Plan of Study: Media Arts and Animation

First Year Fall

CTC101 Connecting to Carlow – 1 credit
AR148 Critical Exploration Elective – 3 credits
AR111 Basic Art/Drawing I – 3 credits
SKC101 Communication: Personal to Professional – 3 credits
SKW101 Foundations of Writing I – 3 credits

First Year Spring

AR149 Contemplation and Action Elective – 3 credits
AR114 Basic Art/Drawing II – 3 credits
AR115 Basic Art & Design – 3 credits
SKW102 Foundations of Writing II – 3 credits
Elective – 3 credits

Second Year Fall

AR240 Sophomore Review – 1 credit
AR227 Painting I – 3 credits
AR355 Intro to Computer Art – 3 credits
SKQ101 Quantitative Reasoning – 3 credits
AR341 History & Analysis of Design – 3 credits
AR381 Storytelling w/ Edit Tech – 3 credits

Second Year Spring

AR331SL Ceramics – 3 credits
AR221 Life Drawing – 3 credits
AR385 Animation Design and Layout – 3 credits
AR383 Compositing and Motion Graphics – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits

Third Year Fall

AR386 2D Animation – 3 credits
AR387 3D Modeling and Animation – 3 credits
WS209 Women & Art – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits

Third Year Spring

AR388 Character Modeling and Rigging – 3 credits
AR382 Material, Lighting, and Texturing – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits

Fourth Year Fall

AR355 Intro to Computer Art – 3 credits
AR389 Pre-Production Portfolio – 2 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Compass Elective – 3 credits
Internship – 3 credits

Fourth Year Spring

AR421 Senior Project – 3 credits
AR390 Production Portfolio – 1 credit
AR370 Creative Freelancer – 1 credit
AR380 Creative Production – 3 credits
Elective – 3 credits
Internship – 3 credits

Total Credits = 120