The Academy for Creative Media, part of the University of Hawai‘i at College of Arts and Humanities, emphasizes narrative, or story telling, theories, skills and application across multiple platforms of digital media and within a context of cultural and aesthetic values. ACM seeks to empower students to tell their own stories of Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia rather than have those stories told for them through a different cultural lens that is distant and often distorted.
ACM offers a core curriculum in three tracks: Digital Cinema, Computer Animation, and Critical Studies.
Beyond a required core of ACM courses, students have the flexibility to design an academic program in their chosen curricular track, supplemented by ACM electives and electives from a variety of UHM departments offering courses in film studies. Students work in close consultation with a faculty advisor to develop a program that reflects the development of theoretical, writing, technical, creative, and critical thinking skills.
ACM offers a core curriculum and electives in three tracks: Digital Cinema, Computer Animation, and Critical Studies. To insure that students in the Bachelor of Arts program satisfy ACM learning objectives in Critical Thinking, Writing, History & Aesthetics, Technical Skills of Digital Story Telling, Creativity, and Responsibility, all majors must take a core of 18 credit hours:
- The introductory course
- One Basic Production Skills Course
- One Writing Course
- Three Courses in Critical Studies
To apply to become a major in Creative Media, students must:
- Have completed or be enrolled in Cinema and Digital Media (ACM 255)*, and have completed 12 or more UHM credit hours with an overall 2.75 GPA.
- Be enrolled as an undergraduate student in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences.
- Complete and submit an application form (download here).
Once the application is accepted, students will be assigned an ACM faculty advisor with whom they must design a detailed Academic Plan for completing the major requirements. Once the Academic Plan is approved and filed by the ACM advisor, the student may file a declaration of major form with the Colleges of Arts and Sciences <www/advising.hawaii.edu/artsci/>.
* A minimum grade of B in ACM 255 is necessary to move on in the Digital Cinema and Animation Production Tracks. It is a pre-requisite for the basic production courses – ACM 310, 315, and 316. Students who receive less than a grade of “B” (3.0) in ACM 255 may retake the course once (1x) for reconsideration. Any appeals to this policy will be heard, and decided, by a faculty committee.
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The curriculum of the Academy for Creative Media requires students to have access to a laptop computer. For minimun hardware and software requirements - and recommended computer bundles - Click here.
Costs for computer equipment can be offset by financial aid.
For information go to: www.uhh.hawaii.edu/financialaid/
For FAQ's about computer requirements, click here.
The Creative Media Academic Plan must consist of 36 credit hours that emphasizes one of the three ACM tracks and includes the required 18 credit core of ACM courses and 6 credit hours of electives, 3 of which should come from a Critical Studies course outside of ACM.
3 Credits: ACM 255 – Cinematic and Digital Media
3 Credits: One of:
ACM 310 – Cinematic Narrative Production
ACM 316 – 3D Character Animation
Note: A minimum grade of B in ACM 255 is a pre-requisite for both courses
3 Credits: One of:
ACM 350 – Screenwriting
ACM 355 – Oral Tradition to Screenplay
9 Credits: Three of:
ACM 352/AMST 352 – Screening Asian Americans
ACM 360 – Indigenous Aesthetics
ACM 380 – Genre & Narrative Theory
ACM 382 – Authors in Creative Media
ACM 385 – Topics in Creative Media
ACM 460 – Ethics and Film
ACM 480 – Oceanic Media Culture
ACM 485 – Seminar in Creative Media
ACM 490 – Global Media
18 Credits TOTAL CORE COURSES
18 Credits TOTAL CORE COURSES
(NOTE: The total number of credits will be determined in consultation with the ACM Advisor and reflected in the Academic Plan. Courses cannot count as both Core and Track.)
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Digital Cinema
312 – Cinematography
325 – Visual Effects
350 – Screenwriting
355 – Oral Tradition to Screenplay
370 – Directing the Actor on Screen
372 – Editing for the Screen
374 – Post Production Sound
375 – Directing the Camera
386 – Techniques in Creative Media
390 – Workshop in Creative Media
399 – Independent Group Project
405 – Documentary Production
410 – Advanced Cinematic Production
450 – Advanced Screenwriting
455 – Indigenous Filmmaking
495 – Creative Media Internship
499 – Directed Reading and Research
Critical Studies
352 – Screening Asian Americans
360 – Indigenous Aesthetics
380 – Genre & Narrative Theory
382 – Authors in Creative Media
384 – Study Abroad
385 – Topics in Creative Media
460 – Ethics and Film
480 – Oceanic Media and Culture
485 – Seminar in Creative Media
490 – Global Media
499 – Directed Reading and Research
Electives
Six credit hours (2 courses). At least 3 credit hours (1 course) should be a Critical Studies course outside of ACM.
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Computer Animation & Game Design
For Portfolio Requirements for entry into ACM 215/216: www.hawaii.edu/acm/acmanimation
215 – 3D Scene Design*
216 – 3D Character Animation*
315 – Narrative Game Design
316 – 3D Character Animation
317 – 3D Cinematography & Dynamics
318 – Drawing for Animation
320 – 3D Computer Animation Prod I
325 – Visual Effects
386 – Techniques in Creative Media
390 – Workshop in Creative Media
399 – Independent Group Project
415 – Computer Game Production
420 – Computer Animation Production II
495 – Creative Media Internship
499 – Directed Reading and Research
* Introductory courses are pre-requisites for the sequence but cannot be counted toward the min. 12-credit requirement
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Advising is mandatory. All students accepted for the major are assigned a faculty advisor to assist in developing their Academic Advising is mandatory. All students accepted for the major are assigned a faculty advisor to assist in developing their Academic Plan. Students must meet with their advisors each semester to chart their progress.
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