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3 Credits 
Offered Fall and Spring

This course provides an introduction to design principles and digital skills necessary for fine arts students. The course covers fundamentals of visual design, drawing, and painting techniques on computer. Special fees apply.

Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

 3 Credits
Offered Fall

Develop a cinematic concept from screenplay through storyboard, animatic, schedule, budget, website and pitch. Understand the elements of pre-production and previsualization as it applies to dramatic narrative film production. Apply those skills in developing original pre-production content for screen.

Cross-listed with FLPA F231.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered Fall

Basic techniques of computer art. The course covers basic animation, motion graphics, digital painting and digital design.

Prerequisites: ART F161.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer

Introduction of technical and aesthetic aspects of basic digital photography using digital SLR cameras and editing photos through Adobe Photoshop suites. Students are expected to have intermediate computer knowledge. Topics include controlling digital SLRs on manual settings, photographing creatively, basic and advanced editing techniques, negative scanning and digital printing.

Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered Fall and Spring

This course will focus on developing visual materials for storytelling. The course includes hands-on experience in digital painting and illustration, along with preproduction methods such as concept art and storyboarding for animation and other media.

Prerequisites: ART F161, ART F231, ART F271, ART F284, FLPA F231 or FLPA F260.
Cross-listed with FLPA F371.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered Spring

This course expands camera and photographic editing capabilities to develop a unique body of work that reflects the individual artist. Series development focuses on critique while students learn necessary skills to professionally print, mat, frame, display and promote their artistic work.

Prerequisites: ART F284.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered As Demand Warrants

Explore filmmaking through cultural knowledge, decolonized methodologies, and documentary filmmaking techniques to create content reflective of cultural and/or scientific knowledge. Develop film work with a theoretical base for cultural understanding, scientific communications, and educational potentials. Basic pre-production, production, and post-production processes will be explored within a multi-cultural communications framework.

Prerequisites: Junior, senior or graduate standing.
Cross-listed with ANTH F460; FLPA F460.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered As Demand Warrants

Project-oriented class in graphic design with applications from journalism to fine and commercial art. Students will be expected to have a background in programs likely to include web design, digital photography and graphic design.

Prerequisites: ART F371; one college-level studio art course.
Special Notes: May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered Fall

Concept and technique of 3D computer generated animation with applications in fine and commercial art and science. Students will produce a series of three dimensional animation projects which will introduce them to the tools and concepts used by animation and visualization professionals.

Prerequisites: ART F231, FLPA F231, ART F271.
Cross-listed with FLPA F472.
Special Notes: May be repeated for credit.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered As Demand Warrants

Digital compositing techniques for creating moving imagery. The course covers video manipulation, layering images, synthesizing realistic video imagery, integration of live action and computer generated animation. Course can be repeated for a total of nine credits with permission of instructor.

Prerequisites: ART F472, FLPA F472.
Cross-listed with FLPA F475.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered As Demand Warrants

Study of techniques needed to produce multimedia content for a special university or community agency project. Digital multimedia may include animation, video, text, audio and/or performance to create interactive or dynamic content for a wide variety of applications. plus some mastery of a specialty in writing, art, or television production.

Prerequisites: Understanding of computer graphics programs like Illustrator, Freehand, etc.
Cross-listed with FLPA F485.
Stacked with ART F684; FLPA F685.
Attributes: UAF Degree Humanities Req

3 Credits
Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years

This class provides a foundation of practical information for students as they begin to consider various career options in the visual arts. Topics include documentation, websites, promotion and description, exhibit installation methods, marketing, developing application materials for residencies and grants, as well as issues of health and safety.

Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Stacked with ART F688.

1-6 Credits
Offered As Demand Warrants

Visualization and animation with applications to two- and three-dimensional computer design and typography. Emphasis on visual design for electronic and print publication. Includes animation of the components of 3-D models. May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: ART F471; graduate standing.

1-6 Credits
Offered As Demand Warrants

Computer visualization in art with production and reproduction of projects chosen from a wide range of topics. Includes lectures, demonstrations and laboratory experience. May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.