Why Choose a Concentration in Graphic Design?

For Art majors interested in a career in animation or preparation for graduate study in animation, the Animation Concentration (18 additional credits) offers broad-based training in this field of art.  The Animation Concentration exposes students to a wide range of contemporary and conventional techniques.  These include documentary animation, character animation, stop motion, digitally generated animation, and other emerging technologies.  The concentration culminates in a project consisting of an animated film as well as a portfolio presenting the students’ professional and creative work in the field.

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Requirements for Art Majors

Requirements for Art Majors

• ART 0101 - First-Year Seminar
• ART 0103 - Drawing I
• ART 0104 - Design Fundamentals
• ART 0105 - Three-Dimensional Design
• ART 0106 - Art Survey: Prehistoric to Middle Ages
• ART 0107 - Art Survey: Renaissance to Present
• ART 0109 - Writing for Art and the Artist
• ART 0201 - Printmaking I
• ART 0204 - Pottery I
• ART 0205 - Sculpture I
• ART 0209 - Color Theory and Practice
• ART 0214 - Drawing II
• ART 0216 - Painting I
• ART 0311 - Painting II
• One Art elective Credits: 3 Two 300-level Art History Courses Credits: 6

One of the following:

• ART 0303 - Printmaking II
• ART 0304 - Pottery II
• ART 0305 - Sculpture II

Note:

Art majors are required to take ART 0106 and ART 0107, to satisfy the Appreciation of the Arts requirement of the common core.

Art majors must complete a minimum of 27 credits of course work within the Art Department at Westfield State. Students are advised to consult their advisors for information on course sequencing and general core requirements.

Art majors intending to pursue graduate work beyond their major are advised to take additionally recommended studio courses of their choice. It is also advisable to include more than the minimum requirements in Art History.

Animation Concentration for Art majors

• ART 0108 - Computer Graphics for Art Applications I
• ART 0225 - Animation Foundations
• ART 0265 - Animation II
• ART 0325 - Animation III
• ART 0335 - Animation IV
• ART 0375 - 3-D Animation

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .