Senate Document Number 3300S

Date of Senate Approval 2/10/00

Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 28: Cross listing MMAS 121 as CSCI 121; cross listing MMAS 310 as CSCI 310; and cross listing MMAS 410 as CSCI 410.

Delete: on page 86 course titles and descriptions for CSCI 121 and 310.

Add:

CSCI 121 Networking and Hypertext Design (MMAS 121 )(3)
Design and development of networked and/or hypertext interactive documents. Digital representation of images and sound for computer documents. Research and design methods, as well as how to utilize the media as a means of communicating original and unique ideas and visions. Corequisite MMAS 107. Fall and Spring.

CSCI 310 Intermediate Computer Animation (MMAS 310 )(3)
Intermediate technical, artistic, and critical skills required to create convincing 2D and 3D animation within the computer. Extensive training with high-end animation, compositing and video output packages will allow for, among other things, the combination of live-action shots with computer generated animation. Prerequisites MMAS 151, 221; ART 101 or CSCI 201, or permission of instructor. Fall.

Add: on page 87

CSCI 410 Advanced Animation Techniques (MMAS 410) (3)
Advanced techniques utilized to create challenging and compelling computer animation, including character animation. Students will use research, material or concepts from other university courses to present idea driven work that expresses their perspective on a humanistic topic of their choosing. Prerequisite MMAS 310. See program director.

Impact Statement:
The addition of these courses will have a small but positive impact on computer sciences. Aside from the rewritten description of CSCI 121, the addition of two computer graphics courses (CSCI 310 and CSCI 410) will afford computer sciences majors with an interest in computer graphics and animation the chance to take more classes in this area of study.

Rationale:
Cross listing these classes is an important step toward pooling resources and further nurturing the interdisciplinary computer science and multimedia curricula.