video. Topics include blue/green screen, matte creation, rotoscoping, 3D elements, matte painting, particles, and compositing. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to apply digital effects techniques to a film or video project.

This course is a progressive study of complex character animation techniques within a 3D environment. Topics include fundamental motions, expressions, interaction, physics, and weights commonly applied to animation. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to create a short animation sequence focusing on character acting.

This course explores digital effects for video. Topics include storyboarding, effects design, motion effects, morphing, titling, blue screen, and 3D camera matching. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to create effective visual effects using current mastering technologies.

This course covers special effects as applied to games. Topics include particle systems, volumetric effects, sprites and animated textures, and dynamics for games. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to produce various effects for use in a 3D game engine.

This course explores advanced editing techniques used for animation in film and video. Topics include various post production techniques. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to use industry-standard software to author, assemble, and edit animation sequences for use in a demo reel.

This course explores advanced editing techniques used for animation in film and video. Topics include various post production techniques. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to use industry-standard software to author, assemble, and edit animation sequences for use in a demo reel.

Students explored the principles of form topology, visual design, and movement, and apply them in the creation of simple animated sequences using industry-standard 3D animation software. The course emphasizes the fine details of life-like motion graphics.

Students learn complex methods of digital animation, as well as various techniques for interactivity. Focus is on tracking user movement, timing actions, and user interface design. Emphasis will be placed on learning the intricacies of ActionScripting and advanced timeline based animation.

Students learn the fundamentals of creating graphics for use in print and website design by modifying existing graphics and photos creating appropriate imagery for new and existing websites, using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

Students will be able to write HTML code directly and be able to use HTML code generators such as Dreamweaver. The course emphasized the creation of web pages that are displayed properly in multiple browsers. Special attention will be paid to well-designed web pages that meet site requirements.

Students learned the fundamentals of graphic design, including typography, color theory, layout and style and recognize the importance of consistency and “branding.” Special attention was paid to well-designed layouts that work well for multiple uses and their consistency and flexibility across multiple platforms.

This course is designed to allow students to build and test interactive Internet applications. Working in a graphical user interface (GUI) environment, students learn to customize Forms with user input items such as check boxes, list items, and radio groups. The course also includes a basic introduction to Server Side Includes (SSI) and they also learn to modify data access by creating event-related triggers.

This course provides the skills to build a Web application, which interfaces to an existing database. In this course, students will install a web server on a PC and create simple web pages that display data from a database. Throughout the course students will refresh and reinforce their MySQL skills, and become proficient connecting a Web page to a database, and using MySQL Select statements to create dynamic Web pages.

In this course, students develop highly visual and interactive graphic content using industry-standard, timeline-based software, such as Macromedia Flash. This course focuses on understanding the application of traditional animation techniques with contemporary design practices.

The Portfolio is a research-based course that integrates contents learned throughout the program. Students prepare their own resumes and portfolios, while balancing a full website project. This class focuses on web design contracting, expectations, and maintenance.

Focuses on client-side programming with an introduction to server side programming. Topics include DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, design templates, and principles of user-centered design. Students are also introduced to multimedia and plug-in functionalities. Students apply their knowledge of client-side programming as they enhance their personal e-portfolio website and construct a rudimentary e-business site.

Students learn in depth standards and practices for the presentation of information on the web. This course will cover web color, typography, imagery, and branding in depth as they apply to professional web sites. Students also learn about writing for the web, maintaining content for the web, navigation issues, and ways to use visual information to create a specific customer experience.

Students learned the fundamentals of human factors as they apply to website design and how to balance these principles with current technologies. Students also learned what factors to take into account when designing websites that appeal to specific audiences and how to communicate that with managers and clients.

This course will allow students to propose a web application project. Students prepare a project plan that includes details of their project, deliverables, dates when they will be completed. Students implement their plan and record weekly status on their progress, issues, decisions, and learning. At the conclusion of the course, students complete their projects and summarize their results in a final report.

This course involves extensive work in the solution of problems on a digital computer. Covers structured programming concepts, proper documentation techniques, coding, debugging, and running programs using I/O files, subroutines, arrays, searching, and sorting.

A studio atmosphere in which the student will learn about the creation and manipulation of forms through the use of Adobe Illustrator and readings from Principles of Form and Design by Wong Wucius. The course also incorporates package design—creating 3d form from a 2d rendering.

This course focuses on the role of the designer in the development of multifaceted design projects from concept to completion. Process guidelines used in the creation of a design series are discussed, as are time and budget constraints.

This course explores the fundamental techniques to create animation in a 3d environment on a computer. Through critical analysis the student can apply basic design principles to solve visual problems using elements of 3d design. The student can conceptualize 3d coordinate systems and construct 3d models.

Students study the principles of broadcast graphics and character animation. Students will create broadcast quality 2d and 3d animation sequences that incorporate sound.

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Working in teams, students will develop and produce a commercial style video presentation. The class will take a critical look at the video medium in terms of art, advertising and education.

Display design incorporates existing Trade-show and marketing display vehicles as a basis for rendering a 3d model on the computer. The student will apply graphics to the model that focus on the marketing goal.

Introduction to Adobe interactive technologies for web and cd-rom development. Focus is on the introduction of these technologies and how to use Adobe products to create inventive and interactive elements.

Using ActionScripts students will develop Flash interfaces for web publishing.

Students continue the study of the principles of digital images, sound and video on the computer. Students will create complex interactive presentations utilizing multimedia scripting in order to customize their creations. 3d modeling and animation was also incorporated into projects.

Expose the students to real world projects, processes, presentation techniques, deadlines, & critique methods in a studio environment. The studio allows cross discipline development of product design, marketing, & advertising in a variety of venues. The students form design teams representing all aspects of professional design environments & work closely with each other in an effort to meet a client’s need toward developing & marketing a particular product/event.

This course is an overview of computer concepts and applications. The course can provide students with basic understanding of what a computer is, its different components, and how it works.

Business practices in visual communication are examined through the development of an overarching design project. Management issues, client relations, proposal writing and bidding, resources and pricing, and the design process were discussed.

Typography deals with the language of type, the history of typography, typeface and character recognition, legibility, appropriate uses, units of measure, document specifications and the individual dynamics of letterforms.

Students learned website construction techniques and methods in developing their own portfolio website using CSS and JavaScripts.