Course Calendar

Digital Painting and Expanded Animation (DPXA)

through Integrated Media

DPXA is structured to provide students with a versatile yet rigorous technical and critical toolset. In the first and second years of study, students undergo thorough studio arts training coupled with hands-on experience in a variety of art and animation techniques, both traditional and digital: observational drawing, traditional and digital painting, stop-motion, 3D animation and digital compositing, to name a few. An increased content of Liberal Arts and Sciences courses provide a cultural and historical context for these practices, grounding students’ projects in solid critical skills. The third and fourth years are geared towards shaping these newly acquired skills into a cross-disciplinary creative language, culminating in a final capstone project such as an installation-based animation work, a digital painting series or an interactive virtual work that combines both digital painting and animation. Graduates of the Digital Painting and Expanded Animation Area of Specialization will be equipped with portable, professional digital art and animation skills coupled with the critical thinking and experimental approach required of contemporary art practitioners.

Liberal studies courses are listed under the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and designated course type LST in the course schedule.
See the Liberal Art & Sciences for an outline of the degree liberal studies requirements.

DPXA/Integrated Media Program Guide

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT

200 Level Requirements
DRPT 2B39	Painting & Digital Imaging 1	0.5
INTM 2B11	Animation: Origins & Techniques	0.5
INTM 2B14	Compositing & Digital Animation	0.5
INTM 2B22	Contemporary Issues: Art Today	0.5
INTM 2B34	Hybrid Media Lab	0.5
200 Level	Faculty of Art elective *	0.5
VISM 2B09	History of New Media	0.5
200 Level	Visual Culture (VISA, VISC, VISD, VISD) or ENGL, HUMN, SCTM, SOSC	0.5
200 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
200 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
Total Credits		5.0

300 Level Requirements
DRPT 3Bxx	Painting & Digital Imaging 1: Studio (under development)	0.5
INTM 3B39	Media Research Projects	0.5
INTM 3B49	Integrated Media Studio: Practice & Critique	0.5
INTM 3B50	Critical Perspectives in Animation	0.5
300 Level	INTM courses	1.0
300 Level	Faculty of Art elective *	0.5
VISM 3Bxx	Animation: World Perspectives (under development)	0.5
200, 300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
200, 300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
Total Credits		5.0

400 Level Requirements
ASOC 3B01	Community Practice	0.5
INTM 4C01	INTM Studio Thesis: Research or Capstone Project (TBD)	1.0
INTM 4C02	INTM Studio Thesis: Presentation or Capstone Project (TBD)	1.0
400 Level	INTM course	0.5
BUSI 4Bxx	Business, Innovation & Professional Practice (under development)	0.5
300 or 400 Level	Visual Culture (VISA, VISC, VISD, VISD) or ENGL, HUMN, SCTM, SOSC	0.5
300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
Total Credits		0.5

*An elective may be any course offered by the Faculty of Art (CRCP, DRPT, INTM, PHOT, PRNT, SCIN). You may also take an elective in your program Major area as well as in Material Art & Design (MAAD) (maximum 0.5 credit per year level for a total of 1.5 credits). Students declaring a Liberal Studies minor are strongly urged to complete the full complement of studio courses for their major, including all studio electives.

Eligibility to Graduate

Please note that students are eligible to graduate if they:
•Have fulfilled all program requirements.
•Are in good academic standing. (Students who attempt 2.0 or more credits in an academic year and earn an average of 60% or higher in those credits are in satisfactory academic standing.)
•Have on overall average of at least 60%.
•Have an average of at least 65% in the designated courses of their major/program. (Design only).
•Have no outstanding accounts at the university.

Last Modified:3/18/2013 10:58:55 AM