BFA 3D Graphics and Animation Degree

3D Graphics & Animation at CU Denver, recognized as one of the top 50 national programs by Animation Career Review, trains students to be 3D digital content creators—in film, entertainment, medicine, and science.

Students graduate with instruction in arts aesthetics, critical thinking, and communication skills while providing an intense level of expertise, instruction, and immersion in digital 3D animation and graphics.

The program develops creative professionals by training students in the innovative, state-of-the-art, Digital Animation Center (DAC). The DAC provides the labs and technological core of the academic program, while creating a community of student collaboration.

Students who learn in the DAC graduate with an understanding of advanced technology and software, ready to work in cutting-edge studios.

The BFA 3D Graphics and Animation Degree requires 120 total credit hours to complete the degree. Most of these credit hours are visual arts courses and general education requirements that cost the standard CU Denver amount per credit hour.

However, 33 of the required credits for the degree are upper-level 3D Graphics and Animation courses that bill at a higher tuition rate. These 11 courses all have the DACD prefix. Students generally start taking some of these courses during their second year in the program. The additional cost of these courses is to ensure that our students are using state-of-the-art technology in the Digital Animation Center.