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Virtual Production Certificate

Virtual production empowers filmmakers, actors, and animators across multiple locations to collaborate in real time. They create together by using software tools to combine live-action footage with computer-generated graphics.

Virtual production has become integral to filmmaking. Studios need talent with a solid understanding of this new field in digital cinema.

Gain in-demand skills by earning our undergraduate certificate in virtual production. You’ll learn the software and equipment used to create virtual sets and reactive backgrounds in real time.

Certificate Requirements (18 cr.)

You earn our 18-credit-hour undergraduate certificate in virtual production by taking the following courses over two years:

  • NEWM-N 230 Introduction to Game Design and Development
  • NEWM-N 243 Introduction to 3D
  • NEWM-N 253Introduction to Digital Video
  • NEWM-N 330 Intermediate Game Design and Development
  • NEWM-N 356 Lighting and Field Production
  • NEWM-N 458 Beyond the Frame: New Forms of Video Production

A minimum grade of C- is required for any course to be counted toward the certificate.

last updated: 3/2024