The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Four Year Plan: Art (BFA) Design Track 2: 3D Modeling & Animation
The following plan is possible on the presumption that an incoming student has an Associate of Arts (AA) degree and has completed the equivalent of the following courses prior to enrolling at Truman State University. If the following course equivalents have not been completed, this plan will need to be adjusted accordingly. This plan also assumes you plan to complete the program full-time (taking at least 12 credit hours per semester).
- ART 101: Observational Drawing (3 cr)
- ART 201: Design, Software and Process (3 cr)
- ART 211: 3D Design (3 cr)
- ART 219: Digital Illustration (3 cr)
- ART 220: Layout and Type (3 cr)
- Art History 200-level course (3 cr)
FALL - Semester 1
AA Degree Satisfies Requirements
SPRING - Semester 2
AA Degree Satisfies Requirements
FALL - Semester 3
AA Degree Satisfies Requirements
- Dialogues Requirements
- ART 101: Observational Drawing
- ART 201: Design, Software, and Process
- Art History 200-level Requirement
SPRING - Semester 4
AA Degree Satisfies Requirements
- Dialogues Requirements
- ART 211: 3D Design
- ART 220: Layout and Type
- ART 219: Digital Illustration
FALL - Semester 5
- ART 337: Animation I (3 cr)
- ART 321: Concept & Design (3 cr)
- Art History course (**) (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (3 cr)
- Elective(s) AND/OR Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)
(**) = 9 credit hours: One at 200 level, one at 300 level and one at either 200 or 300
SPRING - Semester 6
- ART 338: 3D Modeling I (3 cr)
- Art Studio course (6 hours, any semester) (3 cr)
- Elective(s) AND/OR Dialogues Curriculum course (6-9 cr)
FALL - Semester 7
- ART 438: Advanced 3D Modeling and Animation Design (3 cr)
- ART 425: Capstone Experience/Seminar (1 cr)
- ART 347: Animation II (3 cr)
- Elective(s) AND/OR Dialogues Curriculum course (6 cr)
SPRING - Semester 8
- ART 488: Capstone Experience: Design (3 cr)
- ART 348: 3D Modeling II (3 cr)
- Elective(s) AND/OR Dialogues Curriculum course (6 cr)
- The AA degree the student is holding is assumed to be in Design or something similar; if not, this plan will need to be adjusted accordingly.
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
- Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
- Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
- Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment & Testing page to plan accordingly.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.