The Academy for Creative Media emphasizes narrative, or story telling, theories, skills and application across multiple platforms of digital media and within a context of cultural and aesthetic values. More than just a “film school,” 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 & Game Design, 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, digital design and technology. Students work in close consultation with faculty 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 & Game Design, 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 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 with at least a B (3.0) Cinema and Digital Media (ACM 255)*, and have completed 12 or more UHM credit hours with an overall 2.5 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>.
* Students who desire to become an ACM major but receive less than a grade of “B” (3.0) in ACM 255 may retake the course once (1x) for reconsideration. If a grade of B is not attained in the retaking of the course, the student is ineligible to become an ACM major. Any appeals to this policy will be heard, and decided, by a faculty committee.
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The Creative Media Academic Plan must consist of 36 credit hours that emphasizes one of the three ACM tracks and includes the required core of ACM courses. It may be supplemented with approved elective courses in media-related studies from other departments.
3 Credits: ACM 255 – Cinematic and Digital Media
3 Credits:
3 Credits: One of:
ACM 310 – Cinematic Narrative Production
ACM 315 – Narrative Game Design
ACM 320 – 3D Computer Animation Production I
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 – Media Ethics
ACM 480 – Oceanic Media Culture
ACM 485 – Seminar in Creative Media
ACM 490 – Global Media
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
310 – Cinematic Digital Production
312 – Cinematography
325 – Visual Effects
350 – Screenwriting
355 – Oral Tradition to Screenplay
370 – Directing for Visual Media
372 – Editing for the Screen
374 – Post Production Sound
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
385 – Topics in Creative Media
460 – Media Ethics
480 – Oceanic Media and Culture
485 – Seminar in Creative Media
490 – Global Media
499 – Directed Reading and Research
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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
217 – 3D Visual Effects and Dynamics
220 – 3D Lighting and Cinematography
315 – Narrative Game Design
316 – 3D Character Animation
318 – Drawing for Animation
320 – 3D Computer Animation Prod I
325 – Visual Effects
350 – Screenwriting
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
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NOTE: Students are responsible for meeting any pre-requisete requirements for courses in other departments.
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American Studies (AMST)
353 Television in American Life
458 Film in American Culture
Anthropology (ANTH)
313 Visual Anthropology
Art (ART)
409 Image in Motion Studio II
496 Topics in the History of Cinema
Asian Studies (ASAN)
325 Japanese Film: Art and History
330 Chinese Film: Art and History
473 Chinese Diaspora and Visual Culture
English (ENG)
363 Film
463 Studies in Film
407 Writing for Electronic Media
Geography (GEOG)
425 The Geography of Film |
History (HIST)
452 History and Film
467 American Television History
470 American Show Business
Indo-Pacific Languages (IP)
367 Modern Philippine Drama & Film
Languages and Literature of Europe and the Americas (LLEA)
338 German Film
339 French Literature as Film
355 Russian Film
365 Spanish Film
366 Latin-American Film Since 1950
375 International Film Criticism
376 History of World Cinema
Pacific Island Studies (PACS)
492 (Topics) Images of Paradise
Theatre & Dance (THEA)
323 Film/TV Acting
And Other Courses as Approved by Faculty Advisor
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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.
Revised 6/09
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