Savannah College of Art and Design
B.F.A. in Motion Media Design
Savannah, USA
BA
DURATION
180 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Key Summary
About: At SCAD you'll study the world's first specialized B.F.A. in Motion Media Design, learning motion graphics, animation, visual effects, UI/UX, multimedia and production. Faculty include professionals; projects have reached audiences—students helped create a Super Bowl opening, Adult Swim content, and BMW concepts. SCAD has campuses in the US, France and online, and 99% of graduates find success within a year.
Career Outcomes: Launch a creative career as a motion designer, art director, creative director, animator, visual effects artist, UI/UX designer, or motion design producer. Employers that recruit SCAD talent include Apple, ESPN, MTV, Industrial Light & Magic, Sony Pictures, Turner, and Digital Kitchen.
Find a global audience for your motion media designs at SCAD. Our students created the opening visual for the Super Bowl, produced content for Adult Swim, developed concepts for BMW, and more. Experiences just like these await you here, as do countless opportunities to interact with visiting experts, study under a staff of motion media masterminds, and be recruited by the world's biggest brands. You’ll land your dream job with the power of the world's first specialized degree program in motion media design behind you.
Foundation studies: 25 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3D Form in Space
General education: 60 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- ARTH 207 20th-century Art
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- LIBA 288 Media Literacy Theory
- ENGL elective
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
Major curriculum: 75 hours
- MOME 105 Principles of Motion Media Design
- MOME 115 Survey of Motion Media Design
- MOME 120 Concepts and Storyboards
- MOME 130 Motion Media Design Techniques I
- MOME 206 Motion Media Design Techniques II
- MOME 309 Concepts in Motion Media Design
- MOME 360 Motion Media Cinematography
- MOME 369 Time-based Typography
- MOME 390 Motion Media Design Professional Development
- MOME 400 Senior Motion Media Design Project I
- MOME 408 Multiplatform Media Brand Packaging
- MOME 448 Senior Motion Media Design Project II
- Select one of these three options:
- MOME 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- ANIM, ARVR, DWRI, FILM, GRDS, ILLU, ITGM, MOME, PHOT, PROD, SANM, SEQA, SFLM, SNDS, STEC, THED, UXDG, UXR, or VSFX elective
- ANIM, ARVR, DWRI, FILM, GRDS, ILLU, ITGM, MOME, PHOT, PROD, SANM, SEQA, SFLM, SNDS, STEC, THED, UXDG, UXR, or VSFX elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Become an art director. Become a creative director. Become a visual effects artist. SCAD students are actively recruited by today’s powerhouse companies, including Apple, ESPN, MTV, Turner, Industrial Light & Magic, and Digital Kitchen.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Motion designer
- Art director
- Creative director
- Animator
- New media production designer
- Visual effects artist
- Motion design producer
- Style-frame illustrator
- UI/UX designer
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Apple
- ESPN
- MTV
- Loyalkaspar
- Showtime Networks
- NBC Sports
- The Mill
- Industrial Light & Magic
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Nickelodeon
- Turner
- Digital Kitchen