Animation Curriculum
In Animation, students develop concepts and technical skills in three-dimensional computer modeling and animation, digital video, and web design using industry-standard software. Students explore all types of virtual visualizations including text animation and motion graphics, character animation, story telling, and architectural modelling, rendering, and animation.
Curriculum structure
Required Program Courses |
63 CHs |
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ART205 |
Art Foundations |
3 |
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ART251 |
Basic Design |
3 |
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ARA345 |
Advanced Arabic Skills |
3 |
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ART201 |
Principles of Design |
3 |
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AVA310 |
Drawing I |
3 |
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AGD314 |
Illustration and Visual Narrative |
3 |
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AAD376 |
Animation I |
3 |
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ART220 |
Introduction to Art History |
3 |
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ART221 |
Research Methods for Artists and Designers |
3 |
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AGD351 or |
Graphic Design I |
3 |
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AGD356 |
Typography I |
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AAD375 |
3D Modeling |
3 |
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AAD377 |
Animation II |
3 |
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ART223 |
Arts of the Modern World |
3 |
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AAD476 |
Animation III |
3 |
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AAD378 |
Character Modeling |
3 |
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ADR492 |
Senior Research Seminar |
3 |
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AAH427 |
History of Animation |
3 |
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AAD475 |
Game Design |
3 |
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ADR405 |
Professional Practice |
3 |
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ADR496 |
Senior Project |
3 |
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ART490 |
Internship |
3 |
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ART History Electives Student picks courses from below list |
3 CHs |
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AAH322 |
History Islamic Art and Architecture |
3 |
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AAH324 |
Contemporary Islamic Art and Architecture |
3 |
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AAH325 |
History of Design |
3 |
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AAH326 |
Representation: Exhibition, Display and Interpretation I |
3 |
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AAH327 |
Representation: Exhibition, Display and Interpretation II |
3 |
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AAH420 |
Communities, Curatorial Practices, and Collections |
3 |
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AAH422 |
Contemporary Art Theory |
3 |
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AAH425 |
History of Graphic Design |
3 |
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AAH427 |
History of Animation |
3 |
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AAH430 |
Curatorial Practices |
3 |
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Program Electives Student picks courses from below list |
12 CHs |
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ART297 |
Special Topics in Art and Design: Intermediate |
3 |
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AVA309 |
Digital Illustration |
3 |
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AVA313 |
Drawing II |
3 |
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AVA315 |
Sculpture I |
3 |
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AVA316 |
Ceramics I |
3 |
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AVA317 |
Storyboarding |
3 |
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AVA318 |
Three-Dimensional Design |
3 |
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AVA319 |
Introduction to Jewelry Design |
3 |
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ADR328 |
Cross Cultural Influences in Design |
3 |
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ART330 |
Art Education |
3 |
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AVA340 |
Photography I |
3 |
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AVA346 |
Digital Video II |
3 |
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AGD351 |
Graphic Design I |
3 |
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AGD356 |
Typography I |
3 |
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AGD357 |
Designing for the Web I |
3 |
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AGD358 |
Design for Social Change |
3 |
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AGD359 |
Information Design |
3 |
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AVA360 |
Printmaking I |
3 |
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AVA365 |
Digital Printmaking |
3 |
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AVA366 |
Book Structures I |
3 |
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ART397 |
Special Topics in Art and Design |
3 |
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AVA411 |
Painting II |
3 |
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AVA418 |
Installation |
3 |
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ADR421 |
Material Culture of the United Arab Emirates |
3 |
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ART495 |
Independent Study |
3 |
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ART497 |
Special Topics in Art and Design |
3 |
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AVA312 |
Painting I |
3 |
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AVA345 |
Digital Video I |
3 |
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ZU Elective Student picks course from ZU list |
3 |
Courses Descriptions:
Required Program Courses
ART205 - Art Foundations
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course introduces the student to the basic skills of drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, video and photography, which will act as a solid foundation for all future courses in CACE. Students will familiarize themselves with a variety of methods and processes in the use of diverse materials and technologies for art and design communication. The course will explore materials and equipment appropriate to each medium.
ART251 - Basic Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This is an introduction to the fundamental principles of graphic design. Students will gain hands-on experience with the most commonly used software packages in the field and will develop skills and concepts such as problem-solving, visual communication, research, typography, concept and design development. Students will also learn about the basics of media literacy and criticism.This course is designed to introduce the Adobe suite (Illustrator, Photoshop & Indesign) to students at a beginning level. The projects introduce software in the context of design concepts and principles - it is ideal for students to have ART 201 before they enter this course. Each project escalates in intensity and complexity, allowing the students to develop a working knowledge of the design process in relation to the technology.
ARA 345 - Advanced Arabic Skills
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
The course aims to develop students’ writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) with a focus on the writing genres. The course’s primary focus is on developing students’ academic and professional writing skills with specific attention paid to argumentative writing, comparative writing, causal writing, functional and creative writing. Writing in this course will be preceded by extensive reading of texts from the modern literary, scientific and academic genres which will give students the knowledge needed to write
ART201 - Principles of Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This is an introductory course that focuses on the basic visual concepts of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design. The aim of this course is to teach the student how to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of the visual language used in art and design, and how to use this vocabulary to effectively communicate and convey visual ideas.
AVA310 - Drawing I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
The focus of this course is to consider and explore the proposition that the act of drawing can be used as an expressive and creative tool to rationalize the world through an artistic pathway. This notion is introduced and artistic pathway. This notion is introduced and developed by practical investigations of some basic drawing skills and techniques used in art.
Pre-requisite:ART205
AGD314 - Illustration and Visual Narrative
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course provides students with the opportunity to design and develop character and environment for visual narratives. Through examination of historical and popular culture narratives, students will learn to identify key aspects of character and environment design and to use visual storytelling techniques to communicate concepts to an audience. This course is suitable for students with an interest in animation, illustration, conceptual design, film, comics, motion graphics and visual communication.
AAD376 - Animation I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and properties of time based graphics and motion on screen. By making different types of animation, students will experience both straight ahead animation and key-framed animation. Students will practice new skills in both traditional and digital technologies for the production of moving images.
Pre-requisite:ART251 or CIT210
ART220 - Introduction to Art History
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the history of the development of art and architecture. It is designed as an introductory art history course with a thematic approach to understanding art and architecture, and a chronological examination of the sequence of art history.
ART221 - Research Methods for Artists and Designers
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the variety of research methods commonly used by artists and designers, including information literacy with a focus on the subject specific conventional and electronic resources available through the university library, and the different processes artists and designers use for needs assessment, documentation, creative development, and presentation.
AGD351 - Graphic Design I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course provides a basic understanding of Graphic Design roles and responsibilities. It explores the visual language and relationships, of typography and imagery, graphic design history, and introduces students to critical topics that affect the graphic design industry today. Students solve design problems, construct layouts using vector graphics and photography combined with type, and learn how to present to an audience.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AGD356 - Typography I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This is an introductory course on the subject of typography in which the principles of typography are examined through the study of letterform anatomy and construction, type composition, and the history of typography. Dealing with both the Latin and Arabic alphabets, students examine the use of type as a created social symbol for communication as well as type as object form.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AAD375 - 3D Modeling
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This is an introductory class where students learn basic Techniques of modeling, texture mapping, lighting, composition and rendering. Attention is paid to concepts and techniques that aid the student in creation of single geometric objects as well as more complex interior and exterior design scenes that will be rendered to produce non-photorealistic images.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AAD377 - Animation II
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
In this course, students will develop skills involved in creating an animated sequence that include concept development, planning, pre-production, key-frame animation and post-production. The traditional twelve principles of animation guide students in creating interesting on-screen movement, with a focus on the animation principles of timing and spacing.
Pre-requisite:AAD376
ART223 - Arts of the Modern World
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
Introduces students to the historical development of the visual and spatial arts from the beginning of the modern period in approximately 1850 to the present age.
Pre-requisite:ART220
AAD476 - Animation III
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
In this course, students will further their knowledge and practice of animation, learning techniques for live action integration, advanced animation techniques and visual effects.
Pre-requisite:AAD377
AAD378 - Character Modeling
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course is built upon the concepts learned in the 3D modeling course. Students will learn various organic character modeling techniques. After completing the course students are able to design, model, texture map, rig and skin a character.
