- Art, BFA Digital Animation requires at least 120 credit hours.
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH.
- 25% of the major, minor, and overall coursework must be earned at UAH.
- Art majors transferring to UAH must complete at least 12 semester hours of art courses at the 300-level or above at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- Any double counting of classes must be approved through the AHSS Advising Office.
- All students must pass a portfolio review
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area I: Freshman Composition | 3-6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
or EH 101S | COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO | |
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING | ||
| HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR | ||
| Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts* | 12 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| ARH SUR: ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SUR: RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature | 3-6 | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| LITERATURE WITHOUT BORDERS | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| PROTEST LITERATURE | ||
| HEROES &/OR MONSTERS | ||
| LOVE &/OR ROMANCE | ||
| SPECULATIVE REALITIES | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH | ||
or WLC 101A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 101F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH | |
or WLC 101G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN | |
or WLC 101J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 101R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN | |
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 102A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 102F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 102G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 102J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 102R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 201A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 201F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH | |
or WLC 201G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN | |
or WLC 201J | INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE | |
or WLC 201R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 202A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 202F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 202G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 202J | INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 202R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRO WOMENS/GENDER/SEXLTY STU | ||
| ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS | ||
| ARH SUR: ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SUR: RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Area III: Mathematics and Sciences | 11-12 | |
| Mathematics | 3-4 | |
| NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS | ||
| Natural Sciences (Lab) | 8 | |
| SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY and LABORATORY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY LAB | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III | ||
| Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences* | 12 | |
| History | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
* Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV).
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area V: Pre-Professional Courses | 20 | |
| FYE 101 | ||
| Take any WLC 101, 102, 201, or 202 | ||
| The following classes will share between major and Pre-Professional Area: ARS 160, ARS 260, ARS 123, ARS 140, ARH 1xx, ARH 1xx, and CM 231 | ||
| The classes counting in the Pre-Professional area will not also be allowed to count in Area II of the GER. The hours only count once towards overall credit hours. | ||
| BFA Animation Major Requirements: | 78 | |
| Foundations: | 24 | |
| 2D DESIGN & COLOR THEORY | ||
| 3D DESIGN | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| DRAWING: INTRODUCTION | ||
| ANIMATION: INTRODUCTION | ||
| Choose three of the following: | ||
| GAME DESIGN: INTRODUCTION | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN: INTRODUCTION | ||
| SCULPTURE: INTRODUCTION | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHY: INTRODUCTION | ||
| PAINTING: INTRODUCTION | ||
| PRINTMAKING: INTRODUCTION | ||
| Art History | 12 | |
| ARH SUR: ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SUR: RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
| Art History Requirement: | ||
| CONTEMPORARY ART & ISSUES | ||
| Interdisciplinary Experience | 9 | |
| INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING | ||
or CS 103 | INTRO PROGRAMMING USING JAVA | |
| MUSIC TECHNOLOGY III | ||
or MU 306 | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY IV | |
| Concentration Courses | 30 | |
| Choose four of the following: | ||
Any ARS 32x or 31x | ||
| Choose two of the following: | ||
Any ARS 42x or 41x | ||
| Choose two of the following: | ||
ARS 31x, 32x, 41x, 42x | ||
| AND | ||
| PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT I | ||
| PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES | ||
| Major Electives | 6 | |
| Choose two of the following: | ||
| Any upper-level ARH or ARS courses | ||
| AND/OR | ||
| NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMPUTER SCIENCE I | ||
| COMP SCI II: DATA STRUCTURES | ||
| ARTFCL INTEL & GAME DEV | ||
| INTRO VIDEO GAME DESGN & PROGM | ||
| INTRO COMPUTER GRAPHICS | ||
| ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS | ||
| INTRO CREATIVE WRITING | ||
| TECHNICAL WRITING | ||
| FICTION WRITING | ||
| STUDIES IN AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| USABILITY STUDIES | ||
| NEW MEDIA WRITING & RHETORIC | ||
| WRITING FOR VISUAL MEDIA | ||
| VIDEO PRODUCTION | ||
| HISTORY OF AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| ADV VIDEO PRODUCTION | ||
| ACTING | ||
| ELEMENTS OF THEATRE PRODUCTION | ||
| SCENE DESIGN | ||
| SOUND DESIGN | ||
| THEATRE MAINSTAGE | ||
| DIRECTING | ||
Other courses with approval | ||
| Electives | ||
Electives vary by major, please see advisor. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | ||
| ARS 160 | DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | 3 | |
| EH 101 | COLLEGE WRITING I | 3 | |
| ARS 123 | 2D DESIGN COLOR THEORY | 3 | |
| Approved Math course | 3 | ||
| FYE | 1 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 13 | ||
| Spring | |||
| ARS 140 | 3D DESIGN | 3 | |
| ARS 220 | ANIMATION: INTRODUCTION | 3 | |
| ARH 1XX Art History Survey | 3 | ||
| EH 102 | COLLEGE WRITING II | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Science | 3 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | |||
| ARS 260 | DRAWING: INTRODUCTION | 3 | |
| ARH 1XX Art History Survey | 3 | ||
| ARS 2XX | 3 | ||
| ARS 3XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| WLC 101X | 3 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | ||
| Spring | |||
| ARS 3XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| ARS 3XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| ARH 1XX Art History Survey | 3 | ||
| HY 103,104,221,222, AMS 229 | 4 | ||
| EH 207, 208, 209, 210 or 242 | 3 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | |||
| ARS 2XX | 3 | ||
| ARS 3XX or 4XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| ARH 309 | CONTEMPORARY ART ISSUES | 3 | |
| CM 231 | FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN COMMUNICA | 3 | |
| Science | 4 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Spring | |||
| ARS 390 | PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT I | 3 | |
| ARS 2XX | 3 | ||
| ARS 3XX or 4XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| CS 102 or 103 | 3 | ||
| FMA 123,MU 100 or TH 122 | 3 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | |||
| Approved Elective Course | 3 | ||
| ARS 3XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| ARS 4XX (Animation) | 3 | ||
| MU 305 | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY III | 3 | |
| Social or Behavioral Science | 3 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | ||
| Spring | |||
| 4XX Animation | 3 | ||
| Foreign Language Requirement | 3 | ||
| Approved Elective Course | 3 | ||
| Area 4 class | 3 | ||
| ARS 494 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES | 3 | |
| BFA Portfolio Review | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | ||
| Total Semester Hours: | 120 | ||