 In 1999 alone, the U.S. public purchased an estimated 200 million computer games. In addition, computer animation has found a place in the feature-length film industry, e-commerce, digital publishing and manufacturing. The need for skilled technicians and designers in computer graphics and animation is unprecedented.
To meet this demand, CTI will launch a new degree program: Master of Science in Computer Graphics and Animation. No other program in the country offers this integrated approach to learning both the technical and aesthetic components of the discipline, says CTI Professor Rosalee Wolfe.
“When our graduate students learned about the undergraduate degree in Computer Graphics and Animation [which was unveiled last fall], many of them asked, ‘When will there be a master’s degree,’” says Wolfe.
“This new degree strengthens and deepens a student’s knowledge of the technical and visual skills that are highly sought by industry. Graduates will be ready for jobs in the graphics field, including gaming, desktop and Web publishing, interactive digital media and visual effects.”
Upon completing this degree graduates will be aptly prepared to enter the job market in this field, says Wolfe. She adds that students will have a choice between two concentrations, one for technical direction and one for developers.
“Students taking the technical direction concentration will learn to assist creative directors in staging scenes, setting up lighting and rigging figures for animation. Students following the developer path will learn such technical skills as harnessing game engines and writing plugins,” Wolfe says, adding, “Both types of students will receive grounding in programming, data abstraction and the fundamental geometric concepts of graphics.”
Along with Wolfe, the team behind the program’s development includes Professor Stephen Luecking, Assistant Professor
John McDonald, Associate Dean
Jacob Furst, Assistant Professor
Jacek Brzezinski, Assistant Professor
Eric Sedgwick and Visiting Assistant Professor
Roymieco Carter.
For more information about the program, contact Wolfe at wolfe@cs.depaul.edu or call CTI at (312) 362-8381. Courses will begin in September.
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