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The Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media is a professional program that focuses on the production of digital new media, interactive games, intelligent environments, virtual and augmented realities, virtual film production, music, and multimedia installation for experimental, artistic and professional intent. The curriculum includes courses in new and interactive media including game design and production, virtual production, creative coding, electronic music and multimedia installation. In the final semester, students produce an industry-standard creative thesis project to be presented publicly and archived in UT library's institutional repository.


  Featured Student Work

Jordan Jacques ’21
Tusime, a digital game
Logan Fredericksen ’21
3056, a digital game
BFA student editing content

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Animation is a professional degree program focusing on 2D and 3D computer animation, motion effects, CGI, and visual and advanced software applications.

Students in Vu Studio

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Animation is a professional degree program focusing on 2D and 3D computer animation, motion effects, CGI, and visual and advanced software applications.

students working in the Vu studio

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media is a professional program that focuses on the production of digital new media, interactive games, intelligent environments, virtual and augmented realities, virtual film production, music, and multimedia installation for experimental, artistic and professional intent.

People in the Vu Studio at UT

In keeping with the mission of The University of Tampa, students learn by doing and thinking with courses in studio production and using state-of-the-art facilities.

Virtual production student

To train filmmakers and visual producers, the Department of Film, Animation and New Media was established.

Spiderman into the Spider-verse

Still frame of student interactive video and game

Pokemon

Still frame of student interactive video and game

Video game with amphibians

Still frame of student interactive video and game

Apple Watch with fitness stats on display

Still frame of student interactive video and game

video game program outline

Still frame of student interactive video and game

A person presenting at a conference.

Students graduating with this degree will seek careers as creative tech-data industry professionals.

Students working at large Mac computers

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media is a professional program that focuses on designing and creating applications for interactive media, mobile platforms and the internet for artistic, experimental and/or commercial intent.

Student using a machine in the digital fabrication lab.

Students have access to tools from UT's digital fabrication lab, or Fab Lab.

Professor leading a class

Topics of study include a variety of themes, such as animation for interactivity and gaming, digital media, and augmented and virtual reality.

UT's digital fabrication lab, or Fab Lab.

UT's Fab Lab has many tools, including laser cutters, 3D printers, computer numerical control (CNC) routers and large format printers.