Pre-requisite:AAD375
ADR492 - Senior Research Seminar
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
Through group discussions, critique, research, writing and presentations, the Senior Research Seminar emphasizes an in-depth exploration of a self-designed topic in preparation for the development of a cohesive body of work in the subsequent semester ADR496 Senior Project course, which is the culmination of the students’ skills and knowledge gained in their chosen program. The seminar advisor(s) assists students in structuring their independent work and offers continual feedback. Visiting designers, artists and professionals will provide the students with valuable exposure to outside viewpoints. Students will develop their Senior Project work plan through the formation of a written research proposal and defend their project to both the ZU community and the community at large.
Pre-requisite:COM210 or ART221
AAH427 - History of Animation
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the history of the field of Animation. It combines knowledge of historical and theoretical developments, the exploration of contemporary issues, and technical applications for professionals. Students explore the development of animation as a separate discipline within the context of film history and theory as well as the integration of motion in graphic design media
AAD475 - Game Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course introduces the basics of game-engine based media development. This will include the design of spaces, integration of media and the development of game levels. Subjects such as real-time rendering and game development will lead to the creation of functional game levels and real-time 3D animation.
Pre-requisite:AAD375
ADR405 - Professional Practice
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
The purpose of this course is to introduce and familiarize students with the professional practices of the art or design discipline related to their program. The process begins with the student identifying their particular goals, gaining an awareness of career path options and understanding the professional expectations within the business environment. Preparation includes developing a portfolio, honing professional writing capabilities and presentation skills, applying good research in the development of proposals, becoming familiar with basic business practices, practicing project and time management skills and preparing for interviews.
ADR496 - Senior Project
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
The Senior Project is an advanced course, which enables the student to show both the depth and breadth of their conceptual and technical abilities to conceive, develop and present an original project in their area of study. Guided by the research and insights accomplished in their prior semester’s Senior Research Seminar course, the student visually translates that understanding and information into final visual form within the professional parameters of the student’s program. The senior project should evidence independence, inventiveness, and a level of maturity, awareness, competence and confidence consistent with an emerging professional artist or designer.
Pre-requisite:ADR492;
ART490 - Internship
3 credits
Schedule Type: Internship
This course is an opportunity for students to gain practical experience of the workplace relevant to their program with employers in the public or privates sector. Internships are intended to match the academic background and strengths of students, their interests and future career ambitions.
Pre-requisite:COM210 or ADR405
ART History Electives
AAH322 - History Islamic Art and Architecture
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This class provides an overview of the main characteristics of Islamic art and architecture. It looks at what influenced the earliest forms of Islamic art and architecture, and examines how these forms have changed from place to place, and from time to time throughout history.
AAH324 - Contemporary Islamic Art and Architecture
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This class provides an overview of contemporary Islamic art and architecture. Attention is paid to continuity and change in nineteenth and twentieth century form and function, and the role of the arts in promoting national and religious identity throughout the Islamic world.
Pre-requisite:ART223
AAH325 - History of Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the evolution of design into the contemporary period. It provides students with information about societal issues related to designers. This course encourages students to reflect on and be aware of the design decisions they make.
AAH326 - Representation: Exhibition, Display and Interpretation I
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This class provides an overview of the history of exhibitions, display and interpretation of objects from 1850 to 1980. Particular attention is paid to the role of 19th- and early 20th-century imperialism in the development of museums designed to house art and ethnographic artifacts the acquisition and display of objects, and the debates around the interpretation of these for public consumption.
AAH327 - Representation: Exhibition, Display and Interpretation II
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course discusses the debates surrounding exhibitions, display, and interpretation of art and artifacts from 1980 to the present. Particular attention is paid to relationship of theories of contemporary art and culture to the display and interpretation of objects in museum settings.
Pre-requisite:AAH326 or ART223
AAH420 - Communities, Curatorial Practices, and Collections
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course explores the purpose and functions of museums, with particular emphasis on the roles which globalization and the development of new forms of museums play in how knowledge is created and preserved through collections and research. Topics include the history and organization of museums and collections, curatorship, research, documentation, and care.
AAH422 - Contemporary Art Theory
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This seminar focuses on contemporary sociological theory and the arts in the twentieth century. Students are asked to consider their own artwork within a larger social context.
Pre-requisite:ART223
AAH425 - History of Graphic Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the history of Graphic Design to the contemporary era through an examination of professional practices, technical applications, and theoretical issues. Students explore the relationship of new media and processes to the practice of print and digital design.
