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Digital production arts: coming soon to a college near you!

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T. Davis,

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ACMSE '04: Proceedings of the 42nd annual ACM Southeast Conference

Pages 416 - 421

https://doi.org/10.1145/986537.986642

Published: 02 April 2004 Publication History

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In 1999, Clemson University established a new, graduate degree program that bridges the arts and the sciences. The Master of Fine Arts in Digital Production Arts is a two-year program that is aimed at producing digital artists who carry a solid foundation in computer science and thus can expect to find employment in the rapidly expanding special effects industry for entertainment and advertising. After four years of operation and three graduating classes, a retrospective is offered. A description of the program is provided that includes a discussion of the numerous obstacles encountered in establishing the program, techniques used to circumvent the obstacles, program successes, program failures, and suggestions for preparatory undergraduate curricula.

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Davis TKundert-Gibbs JDavoli RGoldweber MSalomoni P(2006)The role of computer science in digital production artsProceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1140124.1140146(73-77)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1140124.1140146
Davis TKundert-Gibbs J(2006)The role of computer science in digital production artsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/1140123.114014638:3(73-77)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1140123.1140146

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Digital production arts: coming soon to a college near you!
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
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ACMSE '04: Proceedings of the 42nd annual ACM Southeast Conference

April 2004

485 pages

ISBN:1581138709

DOI:10.1145/986537

General Chair:
Seong-Moo Yoo
The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
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Letha Hughes Etzkorn
The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

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Davis TKundert-Gibbs JDavoli RGoldweber MSalomoni P(2006)The role of computer science in digital production artsProceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/1140124.1140146(73-77)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1140124.1140146
Davis TKundert-Gibbs J(2006)The role of computer science in digital production artsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/1140123.114014638:3(73-77)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1140123.1140146

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