Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation - Motion Graphics

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2024 through2025

Animation

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Motion Graphics Concentration


Curriculum Requirements

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First Year

Fall Quarter

  • ANI 105 Motion Graphics Foundations
    OR ART 105 Two-Dimensional Foundations
    OR GD 105 Intro to Visual Design
  • ANI 206 History of Animation
  • ANI 315 Sound Design for Animation
  • ANI 328 Animation Figure Study I
    OR ART 218 Figure Drawing
  • ANI 368 Advanced Cinema 4d and Redshift Workshop (2 credit hours)
  • ART 106 Beginning Drawing*

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

Liberal Studies Requirements

Winter Quarter

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • WRD 103 Composition and Rhetoric I

Spring Quarter

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • WRD 104 Composition and Rhetoric II

Second Year

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 341 Advanced Animation Production
  • ANI 356 Experimental Animation
  • ANI 360 3D Motion Graphics
  • ANI 375 Professional Practice for Animators and Game Artists (2 credit hours)
  • FILM 233 Cinema and Art
    OR ANI 363 Cinema and Art for Animators
  • VFX 310 Game Engines for Filmmakers
    OR ANI 342 3D Animation Production
  • 2 Motion Graphics 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 362 Title Design
  • ANI 376 Post-Production Workshop (2 credit hours)
    OR ANI 396 Animation Capstone Workshop
  • ANI 394 Animation Project I
    AND ANI 395 Animation Project II (Capstone)
  • VFX 374 Compositing I
  • One (1) Motion Graphics Elective
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Major Electives

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

Motion Graphics Electives

Students in the Motion Graphics concentration must take two (2) Motion Graphics courses from the following list as part of their major elective requirements:


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 approved for A&L designation. 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.