Visual Effects Compositing, BS

Departmental/Program Major Courses (35 credits)

Required Major Courses (29 credits)

• CGT 10101 - Foundations Of Computer Graphics Technology
• CGT 11800 - Fundamentals Of Imaging Technology
• CGT 24100 - Introduction to Computer Animation
• CGT 24600 - Compositing I
• CGT 34000 - Digital Lighting And Rendering for Computer Animation
• CGT 34600 - Digital Video And Audio
• CGT 44600 - Post-Production And Special Effects For Computer Animation
• CGT 44800 - Visual Effects - Capstone I

Major Selectives* ‐ Select 2 of the following courses (6 credits)

https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/degrees/computer-graphics-technology/courses

• CGT/ VFX Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• CGT/ VFX Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (67 credits)

• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• COM 31400 - Advanced Presentational Speaking

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core)

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• ENGL 42000 - Business Writing
• ENGL 42100 - Technical Writing
• ENTR 20000 - Introduction To Entrepreneurship And Innovation
• ENTR 31000 - Marketing And Management For New Ventures
• ENTR 48000 - Entrepreneurship Capstone
• MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• PHIL 11400 - Global Moral Issues
• PHYS 21800 - General Physics (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core)
• TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology (satisfies Information Literacy AND Science, Technology & Society Selective for core)
• Human Cultures (satisfies Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science Selective (satisfies Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Foreign Language Electives - Credit Hours: 6.00
• Psychology Selective - Credit Horus: 3.00
• Technical Electives - Credit Hours: 6.00
• CGT Global Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (18 credits)

• Free Elective - Credit Hours: 18.00

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

• For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website or click here .

Program Requirements

Notes

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement

Students must earn a “C-” or better in all CGT courses.

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Purdue policy states that a student may attempt a course no more than three (3) times. An attempt is defined as all courses displayed on a student’s transcript including, but not limited to A,B,C,D,E,F,W,WF,I and IF

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Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

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