North Country Career Center

Computer Arts & Animation

Year 1: 12 credits

Suggested Prerequisite: Computer Art Intro Prepare for a career in the exciting area of digital graphic arts, including Advertising Layout and Design, Web Page Design, and Computer Animation. Create original graphics for a variety of purposes using state-of-the-art computer programs like Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and Maya. Learn to use a variety of two and three-dimensional media as you develop a special, personal “style.” Create interactive animations for the Web or for other applications. This course covers a broad range of skills.

Strands: Digital Graphic Arts (embedded art credit), Storyboarding, Logo Design, Advertising Layout, Web Design, 3-D Modeling, 3-D Animation and Rigging.

Long term projects:

Claymation movie
Product advertisement
Commercial website
Original 3-D animated short
Web Based portfolio of student work

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Year 2: 12 credits

Prerequisite:Computer Arts&Animation 1

Year 2 students go deeper into the concepts learned in year 1 by forming partnerships with area business to develop real graphic layouts, websites, and animations. In addition, students will select an area of concentration and work on a major project that will be presented to a panel of practitioners from the field.

Strands: Digital Graphic Arts (embedded art credit)

Long term projects:.

Original 3-D animated movie
Commercial advertising campaign
Interactive website
Web based portfolio
Print portfolio, including sketchbook

CCV: Web Design & Digital Graphic Arts

Embedded Credit: Program Completer shall receive embedded academic art credits that can be used to satisfy graduation requirements.

Industrial Recognized Credentials: Brainbench: Adobe Photoshop CS, Computer Fundamentals (WinXP), Flash MX

CTSO: Tech Savvy Girls

Careers in your future: Advertising Graphic Artist, Webpage Designer, Computer Animator, 3-D Modeler, Animation Rigger.