BA in Animation

Curriculum Requirements

First Year

  • ANI 105
    OR ART 105
    OR GD 105
  • ANI 201
  • ANI 206
  • ANI 328
    OR ART 218
  • ART 106*
  • 1 Major Elective

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

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110
    OR LSP 111
  • LSP 112
  • WRD 103
  • WRD 104
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Arts & Literature*
    *NOTE: 2 of the required 3 Arts & Literature requirements must be chosen from the following list:
    • Any HAA course with an Arts & Literature designation
    • ART 200
    • ART 220
    • GD 220
    • ILL 206
    • MPOP 207
    • MPOP 208
    • MPOP 209

Second Year

  • ANI 220
  • ANI 321
  • ANI 364
  • 1 Major Elective
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • MAT 120
  • 1 Math and Computing Domain course
  • LSP 200
  • 2 Arts & Literature*
    *NOTE: 2 of the required 3 Arts & Literature requirements must be chosen from the following list:
    • Any HAA course with an Arts & Literature designation
    • ART 200
    • ART 220
    • GD 220
    • ILL 206
    • MPOP 207
    • MPOP 208
    • MPOP 209

Third Year

  • FILM 233
    OR ANI 363
  • ANI 240
  • ANI 340
    OR ANI 342
    OR ANI 358
    OR ANI 360
    OR ANI 371
    OR ANI 382
  • ANI 341
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry (Ethics)
  • 1 Historical Inquiry

Fourth Year

  • ANI 394
  • ANI 395 (Capstone)
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 2 Social, Cultural and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 2 Religious Dimensions

Major Electives

Major Electives can be chosen from the following list:

  • ANI 230
  • ANI 231
  • ANI 315
  • ANI 320
  • ANI 355
  • ANI 357
  • ANI 382
  • ILL 200
  • POST 110
  • SCWR 101
  • VFX 200

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


Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 192 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.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who choose to take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as a general elective or the Experiential Learning requirement. In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major or earning BFA or BM degrees.

Note: Students must take one of the following ethics courses: CSC 208 (PI), FILM 228/GAM 228/IT 228 (PI), PHL 248/MGT 248 (PI), or REL 228/MGT 228 (RD). The ethics class will replace one of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions requirements. In this sample schedule the ethics requirement replaces one of the Philosophical Inquiry requirements.

Readiness for MAT 120 is determined by the math placement test taken online after admission. Students may need to take developmental coursework prior to MAT 120. Students who complete MAT 120 and both a Computational Reasoning course and a Statistical Reasoning course in the Math and Computing Learning Domain take one less Learning Domain course. Students may not apply the course reduction to any Domain where only one course is required, and cannot be applied to the Scientific Inquiry Learning Domain. The MAT 120 requirement may be waived by passing a dedicated proficiency exam or it may be fulfilled by credit for advanced math coursework earned in-residence at DePaul (MAT 135, MAT 136, MAT 147, MAT 148, MAT 149, MAT 150, MAT 151, MAT 152 MAT 155, MAT 156, MAT 160, MAT 161, MAT 162 MAT 170 or equivalent) or earned externally either as transfer credit from another college/university or as test credit through AP, CLEP, IB, or International A and A/S Level exams. Calculus course(s) may be used to fulfill any of the QR/MCD requirements.

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 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses)
  • 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.