AAH426 - History of Interior Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the history of Interior Design from the Industrial Revolution through the contemporary periods in an exploration of professional practice and the role of interior designers today. This course provides the conceptual and philosophical foundation for the development of each student’s particular design interest.
AAH427 - History of Animation
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course reviews the history of the field of Animation. It combines knowledge of historical and theoretical developments, the exploration of contemporary issues, and technical applications for professionals. Students explore the development of animation as a separate discipline within the context of film history and theory as well as the integration of motion in graphic design media.
AAH430 - Curatorial Practices
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This is an advanced course that introduces students to the historical and contemporary role of the curator and various curatorial practices through lectures, trips, and specific workshops. The course continues and furthers the student’s examination of theoretical issues related to artistic practices and prepares students to work in a number of professional fields.
Program Electives
ART297 - Special Topics in Art and Design: Intermediate
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course allows faculty to introduce a new course into the curriculum, on a limited basis, to art programs on the junior level. The course is designed to take advantage of conditions or opportunities that might be temporary, for example, a course involving a visiting artist or local event
AVA309 - Digital Illustration
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
Digital Illustration is a standard and necessary manner of working with image generation. It is an efficient and professional set of skills to develop. This course is an introduction to the fundamental techniques used in digital illustration. Students will learn how to create effective images that retain a textural complexity while utilizing the various digital tools in an illustrative manner. The course will cover the use of digital collage, digital painting and generating professional work from the students own means. Students will construct effective communicative images. Students will use digital illustration methods to explore the use of tone, line, colour and texture.
AVA313 - Drawing II
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course builds upon the observational and technical skills learned in Drawing I (AVA310) and assists in applying these skills to a conceptual framework. It stresses the expressive and conceptual aspects of drawing, including advanced composition arrangements and the development of an individual approach to theme and content, with a focus on materials and experimental media.
Pre-requisite:AVA310
AVA315 - Sculpture I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This is an introductory sculpture course in which students learn the basic use of tools for the execution of sculpture, including mold making, woodworking, metal fabrication, mounting and installation of relief and free standing sculpture. Students are also exposed to basic sculpture concepts, which provide a general survey of sculptural studio practices.
Pre-requisite:ART205 or ART201
AVA316 - Ceramics I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
The emphasis of this introductory course is learning to create original work,while exploring the physical properties of clay. The expressive potential of clay becomes apparent through increased awareness of historical and contemporary ceramic art, and through the use of the basic ceramic techniques of forming, glazing and firing. A knowledge of basic tools and equipment is acquired through the hands-on use of basic equipment including : clay extruders, potters wheels, and electric kilns.
AVA317 - Storyboarding
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course emphasizes story and concept development. Various techniques for creating a storyboard will be explored. Students will also create animatics that will establish the story timing based on the previously created storyboards.
AVA318 - Three-Dimensional Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course is an introduction to three-dimensional design concepts. Students investigate the forces that influence the design of objects and spaces including, but not limited to, art objects. Natural forces such as the earths gravity affect our preception of balance,poise gesture and weight. Cultural influences, materials and structure are all areas of thought and information which can be directly applied to this course. The various assignments are intended to allow you to develop artistically and creatively within a given framework.
AVA319 - Introduction to Jewelry Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course offers an introduction to the basic principles and skills used in jewelry design. Students will be introduced to the fundamental technical, conceptual, and aesthetic issues involving jewelry. Through a series of explorations and technical exercises students will learn a broad range of processes and materials, progressing from the simpler to the more complex projects.
ADR328 - Cross Cultural Influences in Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course provided students with the opportunity to develop professional Arabic lexicon and language styles used by artists and designers. It provides an examination of cross-cultural influences in international art and design fields, and a study of the work of a selection of modern and contemporary Arab designers, and develop the ability to present the nuances of the Arab and other cultures through the use of visual language. The course strengthens students’ acquisition of technical terminology in Arabic
ART330 - Art Education
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This course is structured to introduce programs in education and art to the theory and practice of teaching art in elementary schools. It emphasizes art curriculum planning, motivational strategies, art room management, and methods motivational strategies, art room management, and methods of evaluation in art. It also focuses on art across the curriculum
AVA340 - Photography I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
An introduction to the standards of still imaging with a balanced emphasis on practical, technical, aesthetic, and conceptual skill sets. The student will gain general experience in digital photography through lectures, demonstrations, videos, assignments, practice, readings, critiques, and research. The curriculum emphasizes craft, photographic vision, and visual problem solving using a digital SLR and digital darkroom processes. Visual design concepts along with historical and contemporary photographic images will be stressed with an emphasis on the traditional rules of composition and photographic design.
