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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 (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.

Required Courses (16 credits)

• ART 1070 Foundations, Surface: Images + Design (4 credits)
• ART 2750 4D (variable content) (4 credits)*
• CDM 2600 New Media Theory and Aesthetics (4 credits)
• CDM 2700 Film and New Media Production (4 credits)

Advanced or Extended Focus Courses — Choose One (4 credits)

• ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
• CDM 2730 Studies in Media Production (4 credits)
• CDM 3320 Screenwriting (4 credits)
• CDM 3950 Advanced Film and New Media Production (4 credits)

Elective Courses — Choose One (4 credits)

• ARH 2100 History of Photography: Daguerre to Digital (4 credits)
• ART 1072 Foundations, Time: Movement + Digital (4 credits)
• ART 2130 Color Photography (4 credits)
• ART 2400 Introduction to Sculpture (4 credits)
• ART 3700 Advanced 4D (4 credits)
• ART 200T Animation (topics class) (4 credits) *
• CDM 2500 Basic Digital Photography (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 1100 Intro to Computing (4 credits)
• CSC 1810 Principles of Computer Science (4 credits)
• ART/CDM Topics Classes with Related Content (4 credits)

Please note: Courses cannot be counted in more than one category. Variable content courses may be used in more than one category, but only if the topic/content is different.

For students majoring in studio art, art education, communication, graphic design, or public relations, overlap between majors and minors must be at or below 50 percent.

*The administration has asked us to do variable content courses so that we send fewer courses through the curriculum. It allows us to easily rotate classes and respond to a quickly changing field. We are not going with a ‘foundational’ model so much as a liberal arts ‘a la carte’ model which gives students choices to mix and match and create an education that meets their interests and passions.