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3D Animation and Game Design BFA to Masters of Game Development

Degrees: Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Game Development

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College/School: School of Media and Design

Apply to UIW: Application for the 3D Animation and Game Design to Masters of Game Development ABM program

Concentrations: Animation, Modeling, Progremming

See Also:

BFA in 3D Animation and Game Design

Masters of Game Development

3D Animation and Game Design to Game Development ABM Program Overview

The Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's (ABM) program in the department of 3D Animation & Game Design provides students with a cost- and time-effective means of completing both the undergraduate Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3D Animation and Game Design degree and the Masters of Game Development degree. The ABM program does this by allowing students to begin taking some graduate-level courses while still an undergraduate student. Further, some of the upper-level undergraduate courses are counted using the MGD's Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) mechanism. Graduates of this accelerated Bachelor's to Master's program will graduate with both the BFA and MGD degrees and thus be well-prepared for work in the video game industry or a career in 3D education pathways.

Admissions Requirements

Admission to the program is decided at the end of the 5th semester of undergraduate coursework. At this point, students must apply for the ABM program. After this point, students must either complete only the Bachelor of Fine Arts in 3D Animation and Game Design, or continue in the ABM program and complete both the BFA and the MGD degrees over the next 7 semesters.

3D Animation and Game Design to Masters of Game Development ABM Degree Plan

The Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's program in the School of Media and Design allows student to earn both the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Masters of Game Development degrees in as few as 12 semesters. Credit-hour requirements include 43 credit hours of required UIW core coursework, 68 credit hours of undergraduate level courses labeled ANGD, and 41credit hours of graduate ANGD courses.

Students begin coursework in the undergraduate portion in one of three concentrations, Animation, Modeling, or Programming; they then continue in their chosen concentration in the graduate potion of the program. 41 credit hours of graduate level courses are taken, including 32 credit hours of shared graduate ANGD core courses and 9 credit hours unique to each of the three concentrations.

In the undergraduate portion of the program, students complete 9 credit hours of graduate coursework. After transition to a graduate student classification, students complete an additional 32 credit hours of graduate level work. In total, ABM students complete 111 undergraduate credit hours and 41 graduate credits for a total of 152 credit hours. 9 of the graduate credits are completed while the student is an undergraduate and count towards the 120 credit hour undergraduate program requirement.

Animation Concentration

This degree plan shows the undergraduate and graduate coursework required to complete the Animation concentration of the ABM program. Coursework for the concentration includes the UIW undergraduate core, the ABM program core, and the Animation concentration core.

Total Credit Hours:152

UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum

UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.

 

UIW Core Curriculum 
 Composition and Rhetoric  6 credit hours 
 Literature and Art 6 credit hours 
 Science and Mathematics 7 credit hours 
 History and Behavioral Science 6 credit hours 
 Philosophy and Religion  9 credit hours 
 Second Language  6 credit hours 
 Wellness and Physical Education  3 credit hours
  43 total core credit hours
   
 Community Service  45 clock hours (non-credit) 
Total Credit Hours:43

 

Animation Concentration Coursework

ANGD 1380Anatomy for the Animator

3
ANGD 2340Animation I

3
THAR 2324Stage Movement

3
ANGD 2342Animation II

3
THAR 2330Performance for Animators

3
ANGD 3341Animation III

3
ANGD 3343Motion Capture for Animators

3
ANGD 3342Animation IV

3
ANGD 3344Previsualization and Storytelling

3
ANGD 5343Motion Capture Animation

3
ANGD 6341Graduate Animation III

3
ANGD 6342Graduate Animation IV

3
Total Credit Hours:36

Program Core Coursework

ANGD 1101Orientation to Animation and Game Design

1
ANGD 1102Elements of Design Seminar

1
ANGD 1312Hard Surface Modeling

3
ANGD 1313Game Engines

3
ANGD 1314Organic Modeling

3
ANGD 1315Principles of Animation

3
ANGD 2321Technical Direction

3
ANGD 2330History of Animation

3
ANGD 3315Visual Narrative Conventions

3
ANGD 3325Figure Drawing

3
ANGD 3330History of Games

3
ANGD 4100Animation Industry Seminar

1
ANGD 4381Prototyping and Game Design

3
ANGD 4384Elements of Gameplay

3
ANGD 5312Story: Elements and Structure

3
ANGD 5100Industry Seminar

1
ANGD 53173D Education

3
ANGD 5216Thesis Design Workshop

2
ANGD 63113D Education Practicum I

3
ANGD 63123D Education Practicum II

3
ANGD 6681Thesis Production I

6
ANGD 6682Thesis Production II

6
ANGD 6211Business of Games

2
ANGD 6213Graduate Portfolio

2
Total Credit Hours:73

Modeling Concentration

This degree plan shows the undergraduate and graduate coursework required to complete the Modeling concentration of the ABM program. Coursework for the concentration includes the UIW undergraduate core, the ABM program core, and the Modeling concentration core.

