The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Digital Animation degree at Missouri Western offers an art student the opportunity to become proficient in skills that are useful for producing a wide range of animation for cinema, broadcast television, gaming and interactive media. Students will gain a broad foundation in animation from traditional hand-drawn to 3D animation. Balancing theory and practice, the educational emphasis will be on developing creative problem-solving skills and processes; honing artistic identity; spatial and temporal thinking and analysis; mastering digital animation technologies; and, research of new strategies for learning through digital advances. The Digital Animation degree reflects the convergence of computers and art, and emphasizes working with 2D and 3D graphics in a computer based, graphics-intensive environment. While the flexible curriculum allows you to specialize in an area based on your interests and talents.
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Digital Animation (Bachelor of Fine Arts, B.F.A.)
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
General Studies | ||
42-47 | ||
Major Requirements | ||
ART 110 | Beginning Drawing I | 3 |
ART 120 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 |
ART 130 | Introduction to Tools and Techniques | 2 |
ART 160 | Beginning Drawing II | 3 |
ART 170 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
ART 205 | Survey of Art History I | 3 |
ART 210 | Animation Fundamentals | 3 |
ART 229 | Design Software Applications | 3 |
ART 250 | Motion Graphics | 3 |
ART 255 | Survey of Art History II | 3 |
ART 310 | Intermediate Drawing | 3 |
ART 321 | Digital 3D Modeling | 3 |
ART 325 | Digital 3D Lighting | 3 |
ART 326 | Introduction to Game Design | 3 |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Illustration I | ||
Typography | ||
Acting I | ||
ART 453 | Digital Animation | 3 |
ART 459 | Character Animation | 3 |
or ART 465 | Digital Animation Production | |
ART 485 | Digital Animation Portfolio | 3 |
ART 494 | Senior Seminar and Exhibit | 1 |
Select nine additional credit hours of advance study in Major | 9 | |
Select six additional credit hours in guided art electives | 6 | |
Select six additional credit hours of Art History | 6 |
Program Graduation Requirements
- Earn a grade of C or higher in all major coursework.
- Earn an overall GPA of at least 2.0 and a major GPA of at least 2.0.
University Graduation Requirements
- Earn a minimum of 120 credit hours (100 level and higher, maximum of 6 CED credit hours applicable).
- Earn a minimum of 30 credit hours in upper-division courses. Lower-division transfer courses accepted as meeting upper-division departmental course requirements cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
- Earn 30 of the last 45 credit hours at MWSU in institutional coursework (exclusive of credit by examination).
- Participate in required departmental and campus wide assessments.
- Fulfill the Missouri Constitution requirement.
- Successfully pass the Missouri Higher Education Civics Achievement exam.
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- Major: B.F.A. Digital Animation
Requirements
Grade of C or higher must be earned in all classes required of the major.