This concentration prepares students for jobs that facilitate artistic production. It gives students a solid aesthetic background while also providing a firm grounding in the scripting techniques necessary to take the industry’s software as far as it can go in realizing the artist’s creative intent. Graduates will be able to assist creative directors in such activities as creating virtual sets, adjusting lighting, asset management and rigging characters for animation.
Learn more about admission to this program.
Online Learning Options
Some courses in this degree are available for review and playback via the CDM
Course Online playback system (COL) . If a course is COL-enabled, any student registered in the course has access to the course playback. Students are strongly encouraged to utilize the COL resource wherever available. Some courses are offered online. To complete this degree students may take any combination of courses offered online and on campus. For more information on online learning at CDM visit the
Online Learning page.
CourseRequirements
Prerequisite Phase The goal of the prerequisite phase is to give students the background necessary for starting the graduate program. These prerequisite phase requirements can be fulfilled in one of three ways:
- The student takes the course and earns a grade of B- or higher
- The student takes a Graduate Assessment Exam (GAE) to test out of the course
- The faculty advisor waives the course because of equivalent academic background or work experience.
All students are blocked from enrolling in Graduate Phase courses prior to completing their prerequisites. Students must submit an online Change of Status request (through myCDM) when the Prerequisite Phase is completed to inform the Student Services offices that the block can be removed.
| IT 240 |
| IM 230 AND IM 330 |
| ORIM 336 |
| OR CSC 261 AND CSC 262 |
| GPH 269 |
| ORGPH 259 |
| HCI 302 |
| GPH 212 |
*Note The Technical Director prerequisite concentration requires two quarters of programming in either Action Script or C/C++ so students entering with prior course work in C++ will satisfy this requirement. Any Technical Designer student who wishes to eventually take courses in the Developer concentration as electives is encouraged to take the C++ programming track CSC 261 and CSC 262 to satisfy the prerequisite programming requirement. Foundation Phase
| GPH 425 |
| GPH 438 |
| GPH 448 |
| HCI 470 |
| HCI 440 |
| GPH 450 |
Advanced Phase
| HCI 422 |
| GPH 560 |
| GPH 565 |
| GPH 539 |
Major Electives
Students must take
1 graduate GPH course in the 420-699 range.
Open Electives
Students must take
2 graduate CDM courses in the 420-699 range.
At least 1 of the Major or Open electives must be 500-level or above.
Suggested Electives | CSC 421 |
| CSC 423 |
| CSC 482 |
| CSC 483 |
| CSC 521 |
| GPH 448 |
| GPH 487 |
| GPH 536 |
| GPH 540 |
| GPH 575 |