3D Graphics and Animation Minor

Bring your ideas to life in 3D

This undergraduate minor lets you dive into creating 3D films, games, virtual and augmented reality, and 3D printing. You’ll learn to design, model, texture, animate, light, and render everything from characters and creatures to props and environments.

What you'll learn

In this program, you’ll learn to model, texture, light, and animate 3D characters and scenes, guiding your own creative projects from start to finish. You’ll master the full production pipeline for films, games, and augmented reality while building a professional portfolio and presenting your work for feedback.

  1. Perform basic modeling, texturing, lighting, and animation.
  2. Conduct self-directed exploration, expressing and documenting ideas and themes in both written and spoken form.
  3. Perform lighting and texturing within a digital scene using various techniques.
  4. Deliver production quality simulations with advanced aesthetics using a 3D production workflow.
  5. Set up creatures and characters for film-quality animation.
  6. Execute entire production pipeline for using characters within a 3D film composite or CG production.
  7. Design and implement from preproduction, to production, to postproduction a creature and character for films, video games, or augmented reality.
  8. Model, texture, articulate, and render characters for low-resolution or high-resolution applications.
  9. Create a posed moment of an organic model for display in a film, video game, or augmented reality.
  10. Deliver productions for games and environments, visual short stories, or scientific simulation.
  11. Apply advanced 3D modeling
  12. Demonstrate mastery of 3D production by creating high quality portfolio models.
  13. Apply 3D concepts across multiple 3D software platforms.
  14. Apply modeling, texturing, and rendering techniques to organic models.
  15. Present and critique projects.

Minor requirements

Prerequisite

The minor requires knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, which may be demonstrated by test, portfolio, credential, or by taking a course that covers Photoshop, such as HER-A 261 or NEWM-N 102 Digital Media Imagery.

Core courses (15 cr.)

Choose one:

Students must earn a C- or higher in each course to graduate with the 3D Graphics and Animation minor.