Visual Effects
Offered in:
ATLANTA
SAVANNAH

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Offered in: Atlanta, Hong Kong*, Savannah
* Pending approval by the SACS Commission on Colleges.

Foundation studies		40 hours
DRAW	100	Drawing I
DRAW	101	Drawing II
DRAW	200	Life Drawing I
DSGN	100	2-D Design
DSGN	101	Color Theory
DSGN	102	3-D Design
	—	Studio Elective
	—	Studio Elective

General education		60 hours
ARTH	100	Survey of Western Art I
ARTH	110	Survey of Western Art II
ARTH	207	20th-century Art
	—	ARLH/ARTH Elective
	—	ARLH/ARTH Elective
CMPA	110	Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications
COMM	105	Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL	123	Composition
	—	ENGL Elective
	—	Natural Sciences/Mathematics*
	—	Social/Behavioral Sciences*
	—	General Education Elective*

Major curriculum		70 hours
VSFX	101	Survey of Visual Effects
VSFX	130	Visual Effects-based Cinematography I
VSFX	160	Introduction to Visual Effects Programming
VSFX	210	Digital 3-D Visual Effects
VSFX	270	Compositing
VSFX	310	Matte Painting
VSFX	319	Programming Models and Shaders I
VSFX	350	Procedural Modeling and Animation
	—	ANIM, FILM, ITGM, MOME, SNDS, TECH, VSFX Elective
	—	ANIM, FILM, ITGM, MOME, SNDS, TECH, VSFX Elective
VSFX	406	Concept Development for Visual Effects
VSFX	408	Visual Effects Studio I
VSFX	448	Visual Effects Studio II
VSFX	490	Visual Effects Portfolio
	—	Electives (10 hours)
Total course of study		180 hours

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.
* Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.

SCAD receives iDMAa Innovative Program Award
The International Digital Media Art Association presented SCAD with the 2009 Innovative Program Award in recognition of our leadership and excellence in digital media.
Ginther interns on 'Blue Valentine'
Undergraduate visual effects student Leighana Ginther completed an art department/production assistant internship on the feature film "Blue Valentine," which stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams and is slated for a 2010 release
Rodic interns with SCAD, EA
Aleksander Rodic, B.F.A. student in visual effects, completed a spring internship with the SCAD interactive services department. He has accepted a summer internship as a technical artist at Electronic Arts Tiburon in Orlando, Fla.
Inagaki accepted into Dreamworks program
Graduate student Yukinori Inagaki was accepted into the Character TD Challenge program at Dreamworks.