DD 275 - History of Games (2-3-3)
Prerequisites: AD 111, 112 or ID 155, 156 or Arch 163, 164 and Cultural History GUR. A guided exploration through the world of games. Students will experiment, play, and analyze various aspects of games - from early traditional games to current generation electronically-mediated games; from individual games to collaborative online games. Game types will be analyzed with particular attention paid to the virtual environments in which these games take place. The expressive and persuasive aspects of games will also be explored. Effective From: Fall 2008

DD 301 - Acting Fundamentals for Animators (3-0-3)
Introduction to the historical contexts of acting. Survey of acting techniques and principles and their relationship to successful visual storytelling. Topics covered include movement, empathy and dialogue. Application of acting to two-and three-dimensional animation. Students will study examples from animation as well as film and theater. Required projects include both in-class acting exercises as well as storyboard creation and directed computer graphics character animation. Effective From: Spring 2010