Pre-requisite:ART201;ART205
AVA346 - Digital Video II
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
Students create video projects based on individual direction. Additional development in the use of lighting,audio and editing software, as well as motion graphics and compositing techniques are explored.
Pre-requisite:AVA345 or MPS321
AGD351 - Graphic Design I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course provides a basic understanding of Graphic Design roles and responsibilities. It explores the visual language and relationships, of typography and imagery, graphic design history, and introduces students to critical topics that affect the graphic design industry today. Students solve design problems, construct layouts using vector graphics and photography combined with type, and learn how to present to an audience.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AGD356 - Typography I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This is an introductory course on the subject of typography in which the principles of typography are examined through the study of letterform anatomy and construction, type composition, and the history of typography. Dealing with both the Latin and Arabic alphabets, students examine the use of type as a created social symbol for communication as well as type as object form.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AGD357 - Designing for the Web I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
In this course the flexibility and potential of the Web are explored. The course instructs students in using text, graphics, sound, animation, and video for the web and considers their standards and application.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AGD358 - Design for Social Change
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
Over the past decade, the notion of “design for social change” has become a relevant component of professional practice, with designers utilizing creative tools and methodologies to address complex social, humanitarian, and environmental needs. Social design brings together designers from varying disciplines to collaborate with clients, educators, philanthropists, and corporations to address the complex needs of the diverse community. In response, this course places particular emphasis on how social responsibility is presented in an interdisciplinary professional design practice in the UAE, and how we, as designers, can contribute to positive social change. Students examine how design can be a significant driver in raising awareness on a global scale, while also focusing on local issues such as heritage, environment, cultural identity, and health.
Pre-requisite:ART201 or ART205
AGD359 - Information Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course investigates visual systems, which communicate complicated information through the combination of notational, visual, and structural forms such as diagrams, graphs, and charts. Aesthetics and strong visual communication criteria are used in analyzing and creating.
Pre-requisite:ART251
AVA360 - Printmaking I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course introduce students to the basic skills and processes of a variety of print making techniques such as the monotype, relief, intaglio and planographic methods. Students will familiarize themselves with the print studio, exploring issues of printed multiples as they relate to their current body of work. Learning the basic processes and transforming them into a mode for personal creative expression will be the main focus of this course.
Pre-requisite:ART205
AVA365 - Digital Printmaking
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course will introduce students to the skills and processes of advanced digital printmaking techniques. Students will familiarize themselves with the print studio, exploring issues of printed multiples as they relate to their current body of work. Students will be introduced to pronto plate lithography, screen printing, inkjet printing, and solar plate intaglio. Learning these processes to create prints and transforming these processes into a mode for personal creative expression will be the main focus.
AVA366 - Book Structures I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course builds upon previously learned skills and concepts, using various book structures as mediums of artistic creation. Students will familiarize themselves with a variety of binding techniques including basic codex creation, Japanese stab binding, accordion structures, and additional forms. Students’ use of diverse materials and methods to express themselves in an intelligent and creative manner is emphasized.
Pre-requisite:ART201;ART205
ART397 - Special Topics in Art and Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course allows faculty to introduce a new course offering, on a limited basis, to art programs at the intermediate level. The course is designed to take advantage of conditions or opportunities that might be topical: for example, a course involving a visiting artist or local event
AVA411 - Painting II
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
The aim of this course is to build on and further develop the concepts, skills and techniques acquired from AVA312 Painting I. The formal elements of painting, composition and color are further explored and extended through various subject matter. The course starts with a traditional approach to observational painting studying composition and balance with emphasis on the use of local color. Assignments progress to more self-expressive techniques of observational painting, using image distortion.
Pre-requisite:AVA312
AVA418 - Installation
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
In this advanced studio course students examine the contemporary field of site-specific installation art and are introduced to a number of different media, the use and experience of public and private space, and the specific sites utilized for projects. Students explore techniques and mediums, including performance, photography, painting, drawing, video sound, and sculptural materials.