Total Credit Hours:152

UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum

UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.

 

UIW Core Curriculum 
 Composition and Rhetoric  6 credit hours 
 Literature and Art 6 credit hours 
 Science and Mathematics 7 credit hours 
 History and Behavioral Science 6 credit hours 
 Philosophy and Religion  9 credit hours 
 Second Language  6 credit hours 
 Wellness and Physical Education  3 credit hours
  43 total core credit hours
   
 Community Service  45 clock hours (non-credit) 
Total Credit Hours:43

 

Modeling Concentration Coursework

ANGD 1380Anatomy for the Animator

3
ANGD 2333Environment Production Arts I

3
ANGD 2334Environment Production Arts II

3
ANGD 2361Character Modeling I

3
ANGD 2341Period Styles

3
ANGD 3331Environmental Production Arts III

3
ANGD 3332Environmental Production Arts IV

3
ANGD 3334Procedural Modeling

3
ANGD 3361Character Modeling II

3
ANGD 5333Procedural Modeling

3
ANGD 6331Graduate Environment Arts III

3
ANGD 6332Graduate Environment Arts IV

3
Total Credit Hours:36

Program Core Coursework

ANGD 1101Orientation to Animation and Game Design

1
ANGD 1102Elements of Design Seminar

1
ANGD 1312Hard Surface Modeling

3
ANGD 1313Game Engines

3
ANGD 1314Organic Modeling

3
ANGD 1315Principles of Animation

3
ANGD 2321Technical Direction

3
ANGD 2330History of Animation

3
ANGD 3315Visual Narrative Conventions

3
ANGD 3325Figure Drawing

3
ANGD 3330History of Games

3
ANGD 4100Animation Industry Seminar

1
ANGD 4381Prototyping and Game Design

3
ANGD 4384Elements of Gameplay

3
ANGD 5312Story: Elements and Structure

3
ANGD 5100Industry Seminar

1
ANGD 53173D Education

3
ANGD 5216Thesis Design Workshop

2
ANGD 63113D Education Practicum I

3
ANGD 63123D Education Practicum II

3
ANGD 6681Thesis Production I

6
ANGD 6682Thesis Production II

6
ANGD 6211Business of Games

2
ANGD 6213Graduate Portfolio

2
Total Credit Hours:73

Programming Concentration

This degree plan shows the undergraduate and graduate coursework required to complete the Programming concentration of the ABM program. Coursework for the concentration includes the UIW undergraduate core, the ABM program core, and the Programming concentration core.

Total Credit Hours:152

UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum

UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.

 

UIW Core Curriculum 
 Composition and Rhetoric  6 credit hours 
 Literature and Art 6 credit hours 
 Science and Mathematics 7 credit hours 
 History and Behavioral Science 6 credit hours 
 Philosophy and Religion  9 credit hours 
 Second Language  6 credit hours 
 Wellness and Physical Education  3 credit hours
  43 total core credit hours
   
 Community Service  45 clock hours (non-credit) 
Total Credit Hours:43

 

Programming Concentration Coursework

MATH 1306College Geometry

3
ANGD 2371Game Programming I

3
CIS 2330Programming Languages I

3
ANGD 2372Game Programming II

3
CIS 3330Programming Languages II

3
MATH 1311Precalculus

3
ANGD 3371Game Programming III

3
MATH 2322Linear Algebra

3
ANGD 3372Game Programming IV

3
ANGD 5373Visual Interface Design

3
ANGD 6371Graduate Game Programming III

3
ANGD 6372Graduate Game Programming IV

3
Total Credit Hours:36

Program Core Coursework

ANGD 1101Orientation to Animation and Game Design

1
ANGD 1102Elements of Design Seminar

1
ANGD 1312Hard Surface Modeling

3
ANGD 1313Game Engines

3
ANGD 1314Organic Modeling

3
ANGD 1315Principles of Animation

3
ANGD 2321Technical Direction

3
ANGD 2330History of Animation

3
ANGD 3315Visual Narrative Conventions

3
ANGD 3325Figure Drawing

3
ANGD 3330History of Games

3
ANGD 4100Animation Industry Seminar

1
ANGD 4381Prototyping and Game Design

3
ANGD 4384Elements of Gameplay

3
ANGD 5312Story: Elements and Structure

3
ANGD 5100Industry Seminar

1
ANGD 53173D Education

3
ANGD 5216Thesis Design Workshop

2
ANGD 63113D Education Practicum I

3
ANGD 63123D Education Practicum II

3
ANGD 6681Thesis Production I

6
ANGD 6682Thesis Production II

6
ANGD 6211Business of Games

2
ANGD 6213Graduate Portfolio

2
Total Credit Hours:73