Susan Skoog, School Dean
sskoog@uarts.edu

C O N T E N T S

• Introduction to the School
• School Objectives

Introduction to the School

The School of Film provides an interrelated curriculum that combines intensive practical experience with a broad understanding of its programs within historical, theoretical, aesthetic, and cultural contexts. While emphasizing independent creative work that expresses personal vision, we also value collaboration, and our students typically work with majors from disciplines across the University, including music composition, acting, dance, design, photography, and crafts.

The faculty is committed to encouraging students to widen their perspectives, to become flexible and innovative learners, to discover and nurture their unique voices, and to master at least one of the complex art forms that we teach. We ensure that our graduates leave the University with a sophisticated knowledge of their chosen medium and a more profound sense of themselves as artists. With study abroad and internship opportunities, courses in professional practices, and visits from industry experts and independent artists, we prepare our students to successfully enter exciting, yet demanding fields.

School Objectives

• Build a shared culture within the School of Film among students, staff and faculty
• Introduce students to issues, methods, techniques and professional aspects of contemporary film, animation, game art and screenwriting
• Acquaint students with the histories and theories of film production, animation, game art and screenwriting
• Apprise students of the various majors and minors available in the School of Film by interacting with students and faculty from across the School
• Impart basic knowledge and skills that can be shared between the various School of Film major and minor paths of study
• Promote essential literacy of media-making principles, processes, methods, and tools while imparting to students a common critical vocabulary for film, animation, game art and screenwriting thinking, making, and discourse
• Promote interaction between students of all School of Film majors and minors and increase cross-disciplinary activity within the school by strengthening skills of collaboration and team-building

Programs

• Animation, BFA
• Film & Animation, BFA
• Film Design, BFA
• Film, BFA
• Game Art, BFA
• Screenwriting, BFA

• Animation
• Film
• Film & Media Studies
• Game Art
• Screenwriting

Courses

• ANIM 101 Introduction to Animation
• ANIM 103 Principles of Animation
• ANIM 105 Intro to Stop Motion Animation
• ANIM 111 Principles of Animation
• ANIM 112 Introduction to Stop Motion Animation
• ANIM 131 Introduction to 2D Computer Animation
• ANIM 134 Introduction to 3D Animation
• ANIM 208 Experimental Animation
• ANIM 209 Experimental Animation
• ANIM 210 Sophomore Animation Piece
• ANIM 211 Character Design
• ANIM 213 Sophomore Animation Piece
• ANIM 215 Motion Design
• ANIM 221 Intermediate Stop Motion Animation
• ANIM 225 Storyboarding
• ANIM 227 2D Character Animation
• ANIM 228 Intermediate 2D Animation
• ANIM 234 Introduction to 3D Animation
• ANIM 235 3D Character Animation 1
• ANIM 302 Junior Animation Piece
• ANIM 306 Client Animation Project
• ANIM 312 Visual Development for Animation
• ANIM 320 Selected Topics in Animation
• ANIM 332 3D Computer Modeling and Lighting
• ANIM 334 3D Simulation and Effects
• ANIM 336 3D Character Animation 2
• ANIM 341 History of Animation
• ANIM 343 Television Animation
• ANIM 345 Visual Effects Compositing
• ANIM 380 Animation Professional Practices
• ANIM 381 Animation Professional Practices
• ANIM 401 Animation Thesis I
• ANIM 402 Animation Thesis II
• ANIM 404 Animation Thesis II
• ANIM 406 Client Animation Project
• ANIM 490 Independent Study
• ANIM 499 Animation Internship
• ANIM 690 Independent Study
• ANIM 699 Topics: Animation
• DAAT 203 Digital Interactive Techniques
• DAAT 204 Advanced Digital Interactive Techniques
• DAAT 222 Web Design Studio
• DAAT 425 Special Projects Studio
• DAAT 490 Independent Study
• DAAT 690 Graduate Independent Study
• DAAT 699 Topics: Electronic Media
• FIDE 101 Introduction to Film Design and Production
• FIDE 102 Design Analysis in Screenwriting
• FIDE 201 Production Design
• FILM 101 Freshman Film
• FILM 113 The Art of Editing
• FILM 121 The Art of Cinema
• FILM 122 Art of Sound
• FILM 124 Video Production
• FILM 131 Perception of Time
• FILM 172 Film Theory
• FILM 201 Cinematography I
• FILM 204 Sound Design
• FILM 205 Interactivity: Action, Emotion & Interaction
• FILM 216 Intro to Documentary
• FILM 220 Directing Actors for the Screen
• FILM 298 Selected Topics in Film Production
• FILM 301 Junior Production Workshop
• FILM 305 Film & Animation Workshop
• FILM 306 Image and Performance
• FILM 311 Advanced Narrative Production
• FILM 314 Advanced Documentary
• FILM 320 Film Forum: Selected Topics
• FILM 331 Experimental Video
• FILM 341 Selected Topics in Film Production
• FILM 401 Senior Thesis I
• FILM 402 Senior Thesis II
• FILM 452 Independent Strategies
• FILM 490 Independent Study
• FILM 499 Film Internship
• FILM 690 Graduate Independent Study
• FILM 699 Topics: Film
• FMST 205 Renoir to Parkour: French Film History
• FMST 215 The Quay Brothers
• FMST 222 Feminism and Media
• FMST 223 Black Independent Cinema
• FMST 251 History of Narrative Cinema I
• FMST 252 History of Narrative Cinema II
• FMST 253 History of Television I
• FMST 255 History of Television II
• FMST 302 Selected Topics in Film and Media Studies
• FMST 320 World Cinema History
• FMST 490 Independent Study
• GAMA 104 Game Art Studio
• GAMA 111 User Interface Design
• GAMA 215 Programming for Creatives
• GAMA 315 Professional Practices
• GAMA 401 Senior Studio I
• GAMA 499 Game Art Internship
• LENS 301 Lens Based Media Workshop
• WFTV 141 Storytelling
• WFTV 145 Character
• WFTV 146 Writing for the Screen
• WFTV 211 Screenwriting I
• WFTV 212 Screenwriting II
• WFTV 221 Screenplay Adaptation