Undergraduate Filmmaking

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Animation

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BFA Degree Total 120 credits

Filmmaking Course Total 84 credits General Education Course Total1 30 credits Liberal Arts or Designated Arts Course Total2 6 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
FIM 1001		Fundamentals of Production Design	1 - 1
FIM 1101		Fundamentals of Screenwriting I	2 - 2
	FIM 1102	Fundamentals of Screenwriting II [optional]	- [2]
FIM 1201	FIM 1202	Fundamentals of Directing I & II	2 2 4
FIM 1311	FIM 1312	Short Film (Fall); American Cinema (Spring)	3 3 6
FIM 1401	FIM 1402	Fundamentals of Producing I & II	1 1 2
FIM 1611	FIM 1612	Fundamentals of Picture Editing I & II	1 2 3
	FIM 1622	Fundamentals of Sound Design	- 1 1
FIM 1801		Fund of Cinematography	2 - 2
FAN 1101	FAN 1102	Introduction to Animation I & II [optional electives]3	[1] [1] [2]
FYS 1100		First Year Seminar	3 -
	ENG 1200	Writing About...	- 3
		General Education Requirement1	- 3 3
Year One Total			15 15 30
Year Two
Fall	Spring
FAN 2101	FAN 2102	Animations Foundations I & II	3 3 6
FAN 2151	FAN 2152	Storyboarding I & II	2 2 4
FAN 2171	FAN 2172	Year 2 Animation Practicum I & II	1 2 3
FAR 2050		Sketching for Communication	2 - 2
	FAR 2070	Life Drawing Studio	- 2 2
FIM 2311		Classics of World Cinema	3 - 3
HUM 2101		Self, Society and Cosmos	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year Two Total			17 16 33
Year Three
Fall	Spring
FAN 3101	FAN 3102	Computer Animation I & II	3 3 6
FAN 3111	FAN 3112	Computer Graphics I & II	2 2 4
FAN 3171	FAN 3172	Year 3 Animation Practicum I & II	3 3 6
	FIM 3330 or	Exp Stop-Motion Animation5
	FIM 3340	International Animation5	- 3 3
		Cinema Studies, Film Electives, Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses4	2 2 4
		General Education Requirements1	3 - 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year Three Total			16 16 32
Year Four
Fall	Spring
FAN 4101	FAN 4102	Advanced Computer Animation I & II	3 3 6
FAN 4171	FAN 4172	Year 4 Animation Practicum I & II	4 4 8
		Cinema Studies, Film Electives, Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses4	3 3 6
		Designated Arts or Liberal Arts Courses2	3 3 6
Year Four Total			13 13 26

¹ General Education requirements:
3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About...
3 credits HUM 2101: Self, Society, and Cosmos
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present
3 credits Natural Science/Mathematics requirement (fulfilled by MAT or SCI class)
3 credits Literature/Writing requirement (fulfilled by LIT or WRI course at 2000 or 3000 level)
3 credits Social/Behavioral Science requirement (fulfilled by HIS, PSY, or SOC class)
3 credits Humanities/Fine Arts requirement (fulfilled by any of the following areas of study: ARH, ARM, HUM, and THH classes as well as designated Arts classes outside of the student’s major)
6 credits General Education courses (two 3-credit hour courses from among any of the following areas of study offered in the Division of Liberal Arts, including ARH, ARM, COM, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, THH, WRI, or designated Arts classes outside of the student’s major)

² The School of Filmmaking requires a total of 6 additional credits earned from Liberal Arts or Designated Arts courses outside of the student’s Major. These may be taken earlier than Year Four, but we strongly recommend that they only be taken in semesters when the student is registered for one Gen Ed requirement.

³ If you are interested in Animation, we strongly recommend that you take the FAN 1101 and FAN 1102: Introduction to Animation I & II elective classes in your first year.

⁴ All Animation students must complete a minimum of 10 credit hours of film/arts elective coursework as part of the required credit hours towards this degree. Elective course credits may be fulfilled by any of the following: FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX, FIM 4088, FAN XX98, FAR XX98, FIM XX98, as well as permitted Arts classes outside of the student’s concentration.

⁵ All Animation students must also take EITHER FIM 3330: Experimental Animation OR FIM 3340: International Animation at some point during their four years.