SCAD > Programs > Visual Effects

SCAD alumni land positions at award-winning visual effects studios, including Blizzard Entertainment and Electronic Arts.
SCAD visual effects students can pursue their degrees in Atlanta, Hong Kong and Savannah, opening the door to global influence on their creative process.
SCAD students graduate with professional-level portfolios that include a reel, résumé, DVD, Web page and shot breakdown, giving them an edge with recruiters.
Meet visual effects student Aki Rodic.

Offered in: Atlanta, Savannah

VSFX	501	Digital 3-D Effects*
VSFX	502	Programming 3-D Models and Shaders*
VSFX	503	Cinematography for Visual Effects*
ARTH	701	Contemporary Art
VSFX	705	Programming Concepts for Visual Effects
VSFX	708	Modeling for Visual Effects
VSFX	709	Visual Effects Theory and Application
VSFX	715	Digital Compositing I
VSFX	721	Procedural Modeling and Animation
VSFX	748	Visual Effects M.A. Studio
VSFX	749	Visual Effects Portfolio
	-	700-level ANIM, DWRI, FILM, ITGM, MOME, MPRA, PROD, SFDM, SNDS, VSFX Elective
Total course of study		45 hours*

* Intensive coursework may be assigned upon admission.

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

VIEW STUDENT WORK

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SCAD Tech Pro Expo Feb 10, 2012

SCAD Day - Savannah Feb 18, 2012

Black Bottom Parade game in Hong Kong lobby

Black Bottom Parade, a custom-built interactive table game designed and developed by a team of six SCAD students, was a finalist for juried categories and an audience choice award at Indiecade, an international festival of independent games. Black Bottom Parade was built for the lobby of the SCAD Hong Kong location by an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students who were guided in their research by SCAD professors John Sharp, Matthew Maloney and David Spencer.
Computer Graphics World interviews Weishar

Computer Graphics World interviewed Peter Weishar, dean of the School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts, for its educational supplement in the June/July issue.
Bryanna London interns at Cerebral Lounge

B.F.A. visual effects student Bryanna London accepted a summer internship with Cerebral Lounge in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Visual Effects