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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation

The major in Animation leading to the BFA degree is designed to provide those students passionate about using the computer to breath life into their artwork with the creative and technical skill sets to do so. Storytelling through sound animation principles is the underlying principle in all that we do, from design, to modeling and through animation to rendering. Majoring in Animation at JU will prepare the successful student to enter the field of Animation in the areas of independent narrative filmmaking, commercial animation and/or animation for games.

Major Requirements

All BFA Animation majors will complete the following:

ART 1002-D Art Foundations

4
ART 1013-D Art Foundations

4
ART 107Drawing I

3
ART 209Figure Drawing I

3
ART 212Foundations Seminar

2
ART 254Digital Art

3
ART 263Web Design

3
ART 490Internship Art

3-6
ARH 382Modern to Post-Modern Art

3
ARH xxxArt History Elective

3
CS 158Application Development I

4
FVA 101Introduction to Film

3
FVA 2623D Modeling and Design

3
FVA 263Basic Computer Animation

3
FVA 363Time Based Art

3
FVA 364

3
FVA 366

3
FVA 367Animation Drawing

3
FVA 368Animation Rendering

3
FVA 462Advanced Computer Animation

3
FVA 480WRSenior Thesis

3
FVA 481SRSenior Thesis

3
THEA 113Acting I

3
Total Credit Hours:71

FVA 480WR: See Important Notes 1

FVA 481SR: See Important Notes 2

Important Notes:

  1. Satisfies Core Curriculum writing-intensive course requirement and Univeristy Experiential Learning requirement for Animation majors.
  2. Satisfies Core Curriculum speech-intensive course requirement and Univeristy Experiential Learning requirement for Animation majors.