Digital Arts
( A.A.S. Degree )

Curriculum Coordinator: Prof. Lisa Amowitz

This program seeks to prepare students for the dynamic field of digital art by providing a basic careeroriented education. Through intensive training in visual foundations and state-of-the-art technology, students gain aesthetic awareness, problem-solving skills and the technical proficiencies necessary to pursue an entrylevel position in the visual communication industry in positions such as graphic design, web design, computer animation, 3D graphic visualization, motion graphics design, and interactive multimedia design.

After completing the basic digital arts courses, students must choose between two options. The Graphic Design Option focuses on print, publication and web design. The Interactive Multimedia Option focuses on animation, and inter-active multimedia/web design, the newest and most rapidly developing sector of the graphics industry.

The Digital Ar ts program articulates with the Communications Technology B.S. program at York College; Lehman College B.A., Art Specialization in Studio Art: Computer Imaging; New York Technical College: Communication Design. Students are encouraged to read these articulation agreements on the Transfer Center website at:
http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/TransferCounseling/index.html.

Digital Arts Curriculum
60 Credits required
*Students should choose an option
after completing 30 credits for A.A.S. Degree

Core Requirements
Credits
g ENG 10   Fundamentals of Composition & Rhetoric OR  
  ENG 11   Fundamentals of Written Composition I
3
g ENG 12 or Fundamentals of Written Composition II or
  ENG 14 or Written Composition and Prose Fiction or  
  ENG 15 or Written Compositon and Drama or  
  ENG 16   Written Composition and Poetry
3
g CMS 11   Fund. of Interpersonal Communication
3
g HIS 10 or History of the Modern World or
  HIS 11   Intro. to the Modern World
3
g MTH 12 or Intro. to Mathematical Thought or
  MTH 21* or Survey of Mathematics I or
  MTH 23*   Probability and Statistics
3
g PEA or Physical Education activity course or
  HLT 91   Critical Issues in Health
1-2
g SCI**   Any Laboratory science
4
     
Total
20-21
Required Areas of Study for
Graphic Design Option
Credits
g ART 11   Intro. to Art
3
g CMS 60 or Intro. to Mass Communication or  
  MKT 43 or Principles of Advertising or  
      Humanities Electives†
3
g Humanities Electives†
3-4
g ART 91 or Portfolio Seminar or
  ART 88 or Intro to Multimedia Design and Animation or
  Free elective
1-2
     
Total
10-12
Required Areas of Study for
Interactive Multimedia Option
Credits
g ART 11   Intro. to Art
3
g CMS 60 or Intro. to Mass Communication or
3
  MKT 43   Principles of Advertising or  
g Humanities Electives†
3-4
g ART 97   Multimedia Portfolio or
      Free Elective to complete 60 credit degree requirement
1-2
     
Total
10-12
†
 Select from Communication, English, History, Modern Languages, Music or Social Sciences.  
Specialization Requirements***
Credits
(For Both Graphic Design & Interactive Multimedia Options)
  
g ART 15††   Design Basics
2
g ART 21††   Drawing
2
g ART 55   Modern Art
3
g ART 56   Graphic & Digital Design History
3
g ART 72   Digital Photography & Motion Graphics
2
g ART 79   Typographic Design
2
g ART 84††   Digital Imaging
2
g ART 86   Digital Illustration
2
g ART 87   Web Design
2
 
**Sub-total
20
††  Should be taken in student’s first semester  
Free Electives
Credits
To complete 60 credit requirement
0-2
***Additional Specialization Requirements for
Graphic Design Option
Credits
g ART 22   Painting
2
g ART 81   Typography & Layout
2
g ART 82   Illustration
2
g ART 90   Graphic Design Project
2
   
Sub-Total
8
Total Specialization Requirements
28
***Additional Specialization Requirements for
Interactive Multimedia Option
Credits
g ART 88   Intro to Multimedia & Animation
2
g ART 93   Interactive Multimedia Design
2
g ART 95   3D Graphics & Animation
2
g MUS 13   Sound Design
2
   
Sub-Total
8
Total Specialization Requirements
28
*
 MTH 21 or MTH 23 is for students intending to transfer to a senior college.
**
 Select from AST 11 or 12, BIO 11 or 21, CHM 10, 11 or 17, ENV 11, ESE 11 or 12, PHY 10 or 11.
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