Undergraduate Minors

Undergraduate students may choose to supplement their major by choosing to add a minor to their degree program. Minors both inside and outside of CDM are available.

Minor/Major restriction: Some combinations of minors or minors and majors are prohibited as noted in the University Catalog.

Undergraduate Minors 2019-2020

In-Class
In-Class and Online
Online Only
Not Currently Offered

Animation Technical Director Minor
ANI 230
ANI 231
ANI 332
ANI 339
ANI 342
ANI 378
Choose one (1) from the following:
ANI 310
ANI 333
ANI 336
ANI 337
ANI 338
ANI 351
ANI 379
Animation Minor
ANI 101
OR ANI 201 (NOT BOTH)
ANI 206
Twenty (20) credit hours from the following list of courses:
Any ANI course
POST 110
FILM 233

Comedy Filmmaking Minor

SCWR 101
OR SCWR 100

SCWR 370

SCWR 371

SCWR 372

SCWR 376

SCWR 385
OR SCWR 250
OR SCWR 301

SCWR 386
OR SCWR 302
OR SCWR 352

Computer Science Minor
MAT 140
CSC 241
CSC 242
CSC 300
CSC 301
CSC 373
CSC 374

Data Science Minor

IT 240OR CSC 355
IT 223
DSC 323
DSC 341
DSC 324
2 courses chosen from the following list:
CSC 241
CSC 242OR CSC 243
CSC 270
DSC 345
DSC 365
CSC 380
CSC 381
CSC 382
MAT 150
MAT 151
MAT 220
GEO 141

Designing for Physical Technology Minor
ISM 210
EXP 210
GAM 240
EXP 250
EXP 390
EXP 391
2 courses from the following list
EXP 340
EXP 350
EXP 360
EXP 370

Documentary Production Minor

FILM 101OR FILM 110

DOC 305

DOC 324

DOC 396

Choose 3 from the following list:

SCWR 101OR SCWR 100

POST 124

POST 110

FILM 290

SCWR 250

FILM 250

POST 332

FILM 390

DOC 394

FILM 350

FILM 392

Film Production Minor

SCWR 101

OR SCWR 100

FILM 101

OR FILM 102

POST 100

OR POST 110

FILM 111

OR FILM 110

Choose three (3) from the following list:

FILM 104

POST 120

FILM 170

FILM 165

OR FILM 265

SCWR 120

OR SCWR 121

FILM 233

FILM 281

FILM 381

CP 310

FILM 319

VFX 200

Game Design Minor

ANI 101

OR ANI 201

ANI 230

GAM 224

OR GAM 226

GAM 244

GAM 245

1 course from the following list:

ANI 231

GAM 341

GAM 362

GAM 365

GAM 392

GAM 397

SCWR 349

Game Technical Director Minor
ANI 230
ANI 231
ANI 332
ANI 337
ANI 346
Choose two (2) from the following:
ANI 310
ANI 333
ANI 336
ANI 338
ANI 339
ANI 351
ANI 378

Graphic Design Minor

GD 105

GD 200

GD 300

GD 230

3 courses from the following list and/or any GD course (at least 1 must be GD)

ANI 101

ANI 201

ANI 230

ANI 260

ANI 360

FILM 165

POST 110

FILM 265

FILM 270

FILM 279

ISM 220

ISM 222

ISM 320

ISM 270

IT 130

2 of the following courses may substitute for 1 course

GD 350

GD 150

GD 151

GD 152

Illustration Minor

ART 106

ILL 200

ILL 210Also offered as GD 210

OR ILL 220also offered as ANI 225

ART 218

OR ART 206

Choose 3 courses from the list below, 1 must be a 300-level course:

ART 105

OR GD 105

OR ANI 105

ART 110

ART 229

ART 231

ART 210

ART 245

ART 206

ART 218

ART 227

ART 306

ART 310

ART 318

ART 345

ART 360

ILL 206

ILL 210Also offered as GD 210

ILL 211Also offered as GD 211

ILL 220Also offered as ANI 225

ANI 220

ANI 345

GD 150ANDGD 151 (2 credit hour courses; students must complete both to equal one elective)

Information Systems Minor
IT 240
IS 201
IS 215
IS 372
IS 373
IT 263
Information Technology Minor
IT 130
IT 240
IT 231
IT 211
ISM 210
Choose one course from the following list:
IT 212
IT 238
CSC 299
IT 320

Motion Graphics Minor

ANI 101
orANI 201

ANI 105
ORGD 105
ORART 105

ANI 260

ANI 360

ANI 362

Choose two (2) from the following:

ANI 206

ANI 220

ANI 230

ANI 231

ANI 240

ANI 321

ANI 355

ANI 356

ANI 357

ANI 358

FILM 111

SCWR 100

FILM 110

POST 110

GD 200

GD 230

VFX 200

VFX 374

Two (2) of the following may substitute for one (1) course:

ANI 150

ANI 151

GD 150

GD 151

Network Technologies Minor
IT 263
TDC 311
TDC 362
TDC 363
TDC 365
TDC 372

Screenwriting Minor

SCWR 101

OR SCWR 100

SCWR 120

OR SCWR 121

OR SCWR 150

OR SCWR 151

SCWR 301

OR SCWR 250

SCWR 302

OR SCWR 352

OR SCWR 353

SCWR 303

OR SCWR 354

1 courses from the following list:

SCWR 240

SCWR 390

SCWR 341

SCWR 305

SCWR 342

SCWR 360

SCWR 349

SCWR 308

SCWR 306

SCWR 307

SCWR 379

SCWR 355

Software Engineering Minor

SE 333

SE 350

or GAM 372

4 courses from the following list:

CSC 360

CSC 371

CSC 372

CSC 391

CSC 392

SE 330

SE 352

SE 359

SE 371

Note: This minor is open only to students that have passed CSC 301.

Sound Design Minor
POST 124
POST 328
POST 332
POST 224
3 courses from the following list
ANI 315
GAM 250
POST 324
POST 326
POST 336
POST 120
Television Production Minor
SCWR 100
FILM 110
FILM 105
FILM 115
3 courses from the following list:
CP 366
SCWR 355
POST 315
SCWR 361
CP 360
POST 110
SCWR 250
SCWR 352
SCWR 353
DOC 324
FILM 392
VFX 200

User Experience Design Minor

ISM 101

ISM 210

ISM 220

IT 130

OR GD 110

ISM 270

OR ISM 320

Elective from the list of required and elective courses from the User Experience Design Major.

Visual Effects Minor
ANI 230
ANI 339
POST 110
POST 340
VFX 200
VFX 374
VFX 378

Basic guidelines for completing a minor

To complete a minor a student must satisfy the following requirements:

A grade of at least C- must be earned in each minor course
Earn at least a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for all courses applied to the minor;
Not select the pass/fail option for courses in the minor;
Meet the following residency requirement: no more than 50% of the requirements of a minor may be fulfilled by transfer credits, AP credit, IB credit or CLEP credit;
Finally, students cannot earn a minor in their major program.

Please refer to the DePaul University Undergraduate Student Handbook for additional information regarding earning a minor.

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