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Bachelor of Science - Media Arts & Animation |
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| Course Title: |
Bachelor of Science - Media Arts & Animation | |
Category: |
Arts & Humanities | |
Subject: |
Graphics & Multimedia | |
| College: |
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division 
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| Course Description: |
The Media Arts & Animation program begins with a foundation in drawing, color, character design and computer applications. Under the guidance of an industry-experienced faculty, you'll examine advanced 2-D and 3-D animation principles as well as story development, background design, scenic layout and special effects. You will work with program specific software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and Discreet's 3D Studio Max. At graduation, you will have an individualized digital portfolio to showcase your creative skills in traditional and digital 2-D and 3-D techniques and abilities. Entry-level opportunities exist for Media Art & Animation graduates in: Computer Generated Lighting, Compositing and Rendering, Storyboard Artists, Texture Artists, Computer Modelers, Computer-generated Special Effects Artists, Broadcast Graphics Artists, Background Painters, Forensic Artists, Video Post-Production Artists and more. |
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| Delivery Format: |
Online | |
| Course Level: |
Bachelor Degree | |
| Course Requirements: |
The prospective student must be a high school graduate with a high school GPA of 2.5, or hold a General Educational Development (GED) Certificate with a score of 257 or higher, or a bachelor's degree or higher as a prerequisite for admissions. | |
| Course Type: |
Online Degrees | |
Course Long Description: |
Bachelor of Science - Media Arts & Animation (The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division) Media arts & animation is used in many different industries such as television, advertising, architecture, forensics, and education. The people who excel at Media Arts & Animation amuse us. They entertain us. In many cases they encourage us. To achieve that level, to impact your audience it requires training and education. The Bachelor of Science - Media Arts & Animation degree program at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division was created to provide students the education and training to satisfy the world with their passion and their ideas. Courses in this program start with the groundwork in color, drawing, character design and computer applications. With the support of industry-experienced faculty, students learn advanced 2-D animation and 3-D animation concepts, and also story development, background design, scenic layout and special effects. They will also get an opportunity to use program specific software like Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe After Effects®, and Autodesk® 3Ds Max®. In addition, students will discover not just to build an individualized professional animation portfolio to exhibit their creative skills that can be presented to potential employers and also how to deliver the portfolio in a professional manner. The courses in the Bachelor of Science in Media Arts & Animation are built to provide students with the skills necessary to pursue a career in their selected path. All the courses are created to challenge you while giving you industry relevant skills as you discover through various interactive methods such as text, video, animation, chat and much more. Students will be required to take courses like: - C123: Life Drawing for Animation - C124: Character and Object Design for Animation - C125: Cinematic Storytelling - C131: Drawing and Anatomies - C132: Survey of Animation - C210: 2D Animation - C211: Storyboard Rendering for Animation - C212: Computer 3D Modeling and Animation I - C213: Advanced Life Drawing for Animation - C220: Intermediate 2D Animation - C221: Digital Editing - Video, Audio - C222: Computer 3D Modeling and Animation II - C223: Camera and Lighting Techniques - C230: Advanced 2D Animation - C231: Introduction to Digital Compositing - C232: Computer 3D Modeling and Animation III - C234: Principles of Animation - C240: Creative and Collaborative Project Management Techniques - C312: Computer 3D Workshop - C313: Digital Compositing - C321: Acting/Movement - C322: 3D Character Animation - C325: Advanced 3D Modeling - C330: Pre-Production Team - C332: Advanced Software - C333: Advanced 3D Textures - C334: Web Animation - C410: Production Team - C412: Advanced Software II - C424: Pre-Portfolio Presentation for Animation - C430: Portfolio Presentation for Animation - C433: Advanced Modeling/Animation Topics - FND110: Drawing - FND111: Color Theory - FND112: Fundamentals of Design - FND113: Perspective - FND120: Visual Indication - FND133: Digital Image Manipulation Graduates of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online's Bachelor of Science in Media Arts and Animation program could elect to enroll to master's degree programs in animation or related fields, such as art design or programming. Master's degrees graduates could pursue include but are not limited to: - Master of 2D Animation - Master of Media Arts - Master of Programming - Master of Game Design Career Opportunities: Graduates who do not want to pursue master's degree programs could very well pursue a broad range of positions in the media arts and animation fields. Job may be available in areas of game design, web design, and television animation. Positions graduates could fill include: - Computer Generated Lighting - Compositing and Rendering - Computer-generate Special Effects Artists - Storyboard artist - Texture artist - Computer modeler - Forensic artists - Background painter - Broadcast graphic artist - Video Post-Production Artist |
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