Media Arts, BFA (Boston)

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Introduction to College

ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern

Art and Design Fundamentals Required

ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation

Art and Design Fundamentals Elective

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours from the following:

Choose 6 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition
- All of:
  - ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
  - ARTF 1231 — Making with Form and Materials Tools
- All of:
  - ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences
  - ARTF 1251 — Designing Interactive Experiences Tools

Art and Design History

All of:
- ARTH 1001 — Visual Intelligence
- ARTH 1002 — Seminar in Visual Intelligence
ARTH 3000 — Topics in Visual Studies
ARTH 4000 — Topics in Visual Studies

Media Arts Requirements

All of:
- ARTD 1001 — Media Art, Culture, and Social Justice
- ARTD 1002 — Seminar for ARTD 1001

Media Arts Basics Electives

From the catalog
Note: If you are pursuing a concentration, select courses not used for your concentration.
Complete 10 semester hours from the following:

Choose 10 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
  - ARTD 2361 — Photo Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2370 — Animation Basics
  - ARTD 2371 — Animation Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2380 — Video Basics
  - ARTD 2381 — Video Tools

Media Arts History Elective

From the catalog
If a topics in course is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ARTH 2210 — Modern Art and Design History
- ARTH 2211 — Contemporary Art and Design History
- ARTH 2212 — Survey of the Still and Moving Image
- ARTH 3000 — Topics in Visual Studies
- ARTH 4000 — Topics in Visual Studies

Design Requirement

All of:
- ARTG 1290 — Typographic Systems
- ARTG 1291 — Studio for Typographic Systems

Degree Project

ARTD 4530 — Media Arts Degree Project

Concentrations (choose 1)

Animation

From the catalog
Complete 16 semester hours from the following (at least 4 semester hours must be at the 4000 level):
ARTD 3000 may be completed once, the additional completions will not contribute toward concentration completion.
Complete 8 semester hours from ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met.
ARTD 3000 may be taken once toward the Art + Design electives.
Courses in this requirement may not be used for the drawing fundamentals elective, media arts basics elective, media arts history elective, or animation electives.

ARTD 2100 — Narrative Basics
All of:
- ARTD 2370 — Animation Basics
- ARTD 2371 — Animation Tools
ARTD 3470 — Animation 1
ARTD 3474 — Animation Concept Development and Preproduction
ARTD 4570 — Animation 2
Choose 16 semester hours from:
- ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
- ARTD 3471 — Virtual Environment Design
- ARTD 3472 — Character Design for Animation
- ARTD 3473 — Animation for Games
- ARTD 4575 — Animation 3

Photography

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours of the following (ARTD 3000 may be completed twice to satisfy this requirement):
Complete 16 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met. At least 4 semester hours must be at the 4000 level.
If ARTD 3000 (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Courses in this requirement may not be used for the drawing fundamentals elective, media arts basics elective, media arts history elective, or photography elective.

All of:
- ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
- ARTD 2361 — Photo Tools
ARTD 3460 — Photography: Concept + Process
ARTD 4565 — Photography: Visual Strategies + Context
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
- ARTD 4661 — Photography: Experimental Processes

Video Arts

From the catalog
If ARTD 3000 (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Complete 20 semester hours from the following:
Complete 16 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met. At least 4 semester hours must be at the 4000 level.
Courses in this requirement may not be used for the drawing fundamentals elective, media arts basics elective, and media arts history elective.

All of:
- ARTD 2380 — Video Basics
- ARTD 2381 — Video Tools
ARTD 3480 — Video: Sound and Image
Choose 20 semester hours from:
- ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
- ARTD 3485 — Experimental Video
- ARTH 2212 — Survey of the Still and Moving Image
- MSCR 2160 — Narrative Filmmaking
- MSCR 3389 — Screenwriting: Short Film
- MSCR 3446 — Documentary Production
- THTR 2345 — Acting for the Camera

Option

From the catalog
If a topics in course is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Courses in this requirement may not be used for the drawing fundamentals elective or media arts history elective.
Complete 28 semester hours from the following:

Choose 28 semester hours from:
- ARTD 2000 — Introduction to Immersive Media
- ARTD 2100 — Narrative Basics
- ARTD 2340 — Introduction to Computational Creative Practice
- ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
- ARTD 3460 — Photography: Concept + Process
- ARTD 3470 — Animation 1
- ARTD 3471 — Virtual Environment Design
- ARTD 3472 — Character Design for Animation
- ARTD 3473 — Animation for Games
- ARTD 3480 — Video: Sound and Image
- ARTD 3485 — Experimental Video
- ARTD 4565 — Photography: Visual Strategies + Context
- ARTD 4570 — Animation 2
- ARTD 4575 — Animation 3
- ARTD 4661 — Photography: Experimental Processes
- ARTE 2500 — Art and Design Abroad: Studio
- ARTE 2501 — Art and Design Abroad: History
- ARTE 3901 — Art and Design Special Topics
- ARTH 1100 — Interactive Media and Society
- ARTH 2210 — Modern Art and Design History
- ARTH 2211 — Contemporary Art and Design History
- ARTH 2311 — The Science of Art, the Art of Science
- ARTH 2312 — Revolutionary Design and Propaganda in Eastern Europe
- ARTH 2313 — Global Networks in Early Modern Art and Visual Culture
- ARTH 3000 — Topics in Visual Studies
- ARTH 3211 — Performance Art
- ARTH 4000 — Topics in Visual Studies
- ARTS 2340 — Painting Basics
- ARTS 2341 — Figure Drawing
- ARTS 3449 — Drawing in Mixed Media

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