Animation Degree Requirements
Carthage offers a major in animation and film and a minor in animation. Students must complete the Carthage Core, Distribution Requirements, and the major or minor requirements listed below.
Carthage students earn a Bachelor of Arts in Animation and Film by successfully completing the 44 credits outlined below.
Required Courses (12 credits)
- ART 1073 FOUNDATIONS, DIGITAL as Art (4 credits)
- ART 2750 4D (variable content*) (4 credits)
- CDM 2750 History of Film: From Nickelodeon to Netflix (4 credits)
Drawing Focus — Choose One (4 credits)
- ART 2000 Drawing I (4 credits)
- ART 3010 Illustration (4 credits)
- CDM 3320 Screenwriting (4 credits)
Thematic Focus — Choose One (4 credits)
- ART 2800 Animation (2D or 3D) (4 credits)
- CDM 2700 Film and New Media Production (4 credits)
Advanced Focus — Choose One (4 credits)
- ART 3750 Advanced Animation (4 credits)
- CDM 3950 Advanced Film and Video Production (4 credits)
Additional History and Theory — Choose Two (8 credits)
- ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
- CDM 2600 New Media Theory and Aesthetics (4 credits)
- CDM 2620 Film Analysis (4 credits)
- ENG 3030 Major Texts in Critical Theory: Race, Gender, Class, Art (4 credits)
- ENG 3070 Film and Literature (4 credits)
- FRN 400T Feminisms in French and Francophone Film (4 credits)
- HIS 2450 A Social History of 20th Century Japan Through Film (4 credits)
- MLA 2440 Asian Culture Through Films (4 credits)
- POL 2100 Politics and Film (4 credits)
- Topics across campus classes with related film history theory content (4 credits)
Electives — Choose Three (12 Credits)***
(Note: only one additional film/photo history course is allowed in electives choice)
- ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
- ART 1071 FOUNDATIONS, MATERIALS: Objects + Space (4 credits)
- ART 1072 FOUNDATIONS, TIME: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
- ART 200J TP: Animation (Stop Motion, etc.) (4 credits)
- ART 200N TP: Photography (4 credits)
- ART 2000 Drawing 1 (4 credits)
- ART 2130 Color Photography (4 credits)
- ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture (4 credits)
- ART 2500 Ceramics Hand-Building (4 credits)
- ART 2800 Animation (variable topic) (4 credits)
- ART 3010 Illustration (4 credits)
- ART 3130 Advanced Color Photography (4 credits)
- ART 3550 Internship (animation or video/film related) (4 credits)
- ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
- ART 3750 Advanced Animation (4 credits)
- ART 4500 Independent Study (animation or video/film related) (4 credits)
- CDM 1925 Basic Adobe Creative Cloud (4 credits)
- CDM 1950 Advanced Adobe Creative Cloud (4 credits)
- CDM 2500 Basic Digital Photography (4 credits)
- CDM 2600 New Media Theory and Aesthetics (4 credits)
- CDM 2620 Film Analysis (4 credits)
- CDM 2630 Studies in Media (4 credits)
- CDM 2730 Studies in Media Production (4 credits)
- CDM 2800 Exploring the Documentary Form (4 credits)
- CDM 3200 Words and Images in Motion (4 credits)
- CDM 3320 Screenwriting (4 credits)
- CDM 3940 Art, Activism, and Social Change (4 credits)
- CDM 3950 Advanced Film and New Media Production (4 credits)
- CSC 1810 Principles of Computer Science (4 credits)
- CSC 2710 Game Development I (4 credits)
- ART/CDM Topics classes with related content (4 credits)
- ENG 3040 Advanced Writing: Playwriting (4 credits)
- ENG 3070 Film and Literature (4 credits)
- FRN 400T Feminisms in French and Francophone Film (4 credits)
- HIS 2450 A Social History of 20th Century Japan Through Film (4 credits)
- MLA 2440 Asian Culture Through Films (4 credits)
- POL 2100 Politics and Film (4 credits)
- Topics across campus classes with related film history theory content (4 credits)
*ART 2750 4D (variable content) needs to be a moving image-based topic (video, film, etc.).
**Any course taken may only count for one course and may not count in two categories.
***Only one photography production-related course from this section.
****For students majoring in studio art, art education, photography, communication, graphic design, or public relations, overlap between majors and minors must be at or below 50 percent.
The minor consists of six courses (24 credits), four required and two electives.
Required Courses (16 credits)
- ART 1073 FOUNDATIONS, DIGITAL as Art (4 credits)
- ART 2000 Drawing I (4 credits)
- ART 2800 Animation (4 credits)
- ART 3750 Advanced Animation (4 credits)
Choose Two (8 credits)
- ART 1072 FOUNDATIONS, TIME: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
- ART 2750 4D (4 credits)
- ART 2800 Animation (4 credits)
- ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
- ART 3750 Advanced Animation (4 credits)
- CDM 1925 Basic Adobe Creative Cloud (4 credits)
- CDM 1950 Advanced Adobe Creative Cloud (4 credits)
- CDM 2600 New Media Theory and Aesthetics (4 credits)
- CDM 2750 History of Film: From the Nickelodeon to Netflix (4 credits)
- CSC 1100 Introduction to Computing (4 credits)
- CSC 1810 Principles of Computer Science (4 credits)
- CSC 2710 Game Development I (4 credits)
- CSC 3770 Computer Graphics (4 credits)
Any course taken may only count for one course and may not count in two categories. For students majoring in studio art, art education, photography, communication, graphic design, or public relations, overlap between majors and minors must be at or below 50 percent.
Current students: You should follow the official College Catalog from the year you entered Carthage and work with your advisors to ensure all requirements are met.