2-D Art for Games Minor

This interdisciplinary minor integrates three major disciplines (fine arts, computer science and interactive media) to develop the 2-D visual skills necessary to conceptualize and illustrate images for games. Skills include figure drawing, perspective, camera angles, point of view, story boarding, character development and illustration techniques. Software programs such as Illustrator, InDesign and Flash will be utilized in basic interface and interactive design assignments. Although game genres include 3-D examples, this minor will focus on the 2-D graphics for 2-D games and 3-D interface design. The minor includes fine arts courses?as well as?game design, game technology, production pipelines and play testing courses in computer science?and interactive media. A minimum of 28 units is required for this minor.

To see minor requirements for past catalogue years, please see the online version of the USC Catalogue.

2-D Art for Games (28 units)

Required lower-division courses (12 units)Units
FADN 102Design Fundamentals4
FADW 101Introduction to Drawing: Studio Projects, Methods, Materials4
FADW 201Intermediate Drawing4

Required upper-division courses (12–14 units)
CTIN 488Game Design Workshop4
CSCI 491abL*Final Game Project, or
CTIN 491abL**Advanced Game Project4-2
FASC 436Art and Technology4

Electives (4 units chosen from the following)
CSCI 281Pipelines for Games and Interactives3
CSCI 486Serious Games Development3
CTAN 330Animation Fundamentals2
CTAN 451History of Animation2
CTAN 452Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation2, max 4
CTIN 484LIntermediate Game Development2
CTIN 489Intermediate Game Design Workshop2
CTIN 491bLAdvanced Game Project2
FACS 150Visual Culture and Literacy I4
FADN 203Digital Tools for Design2
FADW 301Advanced Drawing4
FADW 331Studies in Drawing and Painting4, max 12
FAIN 210Introduction to Digital Photography4
FAPT 105Painting I4
ITP 280Video Game Production4

*Both a and b must be taken

**Can take only a, but unless b is also taken, student cannot lead a project.