Art Degrees Online

We endeavor not to just teach students how we do things but why in order to enable them to develop their own personal style not just imitate their instructor. In addition to teaching the methods of photography we strive to instill in our students a knowledge of industry standard business practices, ethical standards, and respect for intellectually property.

Whether an event is a fast breaking news story, the introduction of the latest sports car, or wedding of high school sweethearts the story will be most dramatically and effectively told by photographs.

At Pellissippi State we educate and train individuals seeking to become professional photographers, in a variety of fields, including commercial, corporate, editorial, industrial, and portrait/wedding.

While photography is both art and craft our approach is to teach photography as a method of communication. A strong emphasis is placed on technical and artistic skills as well as the underlying science, history, and psychology.

The animation certificates are designed to provide academic and hands-on learning experiences for individuals planning on a career in the field of animation. This program offers two options, classical animation and digital animation.
Students interested in pursuing a Bachelor’s degree, should meet with an academic and/or transfer counselor to discuss transfer requirements.
To explore major-related career information, click on the Career Profile link to find out what you can REALLY do with your degree.

PREREQUISITE COURSES
REQUIRED COURSES FOR CERTIFICATE
UNITS
CLASSICAL ANIMATION

ART 101or
ART 102
Art History: Prehistory-Gothic or
Art History: Renaissance-Modern
3 or
3

ART 130
Design I
3

ART 201 or equivalent
ART 146 or
ART 210
Visual Literacy
Animation Storyboards
3 or
3

ART 150
Drawing I
3

ART 150 (may be taken concurrently)
ART 152
Life Drawing I
3

ART 152
ART 153
Life Drawing II
3

ART 152 or equivalent
ART 201 Drawing for Animation
3
ART 201 or equivalent
ART 205 Fundamentals of Animation I
3
ART 205 or equivalent
ART 206 Fundamentals of Animation II
3

Corequisite: DANCE 140
Corequisite: T ART 103
T ART 108 or
T ART 103 and
DANCE 140 Introduction to Acting
Fundamentals of Acting (Vocal Interpretation)
Movement for Theatre I
3 or
3 and
1

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED
30 – 31

PREREQUISITE COURSES REQUIRED COURSES FOR CERTIFICATE
UNITS
DIGITAL ANIMATION

ART 101or
ART 102 Art History: Prehistory-Gothic or
Art History: Renaissance-Modern
3 or
3

ART 146 Visual Literacy
3
ART 150 (may be taken concurrently)
ART 152 Life Drawing I
3
PHOTO 121 or equivalent
ART 220 Introduction to Motion Graphics
3

ART 230 Introduction to 3-D Computer Graphics
3
ART 230 or equivalent ART 231 Inorganic Modeling 3
ART 231 or equivalent
ART 232 Organic Modeling
3
ART 230 or equivalent ART 233 Character Set-up – Kinematics 3
ART 130 or PHOTO 101 or equivalent
PHOTO 121 Imaging with Photoshop I
3
PHOTO 121 or equivalent
PHOTO 122 Imaging with Photoshop II
3
TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED
30