Pre-requisite:ART201;ART205;ART251
ADR421 - Material Culture of the United Arab Emirates
3 credits
Schedule Type: UG Lecture
This class surveys the different chronological phases of material culture in the U.A.E., focusing on the relationship between society, environment and the arts
ART495 - Independent Study
3 credits
Schedule Type: Independent Study (Individual Study)
This course is offered on the senior level in special instances whereby a student designs an individualized and unique program with a faculty member. This course can be developed only with the Dean/Associate Dean’s approval, and does not serve to replace any other course requirements in the department
ART497 - Special Topics in Art and Design
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
This course allows faculty to introduce a new course offering, on a limited basis, to art programs at the senior level. The course is designed to take advantage of conditions or opportunities that might be topical: for example, a course involving a visiting artist or local event.
AVA312 - Painting I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
The aim of this course is to develop the basic skills, techniques and processes of painting with an understanding of basic color principles. The integration of paint application and color principle develops an awareness that painting and color are used not only as mediums for representation, but also as mediums for expressive purposes. Artists’ paintings are analyzed to understand their reasons for using particular techniques/materials, use of color and conceptual content.
Pre-requisite:ART205
AVA345 - Digital Video I
3 credits
Schedule Type: Studio
Using video as a means for studying basic techniques of filmmaking and 2D animation, students develop universal skills of expression and storytelling, and an understanding of the fundamental language and processes of digital video, from conception to final video edited works. Students learn basic digital video filming techniques including linear and nonlinear editing with Final Cut Pro software as they shoot and edit a series of 3 short individual and 1 team project. Artistic, narrative and non-narrative genres are all explored. conceptual development, narrative development, story-board development, lighting and camera techniques. Production practices include: editing, audio development, shooting, lighting, scene development, and export/output techniques.
Pre-requisite:ART251;ART201;ART205
Year 1 |
Semester 1 |
Credits |
Semester 2 |
Credits |
||
ENG140 |
English Composition I* |
3 |
ENG145 |
English Composition II* |
3 |
|
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group C |
3 |
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group D |
3 |
|
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group A |
3 |
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group F |
3 |
|
ARA130 |
Arabic Concepts* |
3 |
ART205 |
Art Foundations |
3 |
|
ART201 |
Principles of Design |
3 |
ART220 |
Introduction to Art History |
3 |
|
|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
Year 2 |
Semester 3 |
Semester 4 |
||||
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group A |
3 |
ARA345 |
Advanced Arabic Skills |
3 |
|
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group G |
3 |
ART221 |
Research Methods for Artists and Designers |
3 |
|
ART251 |
Basic Design |
3 |
AAD376 |
Animation I |
3 |
|
ART223 |
Arts of the Modern World |
3 |
AGD314 |
Illustration and Visual Narrative |
3 |
|
AVA310 |
Drawing I |
3 |
Elective |
ZU Elective |
3 |
|
|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
Year 3 |
Semester 5 |
Semester 6 |
||||
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group B |
3 |
xxxxxx |
General Education: Group E |
3 |
|
AAD377 |
Animation II |
3 |
AAD476 |
Animation III |
3 |
|
AAD375 |
3D Modeling |
3 |
AAD378 |
Character Modeling |
3 |
|
Elective |
Program Elective |
3 |
AAH427 |
History of Animation |
3 |
|
AGD351 or |
Graphic Design I |
3 |
Elective |
Program Elective |
3 |
|
AGD356 |
Typography I |
|
|
|
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|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
15 |
|
Year 4 |
Semester 7 |
Semester 8 |
||||
ISL135 |
Islamic Civilization* |
3 |
HSS255 |
Emirates Studies* |
3 |
|
ADR492 |
Senior Research Seminar |
3 |
ADR405 |
Professional Practice |
3 |
|
AAD475 |
Game Design |
3 |
ADR496 |
Senior Project |
3 |
|
Elective |
ART History Elective |
3 |
Elective |
Program Elective |
3 |
|
Elective |
Program Elective |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
15 |
|
Total |
12 |
|
Year 5 |
Semester 9 |
|
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ART490 |
Internship |
3 |
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|
Total |
3 |