Description: This course will be a survey of influential animation artists working outside the economic and artistic norms of commercial animation.
Prerequisite: Arts College 350/650 (History of Animation) or History of Art 260 (Introduction to World Cinema)

Description: This course will introduce students to fundamental concepts and strategies for creating video games. At their core, video games must be fun. But what is fun and how do you create it? This course will survey theories of game design, explore definitions of fun, game and play and focus on underlying mechanics that work in concert to make a video game fun to play.
Prerequisite: Graduate student standing; senior level undergraduates can enroll with Instructor permission

Interactive Arts Media I
Course Number: Arts College 740
Class Number: 3787
Credit Hours: 5 cr
Days and Times: M, W 5:30-7:18 pm
Location: 1224 Kinnear Road, Rm 205
Instructor: Jeremy Patterson

Description: This course focuses on developing interactive media for web delivery. Fundamental web development concepts using minimal development tools are introduced in order to reinforce technique that may be applied beyond the scope of this introductory class. Additionally, tools which improve interactive media production efficiency are demonstrated. The overview approach to the concepts of interactive multimedia development provides students with the functional knowledge needed to support theory, techniques and resources in interdisciplinary environments.
Prerequisite: Graduate student standing; senior level undergraduates can enroll with Instructor permission.

Form Visualization
Course Number: Arts College 751
Class Number: 3788
Credit Hours: 5 cr.
Days and Times: T, R 10:00-11:48 am
Location: 1224 Kinnear Road, Rm 205
Instructor: Vita Berezina-Blackburn

Description: This course is an overview of general methods of 3d modeling for animation and their specific application in Autodesk Maya. The class discussion is grounded on form visualization principles practiced in the fields of design, drawing and sculpture. The course covers basic approaches to model surfacing, lighting and presentation.
Prerequisite: Graduate student standing; senior level undergraduates can enroll with Instructor permission

Animation Production
Course Number: Arts College 753
Class Number: 3789
Credit Hours: 5 cr.
Days and Times: M, W 1:30-3:18 pm
Location: 1224 Kinnear Road, Rm 205
Instructor: Maria Palazzi co-taught with Rick Parent (CSE)

Description: Students will work in collaborative teams to create computer animation shorts. This course will be in collaboration with a computer-science course in which students will develop algorithms for use in the animation shorts.  Production duties will be divided among the group and each member will contribute to the creation of the animation.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission only

Advanced Digital Cinematography
Course Number: Arts College 755
Class Number: 27341
Credit Hours: 5 cr
Days and Times: T, R 1:30-3:18 pm
Location: 1224 Kinnear Road, Rm 205
Instructor: Matt Lewis

Description: This course provides a study of advanced issues and mathematical models used in computer graphics to mimic the physical behavior of light and appearance of surfaces in the generation of three-dimensional CG imagery using Pixar's RenderMan®. 2 2.5-hr cl. Prereq: Grad standing and 752, or permission of instructor.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor permission; Arts College 752.

Building 3D Virtual Environments
Course Number: Arts College 762
Class Number: 3791
Credit Hours: 5 cr.
Days and Times: M, W 3:30-5:18 pm
Location: 1224 Kinnear Road, Rm 205
Instructor: Alan Price

Description: An introduction to the creation and implications of single and multiple participant 3D virtual environments.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor permission; Polygon-based 3D modeling experience (such as Arts College 751)

Music Technology
Course Number: Music 677
Class Number:27820
Credit Hours: 2 cr
Days and Times: T, R 4:30-5:18 pm
Location: 1224 Kinnear Rd, Rm 230 (Sound Lab)
Instructor: Marc Ainger

Description: Music 677 will cover the technical and aesthetic basics of sound design (musique concrete, sequencing, etc.), concentrating on sound design in a multimedia context. It will be a composition and project - oriented class. Previous experience with music is not necessarily a prerequisite, although general computer literacy is (this will be a Macintosh only class).
Prerequisites: Music 220 or 676 or permission of Instructor

Digital Video
Course Number: Art 553/853
Class Number:
Credit Hours: 5 cr.
Days and Times: M, 6:30-10:18pm
Location: 184 Hopkins Hall
Instructor: Dan Shellenbarger

Description: We will explore digital video production from its analog roots to its contemporary state. The class will focus on understanding the parts of a camera, editing fundamentals, lighting and audio, and directing. The class will also deal with critical concerns with independent film and video production. On completion of this course a student will have:
• An understanding of the technical aspects of video production
• An understanding of the terminology used in film and video production
• A thorough understanding of video making methodologies
• A demonstrated ability to utilize several current software programs for editing
• An understanding of a critical process for analyzing their work and the work of others
• A minimum of two video projects for their reel
Prerequisite: Enrollment may be limited to department major