Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

COMS 533 - The History of Animation


A survey and introduction to the history, technology, artistic breadth, and cultural significance of the animated form in cinema, television, and online media platforms. Through a variety of screenings of canonical, popular, and provocative animated work, this class will explore the formal technological innovations of the form while positioning that work in a culturally historical context.

Credits: 3