# Computer Animation and Game Development (Associate in Science)

Butte College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Computer Science

Source: https://butte.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/25398/28408/28100/28073/28262

**About the Program**

**Program Goal:** Local

**GE Pattern(s):** Butte Local, Cal-GETC

**Program Code:** 31284.02AS

This program meets the lower division major preparation for a similar major at CSU, Chico. Visit website for details www.assist.org

Students in Computer Animation and Game Development use art and technology to design and create multimedia environments that communicate, inform, and entertain. Computer Animation and Game Development provides a foundation for students who wish to pursue further studies in digital animation, video game design, 3-D modeling, texture art, concept art, special effects art, graphic art, storyboard art, and game programming. The program prepares students for transfer to the Computer Animation and Game Development program at California State University, Chico and for similar majors at other four-year colleges and universities.

**Program Learning Outcome(s):**
Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1.  Identify and demonstrate the visualization techniques, ideation processes, and the tools and materials used to develop concepts for the video games and entertainment industries.
2.  List and describe the formal and dramatic elements that comprise a well- designed video game and conceptualize and refine an idea for a video game.
3.  Design and implement computer algorithms and applications using basic computation, input and output, control structures, and a variety of data structures in an object oriented programming language.
4.  Use a variety of artistic and technical techniques and tools to translate ideas into multimedia presentations.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required courses:** | | 30-33 |
| **Complete required courses plus one CSU, Chico option:** | | 30-33 |
| CSCI 11 | Introduction to Game Design | 3 |
| CSCI 20 | Programming and Algorithms I | 3 |
| CSCI 21 | Programming and Algorithms II | 3 |
| DRAM 8 | Acting I | 3 |
| MSP 9 | Concept Art and Design for Entertainment Media | 3 |
| MSP 45 | 3-D Computer Modeling and Animation | 3 |
| MSP 96 | Introduction to Computer Graphics | 3 |
| **Select one CSU, Chico option:** | | 9-12 |
| **Art Studio option at CSU, Chico** | | 12 |
| ART 7 | 2-D Foundations | 3 |
| ART 8 | Drawing I | 3 |
| ART 14 | Figure Drawing I | 3 |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| **Communication Design option at CSU, Chico** | | 9 |
| or MSP 5 | Introduction to Interactive Web Design and Authoring | 3 |
| MSP 74 | Multimedia Production I | 3 |
| RTVF 30 | Audio Production | 3 |
| **Total** | | **30-33** |