South Dakota Board of Regents

EXISTING PROGRAM: SUBSTANTIVE PROGRAM MODIFICATION

This form is used to request substantive changes in already existing programs (majors, minors, specializations).

1. INSTITUTION:

Dakota State University

2. PROGRAM TITLE:

BS in Digital Arts & Design – Production Animation Specialization

3.  THIS PROPOSAL DEALS WITH A CHANGE IN:
	Distribution of Credits
	X	total credits required within the discipline	Program name
		total credits of supportive course work	Existing specialization
	X	total credits of elective course work	Addition of specialization
		total credits required for program	Other (explain)

4. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE:

Fall, 2007

5. LEVEL:			6. CATEGORY:
		Certificate		Minor
		Associate Degree		Major
	x	Bachelor’s Degree	x	Specialization
		Master’s Degree
		Doctoral Degree

7. PRIMARY ASPECTS OF THE MODIFICATION:

Production Animation Specialization – Students in this specialization must take ART 121,

BIOL 151, CSC 150, SOC 285, THEA 131 as part of the general education requirements.

Existing Curriculum				Proposed Curriculum (Highlight Changes)
Production Animation Specialization 49				Production Animation Specialization 45
Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs		Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs
ART	111	Drawing I	3		ART	111	Drawing I	3
ART	213	Figure Drawing	3		ART	213	Figure Drawing	3
ART	231	Painting I	3		ART	231	Painting I	3
ARTD	185	Intro to Animation	3		ARTD	185	Intro to Animation	3
ARTD	356	Digital Painting	3		ARTD	356	Digital Painting	3
ARTD	382	3-D Design I	3		ARTD	382	3-D Design I	3
ARTD	385	3-D Design II	3		ARTD	385	3-D Design II	3
ARTD	388	Environmental Design	3		ARTD	388	Environmental Design	3
ARTD	431	Comp Graphics Effects I	3		ARTD	431	Comp Graphics Effects I	3
ARTD	432	Comp Graphics Effects II	3		ARTD	432	Comp Graphics Effects II	3
ARTD	440	Adv. 3-D Design	3		ARTD	440	Adv. 3-D Design	3
ARTD	460	Digital Editing	3		ARTD	460	Digital Editing	3
BIOL	323	Human Anatomy & Physiology	4
DAD	375	Storyboarding	3		DAD	375	Storyboarding	3
MCOM	362	Digital Typography	3		MCOM	362	Digital Typography	3
SPCM	250	Storytelling	3		SPCM	250	Storytelling	3
Electives 11					Electives 15

Total number of hours required

128

Total number of hours required

128

8. EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGE:

This proposal removes BIOL 151 as a general education requirement and removing BIOL 323 as a required course in this specialization.