Bachelor of Science in Animation and Visual Effects
Program Length – 36 months
Total Credits: 120
Chronological Course order
| MONTH | COURSE CODE/TITLE | CREDITS | |
| 1 | HUM 110 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSMEDIA DESIGN | 3 | |
| 2 | CAN 101 OVERVIEW OF ANIMATION PRODUCTION | 3 | |
| 3 | CAN 110 DIGITAL PAINTING 1 | 3 | |
| ENG 101 CREATIVE WRITING | 3 | ||
| 4 | AVE 150 3D FOUNDATIONS | 3 | |
| 5 | AVE 280 SHADING AND LIGHTING | 3 | |
| 6 | AVE 180 COMPOSITING FUNDAMENTALS | 3 | |
| 7 | AVE 210 FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMATION | 3 | |
| 8 | AVE 240 CHARACTER ANIMATION 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | HUM 251 HISTORICAL ARCHETYPES AND MYTHOLOGY | 3 | |
| 10 | AVE 130 STORYBOARDING & PREVISUALIZATION | 3 | |
| 11 | AVE 160 MODEL CREATION | 3 | |
| 12 | AVE 100 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SURFACE ANATOMY | 3 | |
| 13 | AVE 190 DIGITAL SCULPTING 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | AVE 230 CHARACTER RIGGING 1 | 3 | |
| 15 | AVE 260 CHARACTER ANIMATION 2 | 3 | |
| 16 | MAT 121 QUANTITATIVE PRINCIPLES | 3 | |
| 17 | AVE 200 DIGITAL SCULPTING 2 | 3 | |
| 18 | SPC 214 CREATIVE PRESENTATION | 3 | |
| AVE 298 PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT | 3 | ||
| 19 | HUM 222 AESTHETICS AND CULTURE | 3 | |
| 20 | AVE 290 VISUAL EFFECTS 1 | 3 | |
| 21 | AVE 170 ART CREATION FOR GAMES | 3 | |
| 22 | HUM 330 WORLD-BUILDING | 3 | |
| 23 | CAN 295 FUNDAMENTALS OF SCRIPTING | 3 | |
| 24 | AVE 310 VISUAL EFFECTS 2 | 3 | |
| 25 | MAT 310 STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS | 3 | |
| HUM 420 CONTEMPORARY ART | 3 | ||
| 26 | AVE 340 COMPOSITING AND SCENE FINISHING 1 | 3 | |
| 27 | AVE 355 MATCHMOVING AND INTEGRATION | 3 | |
| 28 | AVE 350 COMPOSITING AND SCENE FINISHING 2 | 3 | |
| 29 | AVE 345 VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCTION 1 | 3 | |
| 30 | AVE 346 VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCTION 2 | 3 | |
| 31 | AVE 347 VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCTION 3 | 3 | |
| 32 | ENG 326 ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING | 3 | |
| AVE 470 PREPRODUCTION | 3 | ||
| 33 | AVE 480 PORTFOLIO CONTENT CREATION 1 | 3 | |
| 34 | AVE 485 PORTFOLIO CONTENT CREATION 2 | 3 | |
| 35 | AVE 490 PORTFOLIO CONTENT CREATION 3 | 3 | |
| 36 | CAN 490 PROFESSIONAL BRANDING | 3 | |
Link: Animation Program
Please refer to the Current Academic Catalog for detailed course descriptions.