Animation and Media Certificate

In this certificate, students use the components of visual literacy to create traditional and digital art medias and evaluate the works of others. Additionally, they place works of art in historical, cultural, social, and economic contexts. Electives allow students to focus on 2D Animation or 3D Animation. All of the courses in this program can be applied to the Art, A.A. program. This certificate aligns particularly well with the Commercial Art track of the Art, A.A. degree. Most of the credits earned in the Animation and Media Certificate can also be applied to the Visual Communication/Graphic Design, A.A.S degree.

Graduates of the Animation and Media Certificate will be able to:

• Identify the basic components of visual literacy through the elements and principles of art, design, and color.
• Compose original two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or four-dimensional works of art using various conceptual and perceptual sources.
• Create art and design using traditional and/or digital materials, media, techniques, and equipment that utilize elements and principles of art, design, and color.
• Evaluate works of art using formal and conceptual analysis.
• Explain the significance of art within historical, cultural, social, and economic contexts.