The Department of Art + Design's New Media and Animation Program leverages an array of technology to create images, animation, and interactive projects. To address the needs of contemporary artists and designers, we offer students a foundation for working with a range of digital tools, an awareness of formal relationships, and strategies for generating and refining design solutions.
Students in the program synthesize traditional and digital skills. In addition, they are able to embrace the role of "conceptual translator" who is able to design for clients while creating self-motivated works. A unifying thread throughout the program is visual storytelling. As a result, we manipulate images, motion, time, and user interaction to convey meaning and create experiences. While there are many ways to apply the knowledge gained in the program, coursework is designed for those who are interested in sequential art, digital illustration, digital modeling, digital photography, compositing, motion graphics, and multimedia interactive projects.
The Bachelor of Art + Design is a four-year, studio-based, interdisciplinary undergraduate education. This educational experience integrates design thinking and the traditional arts with the design disciplines and current technologies to create aesthetic yet functional objects, experiences and environments. Students are encouraged to consider multicultural models in their conceptual investigations to formulate inclusive and innovative solutions to contemporary global issues.
The New Media and Animation path focuses on interaction design, 2D and 3D animation and visualization. Students study a wide variety of tools and techniques as they address new design challenges of the 21st century.
The Master of Art + Design (Animation) educates artists/designers skilled in drawing, time-based imaging, interactive media and digital imaging to use the computer effectively in synthesizing and augmenting these skill sets. The demand for animators is increasing as media becomes more interactive and as mobile devices are empowered to deliver rich media. The animation concentration provides an intensive level of experience, instruction, and immersion in digital 3-D animation, video and graphics. Emphasis is placed on the combination of digital processes with traditional hand processes in the conception and production of digital images, interactive experiences and animated products. A wide range of development and presentation formats are open for exploration. Students in this program are exposed to state of the art software, equipment and resources within the Advanced Media Lab.
Please read the Graduate Handbook for a general overview of the program.
Art + Design offers three tracks to the Master of Art + Design degree. Download the tracks separately here: Track 1 | animation / fibers, Track 2 | animation / fibers, and Track 3 | animation / fibers.
Download the three tracks for each concentration here: animation / fibers
For information on applying for the Master of Art + Design program, please visit the graduate admissions page of this website.
For additional information on Graduate programs available at NC State University, visit the Graduate School website at: http://www.ncsu.edu/grad.
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