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2010-2011 Denver Campus Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Fine Arts BFA — 3D Graphics and Animation, Digital Design, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Transmedia
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All students pursuing a BFA in fine arts must complete 28 semester hours of visual arts courses and also select an emphasis area, consisting of 54 additional semester hours. Students interested in pursuing a double emphases (e.g., emphases in drawing and painting) are encouraged to consult a College of Arts & Media advisor to discuss required courses.
General Requirements
- All major courses within the major must be completed with a C (2.0) or better.
- All upper-division visual arts courses must be taken at UC Denver unless approved otherwise by visual arts faculty.
- 27 semester hours of visual arts credits (at any level) must be taken at UC Denver.
- 25 semester hours of total visual arts courses must be upper-division.
Students must also follow the College of Arts and Media’s general degree requirements.
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Required Visual Arts Courses
To be completed by all BFA-seeking students: 3D Graphics and Animation Emphasis Courses
The digital animation center (DAC) program at the University of Colorado Denver is a competitive and rigorous four-year curriculum focused on preparing students to work in a wide variety of fields that use animated digital computer graphics (CG), including entertainment, film and television, gaming, medicine and science. Tuition rates in the 13 DAC classes are set higher than most undergraduate UC Denver courses due to the nature of the equipment, computing and software requirements of the program. At the time of this publication, tuition for and is $1533.00 per course. Tuition for the other eleven courses is $4050.00 per course. Students should refer to the course information listed on the University of Colorado Denver Web site for any changes in the current tuition rate for all DAC courses.
In order to maintain the highest standards of excellence for the UC Denver DAC, acceptance into the DAC core cadre comes at the end of the first year and is competitive by portfolio review . To be considered, students are required to take the first two courses in the DAC curriculum, and . These two courses are open to all College of Arts & Media and UC Denver students with permission of the DAC. Students wishing to enroll in the DAC’s entry level courses must contact DAC faculty member Howard Cook at howard.cook@ucdenver.edu or the College of Arts & Media Advising office at CAMadvising@ucdenver.edu to be able to register.
The following courses are required for 3D animation majors, but are offered at the standard UC Denver tuition rates:
Digital Design Emphasis Courses
Admission into the BFA digital design program or the digital design minor is by portfolio review. This review process occurs April 1 or November 1 (or on the following business day if the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday) during a student’s sophomore year after a student has met the following eligibility criteria:
University of Colorado Denver Students
- You have completed, or are in the process of completing, the following Foundation Studio classes: , , , and ( and should be taken after a student’s freshman year and are offered only in fall semester).
- A cumulative fine arts GPA of 2.75.
Transfer Students
- You have completed, and are transferring, a minimum of 24 semester hours from a previous institution.
- You have completed, or are in the process of completing, the equivalents of the following foundation studio classes: , , and .
- A cumulative fine arts GPA of 2.75.
Students who are applying for entrance into the digital design program or minor are required to submit a portfolio that consists of (1) a written statement, (2) a designed portfolio on CD-ROM or DVD and (3) unofficial transcript(s) from all previous post-secondary education institutions with the understanding that digital design is a fall start program. Upon acceptance into the digital design program, students may register for upper-division digital design classes.
Please contact CAMadvising@ucdenver.edu for program and portfolio information, or contact the Digital Design Area Head Brian DeLevie at brian.delevie@ucdenver.edu.
Note that Digital Design offers , and to all majors.
Painting Emphasis Courses
Photography Emphasis Courses
Students must complete the first seven courses listed in the “Required Visual Arts Courses” section and and before going on to the upper-division photography courses. , and may be completed in any order after having completed . must be completed before . must be completed before . and all 3000-level studio courses must be completed prior to beginning the advanced photography sequence ( and ). Sculpture Emphasis Courses
Transmedia Emphasis Courses
Student must apply for admission to the Transmedia emphasis. For more information, please contact College of Arts and Media advising at CAMAdvising@ucdenver.edu. |
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