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This minor has a minimum credit hour requirement of 19 hours. Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all required minor courses.
Animation Studies Minor Requirements
1. Complete at least 1 of the following:
ART1020 - Non-major Basic Drawing (3)
ART2200 - Beginning Drawing (4)
ART2205 - Studio Art Foundations: Mapping (2)
ART3020 - Non-major Advanced Drawing (3)
2. Complete at least 3 courses from Group 1.
Group 1 Courses
FILM1600 - Animation: Then, Now, & Next (3)
FILM1610 - Introduction to Animation Techniques (4)
FILM2630 - Introduction to Traditional Animation (4)
FILM3160 - Animation Film History (4)
FILM3170 - Japanese Anime (4)
FILM2500 - Introduction to Film Production (4)
FILM2650 - Storyboarding/Visual Storytelling (4)
FILM2620 - Introduction to 3D Computer Animation (4)
FILM2165 - Contemporary Animation: The Simpsons to South Park (4)
3. Complete at least 1 course from Group 2.
Group 2 Courses
ART1010 - Introduction to the Visual Arts (3)
ART2060 - Non-major Digital Photography (3)
ART3610 - Visual Communication I (4)
ART3620 - Visual Communication II (4)
COMM3500 - Writing for Entertainment Media (3)
ART3040 - Drawing the Human Head and Hands (3)
DRAW3040 - Drawing the Human Head and Hands (3)
ENGL2085 - Digital Culture (3)
ENGL2090 - Video Game Storytelling (3)
ARTX3600 - Writing for New Media (3)
COMM3640 - Writing for New Media (4)
4. Complete at least one additional course from Group 1 or Group 2.
*Only one course can be taken from ART 3040 or DRAW 3040.
*Only one course can be taken from FA 3600 or COMM 3640.