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  "college": "sierra-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Applied Art and Design",
  "id": "applied-art-design--animationmotion",
  "name": "Animation and Motion Graphics",
  "award": "Skills Certificate",
  "department": "applied-art-design",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/departments/applied-art-design/#animationmotion",
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      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "(Formerly Digital Animation)\n\nDesigned for students interested in becoming proficient in digital animation and motion graphics for filmmaking. Valuable for those preparing for careers where the fundamentals of animation, motion graphics, and other forms of time-based media are expected.\n\nThis is a specialty skills certificate designed to provide career technical skills; it is not equivalent to an associate degree."
    },
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      "title": "Required Courses",
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          "code": "AAD 0044",
          "title": "Sketching for Design",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0079",
          "title": "Introduction to Digital Filmmaking and Video Production",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0083",
          "title": "Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modeling",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0093",
          "title": "Introduction to Motion Graphics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AAD 0094",
          "title": "Digital Animation",
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          "indent": false
        },
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          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "15"
        }
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}