Animation 2-D BFA Requirements at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Colorado
Total Credits Required: 120
2-D animation continues to be an expanding and popular medium.
If you select the two-dimensional major you’ll use traditional drawing skills to create perspective and character, with the computer playing a secondary production role. You’ll develop your technical skills through life drawing, composition, and perspective courses — studying proportion, line of action, structure, and basic anatomy.
Then you’ll move on to skills specific to animation – areas such as character design, clean-up, doping, modeling, slugging, and storyboarding.
Core 2-D Animation Classes: 54 credits
History of International Animation 3 Credits
Fundamentals of Animation 3 Credits
Creative Visualization 3 Credits
Experimental Animation 3 Credits
Tools + Techniques of Contemporary Animation 3 Credits
Drawing + Acting for Animation 3 Credits
Animation Sound Design + Video Production 3 Credits
Animation Sophomore/ Junior Portfolio Review 0 Credits
Animation Media Delivery Techniques 3 Credits
Character Animation + Motion Studies 3 Credits
2-D Computer Animation 3 Credits
2-D Animation Thesis 1 3 Credits
Stop Motion Animation 3 Credits
2-D/3-D Animation Thesis 2 3 Credits
Animation Senior Portfolio Review Credits
Animation Layout + Production Design 3 Credits
Business, Ethics + Copyright for Animation 3 Credits
Animation Collective 1 3 Credits
Experimental Computer Animation 3 Credits
Animation Collective 2 3 Credits
2-D/3-D Advanced Compositing 3 Credits
Animation Electives: 6 credits
We recommend any two of the following:
Scriptwriting for Animation 3 Credits
Design + Animation for Games 3 Credits
Advanced Scripting 3 Credits
Foundation Studies: 21 credits
Digital Image Making 3 Credits
Visual Design 1 3 Credits
Drawing 1 3 Credits
Drawing 2 3 Credits
Life Drawing 1 3 Credits
Life Drawing 2 3 Credits
Freshman Portfolio Review 0 Credits
Visual Design 2 3 Credits
Communication and Critical Thought: 6 credits
Written + Oral Communication 3 Credits
Written + Oral Communication Lab 0 Credits
Philosophy of Art + Design 3 Credits
History of Art + Design: 12 credits
Art + Design History 1: Ancient to Medieval 3 Credits
Art + Design History 2: Renaissance to Contemporary 3 Credits
History of Art + Design in the Nonwestern World 3 Credits
Advanced Studies in the History of Art + Design 3 Credits
Humanities + Contemporary Thought: 9 credits
Seminar 1, Seminar 2 and one other course.
Humanities Seminar 1 3 Credits
Humanities Seminar 2 3 Credits
Seminar in Contemporary Thought: History and Theory of the Body 3 Credits
Seminar in Contemporary Thought: Theatre Studies 3 Credits
Seminar in Contemporary Thought: Identity and Power 3 Credits
Seminar in Contemporary Thought: The Cultural Politics of Consumption 3 Credits
Mathematics: 3 credits
Choose one of the following:
Basic Mathematics 3 Credits
Applied Mathematics 3 Credits
Financial Principles + Practices 3 Credits
Physical + Natural Science: 3 credits
Choose any one of the following:
Climate Change 3 Credits
Earth Science 3 Credits
Life Science 3 Credits
Human Ecology 3 Credits
Social + Behavioral Sciences: 6 credits
Choose two of the following:
Anthropology 3 Credits
Social Psychology 3 Credits
World Belief Systems 3 Credits
Biological Anthropology 3 Credits
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