ANI Majors Fall 2021 Registration Update

This information is for Animation and Motion Graphics (ANI) majors for Fall 2021.

Face-to-Face Courses

While most classes will be online in Fall 2021, we are working on the logistics to offer a limited number of in-person classes. some will be fully in-person and some hybrid of in-person and online. The possible courses are: MMP 100, MMA 100, MMP 210, MMP 250 and ANI 260.

Below is a list of courses that are meeting face-to-face. On CUNYfirst these are listed as in-person or I.

• ANI 260-1301 Introduction to 2D Animation (nbr:60777) Th 1:00PM–4:40PM (FH-1007) Josephine Culkin
• ANI 260-5000 Introduction to 2D Animation (nbr:60780) Th 9:00AM–10:40AM (FH-1007) Robert Wurzburg
  • Note: this is a hybrid class that also has online hours each week.
• MES 140-131B/W Introduction to Moving Image (nbr:62108) F 1:00 PM–4:40 PM (FH-603) Robinson, George
• MES 140-143B/W Introduction to Moving Image (nbr:61683) Th 2:00 PM–5:40 PM (MU-M314) Robinson, George
• MES 153-1700 Script Writing (nbr:4625) F 5:30 PM–8:15 PM (MU-M205) Dottin, Randall
• MES 153-1802 Script Writing (nbr:61510) TuTh 6:00 PM–7:15 PM (FH-503) Dottin, Randall
• MES 153-1903 Script Writing (nbr:61511) TuTh 7:30 PM–8:45 PM (FH-503) Dottin, Randall
• MMA 100-1003 Founds Digital Graph Dsgn (nbr:60937) W 10:00 AM–1:40 PM (FH-705) Culkin, Josephine
• MMA 100-1004 Founds Digital Graph Dsgn (nbr:64094) Sa 10:00 AM–1:40 PM (FH-705) Arnold, Alice
• MMP 100-0903 Introduction to Multimedia (nbr:61641) TuTh 9:00 AM–10:40 AM (FH-705) Falby, Caroline
• MMP 100-1100 Introduction to Multimedia (nbr:4594) TuTh 11:00 AM–12:40 PM (FH-705) Falby, Caroline
• MMP 100-1303 Introduction to Multimedia (nbr:64236) M 1:00 PM–4:40 PM (FH-705)
• MMP 100-5000 Introduction to Multimedia (nbr:61757) Th 1:00 PM–2:40 PM (FH-705) Slon, Alison (Hybrid)
• MMP 100-5001 Introduction to Multimedia (nbr:61758) Th 3:00 PM–4:40 PM (FH-705) Slon, Alison (Hybrid)
• MMP 210-0901 Multimedia Programming I (nbr:64234) MW 9:00 AM–10:40 AM
• VAT 265-5000 Sound Perf/D Med II (nbr:63479) Tu 1:00 PM–2:50 PM (MC-S531B) Bez,Pavel

NOTE: ART 168 Life Drawing I has changed it’s number to ART 269 Life Drawing Studio I

If you were advised to take ART 168, register for ART 269 instead. If, after you register, ART 269 doesn’t show up as counting for your degree then contact us and we can do the paperwork to make it count.

Registration Availability

MMP 250 Alternative

Both sections of MMP 250 are currently full. As an alternative, you can take MEA 300 1000 Documentary Film with Prof Shari Mekonen. The department will create a course substitution for you so that it will count in the same place as MMP 250. NOTE: registration in all MEA 300 courses is by department permission only. Please use this form to contact us to request enrollment the course. Only after you are given permission will you be able to register on CUNYfirst.

All other ANI, MMP and MMA classes have sections that are open for registration! Now is a great time to register.

Most courses will be online either synchronous or asynchronous. There will be a limited number of face-to-face sections, mostly introductory classes.

Study Labs Fall 2021

We do plan on opening computer labs for you to use to do homework in Fall 2021. The number of labs and the process for using them will be posted closer to the start of the Fall semester.

Internships

If you want to take the internship class, MEA 371 Media Arts and Technology Internship, then you will need to register on Career Express and attend an Internship Information Session. The Office of Internships and Experiential Learning registers you. You can’t register yourself on CUNYfirst.

To register for MEA 371 please read this post.

New Courses

New Course Codes

VAT 301 and MMP 260 will now appear as ANI 301 and ANI 260 respectively on CUNYfirst going forward. The course descriptions and content remain exactly the same as they were under the previous course codes. This was done in order to make it more clear that they are a core part of the Animation and Motion Graphics major.

• MMP 260 is now ANI 260
• VAT 301 is now ANI 301

ANI 360 2D Animation Projects

A number of you really like 2D animation and wanted more after MMP 260 (now ANI 260). So we created ANI 360. In this course you will use industry-standard 2D animation software to make original animations in traditional hand-drawn animation as well as cutout and stop-motion animation. This course requires that you have already taken MMP 260/ANI 260. view PDF flyer

ANI 360 OR ANI 402 for Your Second-level Projects Class

ANI 360 can count in place of ANI 402 for students who would rather take a second 2D animation course instead of a second 3D animation course. Because this course was not part of the ANI major requirements for most majors, you will need a course substitution for it to count. We will grant substitutions to all who ask. Use https://bit.ly/mea-request to ask for a substitution.

List of New Courses

• ANI 360 2D Animation Projects: you will use industry standard 2D animation software to make original animations in traditional hand-drawn animation as well as cutout and stop-motion animation.
  • requires you have already taken MMP 260 or ANI 260. view PDF flyer
• MMP 270 Introduction to Video Game Design: Topics include Principles of Game Design, basic programming, graphics and animation, sound design, publishing and distribution.
  • requires MMP 100. view PNG flyer
• MEA 300 Special Topics Courses: each section is different. All MEA 300 courses require Department Permission for registration. Use https://bit.ly/mea-request to ask for permission.
  • MEA 300 1000, Topic: Documentary Production
    • Learn the process and practice of making a documentary film. Prof Shari Mekonen, smekonen@bmcc.cuny.edu
• MES 160 World History of Animation: this media studies course looks at the history of animation across the world. It counts as a Pathways World Cultures and Global Issues class and can be taken instead of MES 140 Introduction to the Moving Image.
  • There will be two sections in Fall 2021, both online.
  • MES 160-1300 (Class nbr:63734) Tu 1:00 PM–3:45 PM Prof Anna Pinkas
  • MES 160-1400 (Class nbr:63735) M 2:00 PM–4:45 PM Prof NaRhee Ahn