Meeting & Agendas

Steven Mullins welcomed the committee and called the meeting to order at 7:05pm. After introductions were made, Garry Gaber explained the roles of the advisory committee and informed the members that a Chair and Vice-Chair for the committee were needed and asked for nominations. Mark Scofield nominated and made the motion for Ryan Padgett for Chair. Ron Pippen seconded the motion. Ron Pippen made a motion for Dustin Scott to be Vice-Chair and Mark Scofield seconded the motion. A vote was taken for the motions and they passed the committee by acclamation.

Steven Mullins gave the following updates: ⦁ History of Motion Graphics program, how it began, what awards are offered, equipment and software used and cost of tuition. ⦁ Demographics of students – Cohort of 12 students. Usually transfers from other degrees. Some already have 4-year degrees. 60/40 Male/Female gender in their late 20s. ⦁ Skills Taught – Conceptual, Design, Adobe package, Cinema 4D, and employ-ability. ⦁ Challenges – Design is very tough to teach in 2 years. Trying to teach mostly fundamentals and simplicity and does not teach high- end complex tools. Teaching skills to get them into an entry-level position. ⦁ Graduates - Listed businesses that have hired MG students – Tokyo Electron consistently hires ACC MG students or use them as interns. Need more industry/business support although most graduates do freelance/contract work. ⦁ Highland Campus Update - The department is planning on moving to HLC in 2020 and all creative departments will be clustered at Highland. ⦁ Student Work – Showed reels from previous student work.

Steven Mullins informed the members of the sequence of courses students take and skills taught throughout the courses in the degree and explained the request for modifications: •New local need course MOTG 1475 Intro. to Motion Graphics, Animation & Compositing. This class will replace ARTV 1451 Digital Video. •New local need course MOTG 1370 Design for Motion 1 – This class will replace Type for Digital Media. •New local need course MOTG 1472 Design for Motion II – This class will replace Styleboarding. •Realign prerequisites to new course sequencing.

Members discussed best date for next advisory meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for July 21, 2017 unless one is needed sooner. Erich Reimers made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion was 2nd by Dustin Scott. Meeting was adjourned at 8:45pm.