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COMMERCIAL ART:
3D Modeling / Animation
  Design
  Illustration
Multimedia/Web Design
FINE ART:
  Life drawing
  Oil Painting
  Watercolor Painting
REQUIRED:
  Foundation Studies
Humanities & Sciences
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BFA Programs » Multimedia / Web Design

Multimedia / Web Design

Multimedia/Web Design is a program that compliments the student’s traditional training with digital skills. Students learn to use several software programs to create interactive and time-based media that targets a specific market and objective.

Students in the Multimedia/Web Design program develop expertise in the use of computers to manipulate images, prepare print layouts and create web designs. Through the projects assigned, students apply graphic design concepts using typography, photography, illustration, web programming, interface design, video and animation. Students are also  trained in image-processing, color correction and three dimensional model building.

All of these skills are applied to class assignments which require students to identify a target market, develop a concept for that market, and clearly communicate that concept both visually and verbally. The ability to manage workflow and multiple deadlines is essential in progressing from concept to output.

During their studies, students will produce a body of work which demonstrates their expertise in developing interactive and time based presentations displaying awareness of context of display, non-linear linking structures, time-based media, and user oriented navigational systems.

BFA Sample Curriculum

Semester 1
Life Drawing I
Fundamentals I
Semester 2
Life Drawing II
Fundamentals II
Semesters 1 & 2
Humanities and Sciences Department Requirements:
(3 credit hours each)
English Language Arts I: The Written Process; Anatomy; Survey of Art History I; Life Skills and Health Issues

Semester 3
Introduction to 2-D Design
Computer Graphic Foundations
Semester 4
Electronic Imaging
2-D Animation/Digital Video I
Semesters 3 & 4
Humanities and Sciences Department Requirements:
English Language Arts I: The Oral Process; Survey of Art History II; Vision, Light and Color; Quantitative Literacy

Semester 5
Web Design I: HTML
Intermediate 2-D Design
Semester 6
Multimedia I: Interactive Multimedia Design
2-D Animation/Digital Video II
Semesters 5 & 6
Humanities and Sciences Department Requirements:
Creative Thinking; Art and Technology; Marketing, Film and Society

Semester 7
Multimedia II: Advanced Interactive Multimedia Design,
Web Design II: Web Authoring Tools or
Advanced Multimedia/Web Projects
Studio Elective-200, 300 or 400 level
Semester 8
(one of five) Web Design II: Web Authoring Tools, Multimedia II: Advanced Interactive Multimedia Design,
Advanced Multimedia/Web Projects or Internship
Portfolio 400
Semesters 7 & 8
Humanities and Sciences Department Requirements:
(3 credit hours each)
Professional Writing, Film and Society: World Cultures; Non-western Art; Contemporary Visual Culture
 
Career Opportunities
  • 2-D and 3-D Animation for Web, Film and Television
  • Interactive Multimedia Designer
  • Game Designer
  • Web Page Designer
  • Image Manipulation and Photo Retouching