As a digital media arts major, you
will be encouraged to explore your own creativity and
artistic expression. You can choose from
three focused tracks:
Animation,
Film Production, and
Film Studies.
Animation
A high-tech digital classroom with several digital media workstations will be at your
fingertips to assist with the key skills necessary for your educational
development. These workstations will be used for animation, film
and multi-media classes. In addition to classroom experiences, you’ll have
opportunities to attend an annual Digital Media Arts festival and,
if you choose, spend a semester at the CCCU’s Los Angeles Film Studies
Center.
Your courses will provide a sound and ethical base for
a career in the digital media industry. Our professors are Christian
scholars who excel in each area of the communication field. They will help
you gain the skills and the judgment needed for success in this rapidly
growing and culture-shaping industry.
The Digital Media Arts program at Huntington
University places a strong emphasis on the integration of faith and learning. Theories
of communication systems, including the purposes of mass communication and
the effects of mass media, are intensely covered in the classroom. Students
are asked to explore issues in ethics and Christian values in mass
communication.
Studying under Christian professors who have created Veggie Tales,
Horton Hears a Who,
and
other animation hits (meet the faculty),
you will gain a sound and
ethically grounded base for a career in the digital media industry. Come and
gain the skills and professional judgment needed for success in this rapidly
growing and culture-shaping industry.
Visit our Campus
We invite you to attend a
Visit Day to meet the professors, see the labs, attend a class, and eat and
sleep on campus as a prospective student. Parents are welcome to attend the
sessions also. Contact the Huntington University admissions office at
800-642-6493 for more details.
Software and hardware recommendations
Our Animation majors focus on storytelling, visual artistry, and animated
performance. To do this we we engage a variety of techniques in both the
traditional media (drawing, clay, puppets, etc) and the latest digital tools
(Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, Toon Boom, Flash, etc). While we currently
provide computers in all the labs for course work and homework we strongly
recommend that animation majors invest in there own laptops. Certain
hardware purchases will be required in beginning classes such as a hard
drive for backing up work and a graphics tablet. We also recommend certain
software purchases for students on an as needed basis. To off-set expenses
for students we have negotiated deals with specific venders which allow us
to make certain software (and some hardware) available to students at
drastically reduced prices. Click here:
www.huntington.edu/applestore
Film
Production and Film Studies
Please click here to learn more about Digital Media Arts programs in
Film Production and Film Studies.
Related Programs
The Digital Media Arts degree is one of several interrelated programs available from
Huntington University. Students may also major in
Graphic Design,
Fine Art,
Art
Education, Radio and TV Broadcasting,
Journalism,
Public Relations,
and
Communication Studies.
As a student at Huntington,
you will combine classroom study, studio work and production experience to
gain a balanced education.
