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May 10, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Video and Film Production, Motion Design Concentration, B.S.
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Media Arts
615-898-5118
Richard Lewis, program coordinator
Richard.Lewis@mtsu.edu
Motion Design fuses the technical skills, artistic aesthetics, and creativity of animation, graphic design, and video/film production to create compelling and moving visual imagery that can entertain, educate, inform, influence, or inspire. This kind of work can be seen anywhere that production design really matters.
Motion Design students build extensive knowledge working with cutting-edge tools for an ever expanding field, encompassing title and credit sequences for films and television, informational graphics for news and social media, animations for music videos and live events, animated advertisements, motion branding, VR/AR/MR/XR visual experiences, and much more. Hands-on opportunities begin the first year with foundational art and postproduction techniques and progress through a sequence of classes learning not only about the creation of cinematic moving art but how to operate motion design pieces in a variety of production environments including our 40-foot mobile television production lab and state of the art XR stage.
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Admission to Candidacy
To be admitted to candidacy in the Video and Film Production, Motion Design program, the student must meet the following requirements: - 45 hours completed before applying for candidacy
- Passing grade for EMC 1010
- Grade of B- (2.67) or better in each of the following:
ART 1610 ANIM 1090 ART 2310 VFP 2121 VFP 1080 MODE 3040 - Grade of C (2.00) or better in each of the following:
EMC 1020 /JOUR 1020 /RIM 1020 Written Communication course satisfying True Blue Core requirements. Information Literacy course satisfying True Blue Core requirements. Quantitative Literacy course satisfying True Blue Core requirements. Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) | 41 hours | | Major Requirements | 60 hours* | | College Core | 9 hours | | Department Requirement | 1 hour | | Motion Design Concentration | 50 hours | | Typographic Motion or Motion Illustration Minor | 18 hours | | Electives | 1-4 hours | | TOTAL | 120 hours | *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase. True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category. The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements: Major Requirements (60 hours)
Department Requirement (1 hour)
Video and Film Production, Motion Design Concentration (50 hours)
Guided Upper-Division Elective (3 hours)
Majors may select one three-credit upper-division (3000-4000 level) course with the following prefixes: ANIM, DSGN, ILLU, MODE, or VFP. Any required prerequisites for the selected course must be met. Recommendations include: Typographic Motion or Motion Illustration Minor (18 hours)
The Typographic Motion Minor provides the opportunity to establish a solid foundation in typographic-based motion design. The Motion Illustration Minor provides the opportunity to establish a solid foundation in illustration in motion. Curriculum: Video and Film Production, Motion Design
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