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• DES 100 (1cr)
• DES 101 (3cr)
• DES 103 (3cr)
• DES 113 (3cr)
• FAS 120, Fashion Skills, and Techniques I (3cr): Introduction to garment construction, assembly methods, and finishing techniques commonly used in the fashion industry.
• WRT 105* (3cr)
• FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

• DES 100 (1cr)
• DES 101 (3cr)
• DES 103 (3cr)
• DES 113 (3cr)
• IND 128, Design Worlds (3cr): This course provides a broad understanding of how design acts as a continuum between its traditional roots and how current design methodologies are being applied to emerging needs. Through a series of case studies and studio visits, this course looks to challenge our understanding of the scope and impact of design. 
• WRT 105* (3cr)
• FYS 101 (1cr)

17cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

• FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.

• FMA 153, Making Media: Fundamentals (3cr): Introduces students to thinking critically and practically about time-based creative practices. Explores the use of digital media in concepts surrounding time/space, image/sound, interactivity/networks, and performance/movement. Students will work with photo, film, video, and computer.

• APH 261, Art Photography – Introduction (3cr): Introductory course explores how contemporary artists use photography. Various approaches to art photography are presented to describe, critique, or mediate on modern life. Working with digital cameras, students experiment with equipment, techniques, and strategies to make their own original work.
• WRT 105** (3cr)
• Studio Elective (3cr) *
• FYS 101 (1cr)

16cr

*The studio elective will be chosen for students based on availability and relevance to the major.

** This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

• FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.

• CAR 101, Introduction to 3D Animation (3cr): The first course in this three-course series focuses on concepts, aesthetics, and practice of 3D animation and visual effects.  This course is an introduction to modeling, texturing, digital-sculpting, and shading.

• CAR 102, Art and Craft of Animation (3cr): Introductory studio course explores animation history and practice, with a strong emphasis on practice. Students will learn important animation techniques and modalities and build a foundation for further coursework or personal exploration of animation.

• ILL 100, Freshmen Illustration (3cr): In this class students will begin their journey as graphic storytellers. They will build the foundational skills needed to visually communicate. Exploration will start with color and composition, all the while learning the basics of dynamic figure drawing. Appropriate for artists, thinkers, and makers.
• WRT 105* (3cr)
• FYS 101 (1cr)

16cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.

• FMA 151, Conversations in Film and Media Arts I (3cr): A survey of current media arts with many guest speakers. Media explored includes film, photography, animation, contemporary art, and criticism. Issues focused on include historical and contemporary representations of underrepresented groups in media.

• FMA 153, Making Media: Fundamentals (3cr): Introduces students to thinking critically and practically about time-based creative practices. Explores the use of digital media in concepts surrounding time/space, image/sound, interactivity/networks, and performance/movement. Students will work with photo, film, video, and computer.

• FIL 121, Filmmaking Workshop – Physical Aspects (3cr): Introduction and development of technical aspects and skills of filmmaking.
• FIL 253, Survey of Film History 1 (3cr): Growth of film from its origin to the French New Wave (1960s). Technical, economic, and social influence on cinema; development of film as an art.
• WRT 105* (3cr)
• FYS 101 (1cr)

16cr

* This indicates the course you will be able to select for yourself in August. More information will follow on this process. Please be on the lookout for communications from our office.