2023 - 2024 Major Map
Art (Animation), BFA

School/College: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

HIARTANBFA

Term 1 0 - 16 Credit Hours Critical course signified by

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Minimum Grade

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ARA 101: ASU: The Art Experience	1	C
ART 111: Foundation Drawing	3	C
ART 116: Introduction to Digital Media	3	C
ENG 101 or ENG 102: First-Year Composition OR ENG 105: Advanced First-Year Composition OR ENG 107 or ENG 108: First-Year Composition	3	C
Mathematics (MA)	3
Social-Behavioral Sciences (SB)	3
Term hours subtotal:	16

ARA 101 ASU: The Art Experience is required of all first-year art majors only.
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Term 2 16 - 31 Credit Hours Critical course signified by

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Minimum Grade

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ART 217: Introduction to Computer Animation	3	C
ART 113: Pictorial Investigations and Color Theory	3	C
ART 115: 3D Design	3	C
ENG 101 or ENG 102: First-Year Composition OR ENG 105: Advanced First-Year Composition OR ENG 107 or ENG 108: First-Year Composition	3	C
Social-Behavioral Sciences (SB) AND Cultural Diversity in the U.S. (C)	3
Complete ENG 101 OR ENG 105 OR ENG 107 course(s).
Term hours subtotal:	15

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Term 3 31 - 47 Credit Hours Critical course signified by

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ARS 101: Art from Prehistory Through Middle Ages (HU & H) OR ARS 102: Art from Renaissance to Modernism (HU & H)	3	C
ART 212: Figure Drawing for Animation	3	C
ART 308: 2D Digital Animation I	3	C
ART 346: 3D Computer Imaging and Animation (CS)	3	C
Natural Science - Quantitative (SQ)	4
Complete Mathematics (MA) requirement.
Complete First-Year Composition requirement.
Term hours subtotal:	16

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Term 4 47 - 63 Credit Hours Critical course signified by

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ARS 201: Art of Asia (HU & H & G) OR ARS 202: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (HU & H & G)	3	C
ART 294: Introduction to Storyboarding OR ART 312: Illustration	3	C
ART 309: 2D Digital Animation II	3	C
ART 348: Animation Motion Studies	3	C
Natural Science - Quantitative (SQ) OR Natural Science - General (SG)	4
Term hours subtotal:	16

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Term 5 63 - 78 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by

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Minimum Grade

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ART 417: Storyboarding and Narrative Sequencing or ART 394: Sound for Animation	3	C
ART 361: Junior Animation Projects I	3	C
Upper Division Animation Elective	3	C
ARA OR ARE OR ARS OR ART OR FSH Elective	3	C
Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L)	3
Term hours subtotal:	15

Art students cannot take ARA 311. ARS 100, or ARS 300.
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Term 6 78 - 93 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by

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Minimum Grade

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ART 417: Storyboarding and Narrative Sequencing or ART 394: Sound for Animation	3	C
ARS 445: History of Animation	3	C
ART 362: Junior Animation Projects II	3	C
Upper Division Animation Elective	3	C
Upper Division Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L)	3
Complete Cultural Diversity in the U.S. (C) AND Global Awareness (G) AND Historical Awareness (H) course(s).
Term hours subtotal:	15

Art students cannot take ARA 311 or ARS 300.

Term 7 93 - 108 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by

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Minimum Grade

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ART 461: Animation Capstone I	3	C
Upper Division Animation Elective	3	C
ARS course (HU) Upper Division	3	C
ARA OR ARE OR ARS OR ART OR FSH Upper Division Elective	3	C
Elective OR ART 484: Internship	3
Term hours subtotal:	15

Art Upper Division Elective course cannot be ARA 311 or ARS 300.
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Term 8 108 - 120 Credit Hours Necessary course signified by

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ART 462: Animation Capstone II	3	C
Complete 2 courses: Upper Division Animation Elective	6	C
ARA OR ARE OR ARS OR ART OR FSH Upper Division Elective	3	C
Term hours subtotal:	12

Art students cannot take ARA 311 or ARS 300.

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Notes:

First-Year Composition: All students are placed in ENG 101 unless submission of SAT, ACT, Accuplacer, IELTS, or TOEFL score, or college-level transfer credit or test credit equivalent to ASU's first-year composition course(s), determine otherwise. Students on Polytechnic, Downtown Phoenix and West Campuses are encouraged to complete the Directed Self-Placement survey to choose the first-year composition option they believe best suits their needs. Visit: https://cisa.asu.edu/DSP
Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.

Total Hours: 120
Upper Division Hours: 45 minimum
Major GPA: 2.00 minimum
Cumulative GPA: 2.00 minimum
Total hrs at ASU: 30 minimum
Hrs Resident Credit for
Academic Recognition: 56 minimum
Total Community College Hrs: 64 maximum

General University Requirements Legend
General Studies Core Requirements:
Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L)
Mathematical Studies (MA)
Computer/Statistics/Quantitative Applications (CS)
Humanities, Arts and Design (HU)
Social-Behavioral Sciences (SB)
Natural Science - Quantitative (SQ)
Natural Science - General (SG)

General Studies Awareness Requirements:
Cultural Diversity in the U.S. (C)
Global Awareness (G)
Historical Awareness (H)

First-Year Composition

General Studies designations listed next to courses on the major map were valid for the 2023 - 2024 academic year. Please refer to the course catalog for current General Studies designations at time of class registration. General Studies credit is applied according to the designation the course carries at the time the class is taken.