Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation - Game Art Concentration

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2024 through2025

Animation

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Game Art Concentration

Students majoring in the BFA Animation program with a Game Art concentration are forbidden from double-majoring in the BFA Animation with a Cinema concentration, as well as from minoring in Animation.

Curriculum Requirements

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First Year

Fall Quarter

  • ANI 154 Digital Painting Workshop (2 credit hours)
  • ANI 206 History of Animation
  • ANI 105 Motion Graphics Foundations
    OR ART 105 Two-Dimensional Foundations
    OR GD 105 Intro to Visual Design
  • ART 106 Beginning Drawing*
  • Select eight (8) Credit Hours from the following list:

*Students may apply for portfolio review to substitute ART 206 Intermediate Drawing for the ART 106 requirement.

Liberal Studies Requirements

Winter Quarter

  • ANI 150 After Effects Workshop (2 credit hours)
  • ANI 230 3D Design and Modeling
  • ILL 200 Illustration Foundations
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • WRD 103 Composition and Rhetoric I

Spring Quarter

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • WRD 104 Composition and Rhetoric II

Second Year

  • ANI 220 Storyboarding I
  • ANI 240 Intro to Animation Production
  • ANI 300 3D Character Animation
  • ANI 321 Animation Mechanics
  • ANI 339 3D Modeling and Shading
  • GAM 244 Game Development I
  • HAA 101 Introduction to African Art
    OR HAA 115 Introduction to Asian Art
    OR HAA 130 Introduction to European Art
    OR HAA 145 Introduction to Arts of the Americas
  • One (1) Studio Art Elective
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 200 Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Arts & Literature*
    *NOTE: Arts & Literature requirements must be chosen from the following list:
    • Any HAA course with an Arts & Literature designation
    • ART 200 Art and Artists in Contemporary Culture
    • ART 220 Thinking Photography
    • GD 220 Histories of Design
    • ILL 206 History of Comics
    • MPOP 207 History of Cinema I, 1890-1945
    • MPOP 208 History of Cinema II, 1945-1975
    • MPOP 209 History of Cinema III, 1975-Present

Third Year

  • ANI 326 Visual Concept Development
  • ANI 342 3D Animation Production
  • ANI 344 Visual Design for Games
  • ANI 347 Art for Game Mods
  • ANI 375 Professional Practice for Animators and Game Artists (2 credit hours)
  • GAM 245 Game Development II
  • GAM 341 Introduction to Level Design
  • GAM 392 Game Modification Workshop
  • Two (2) Studio Art Electives
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • MAT 120 Quantitative Reasoning
  • 1 Arts & Literature*
    *NOTE: Arts & Literature requirements must be chosen from the following list:
    • Any HAA course with an Arts & Literature designation
    • ART 200 Art and Artists in Contemporary Culture
    • ART 220 Thinking Photography
    • GD 220 Histories of Design
    • ILL 206 History of Comics
    • MPOP 207 History of Cinema I, 1890-1945
    • MPOP 208 History of Cinema II, 1945-1975
    • MPOP 209 History of Cinema III, 1975-Present

Fourth Year

  • ANI 394 Animation Project I
    AND ANI 395 Animation Project II (Capstone) *
  • OR GAM 394 Game Development Capstone I
    AND GAM 395 Game Development Project II (Capstone) *
  • 4 Focus Area Electives

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

*Note: Students choosing the Animation Capstone option are required to complete ANI 341 Animation Production III as one of their Focus Area Electives.

Major Electives

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Studio Art Courses

Students in the Game Art concentration must take the 12 Credit Hours of Studio Art Major Elective courses from the following list as part of their major elective requirements:

Focus Area Courses

Students can customize their curriculum by choosing a Focus Area. Students in the Game Art concentration must take the 16 Credit Hours of Focus Area Major Elective courses as part of their major elective requirements. Students are encouraged, but not required, to select their Focus Area courses from one of the below groups.

Animation Focus
Modeling and Rigging Focus

Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 208 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.


Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Students in the BFA Animation program must choose classes to fulfill their Arts & Literature learning domain requirements from the following list:

  • Any History of Art and Architecture (HAA) Arts & Literature course. Choose 4 credit hours.
  • GD 220 Histories of Design
  • ILL 206 History of Comics
  • MPOP 207 History of Cinema I, 1890-1945
  • MPOP 208 History of Cinema II, 1945-1975
  • MPOP 209 History of Cinema III, 1975-Present
  • ART 200 Art and Artists in Contemporary Culture
  • ART 220 Thinking Photography

Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • Complete a minimum of 208 credit hours
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • Between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate Cum Laude
  • Between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate Magna Cum Laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate Summa Cum Laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.