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 2018-2019

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 101OR ANI 201 (NOT BOTH)

ANI 206

20 credit hours from the following list of courses (at least 3 courses must be ANI):

Any ANI course

DC 201

DC 220

Comedy Filmmaking Minor

DC 101
OR DC 201

SCWR 370

SCWR 371

SCWR 372

SCWR 376

SCWR 385
OR DC 272
OR DC 300

SCWR 386
OR DC 301
OR DC 306

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
Digital Cinema Minor
DC 201
DC 205
DC 220
DC 210
3 courses from the following list
DC 215
DC 225
DC 275
DC 310
DC 320
DC 321
DC 323
DC 349
DC 389
VFX 200

Documentary Production Minor

DC 110OR DC 210

DC 369

DC 371

DC 374

Choose 3 from the following list:

DC 101OR DC 201

DC 215

DC 220

DC 270

DC 272

DC 275

DC 313

DC 370

DC 374

DC 375

TV 372

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

DC 341

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

DC 125

DC 220

DC 225

DC 321

DC 376

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 232
IT 238
CSC 299
IT 320

Motion Graphics Minor

ANI 101
or ANI 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

DC 150

DC 201

DC 210

DC 220

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

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
DC 215
DC 312
DC 313
DC 315
3 courses from the following list
ANI 315
GAM 250
DC 317
DC 318
DC 319
DC 113
Television Production Minor
DC 201
DC 210
TV 110
TV 271
3 courses from the following list:
TV 289
TV 301
TV 302
TV 320
TV 330
TV 385
DC 220
DC 272
DC 306
DC 307
DC 371
TV 372
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 Interactive and Social Media Major.

Visual Effects Minor
ANI 230
ANI 379
DC 220
DC 325
VFX 200
VFX 374
VFX 378

Screenwriting Minor

DC 101

OR DC 201

DC 221

OR DC 222

OR DC 229

OR DC 230

DC 300

OR DC 272

DC 301

OR DC 306

OR DC 307

DC 303

OR DC 330

1 courses from the following list:

DC 288

DC 304

DC 305

DC 308

DC 309

DC 328

DC 341

DC 346

DC 347

DC 383

TV 301

TV 302

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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Related Information

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