B.F.A. in visual effects

Foundation studies: 35 hours

• DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
• DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
• DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
• DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
• DSGN 102 Design II: 3-D Form in Space
• — Studio elective
• — Studio elective

General education: 60 hours

• ARTH 100 Survey of Western Art I
• ARTH 110 Survey of Western Art II
• ARTH 207 20th-century Art
• CMPA 110 Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications
• COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
• ENGL 123 Composition
• — ARLH or ARTH elective
• — ARLH or ARTH elective
• — ENGL elective
• — General education elective*
• — Mathematics/natural sciences elective*
• — Social/behavioral sciences elective*

Major curriculum: 75 hours

• CLC 580 Collaboration†
• TECH 316 Digital Lighting and Rendering‡
• VSFX 101 Survey of Visual Effects
• VSFX 130 Visual Effects-based Cinematography
• VSFX 160 Introduction to Visual Effects Programming
• VSFX 210 Digital Visual Effects
• VSFX 270 Compositing
• VSFX 310 Matte Painting‡
• VSFX 319 Programming Models and Shaders I
• VSFX 350 Procedural Modeling and Animation Techniques
• VSFX 406 Concept Development for Visual Effects
• VSFX 408 Visual Effects Studio I
• VSFX 409 Professional Development for Visual Effects
• VSFX 448 Visual Effects Studio II
• — ANIM, CHAR, DANC, DWRI, FILM, ITGM, MOME, MUST, PERF, PREV, PROD, SDGM, SNDS, SOEA, TECH, TELE, THED or VSFX elective†
• — ANIM, CHAR, DANC, DWRI, FILM, ITGM, MOME, MUST, PERF, PREV, PROD, SDGM, SNDS, SOEA, TECH, TELE, THED or VSFX elective
• — ANIM, CHAR, DANC, DWRI, FILM, ITGM, MOME, MUST, PERF, PREV, PROD, SDGM, SNDS, SOEA, TECH, TELE, THED or VSFX elective

Additional electives: 10 hours

• — Free elective
• — Free elective

Total course of study: 180 hours

* Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.
† Choose one course.
‡ Choose one of these two courses.
Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.
Course numbers and titles are subject to change.