Academy for Creative Media

Colleges of Arts and Sciences
Crawford 210
2550 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-4578
Fax (808) 956-6662
E-mail: acm@hawaii.edu
Web: www.hawaii.edu/acm/

Faculty

C. Lee (Chair)
T. Brislin, PhD (Assoc. Chair)—media ethics; critical studies
K. Kardan, BS—animation and computer games
A. Misawa, MFA—cinematic and digital production

Degree and Certificates Offered: BA in creative media (through Interdisciplinary Studies)

The Academic Program

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. It is one of the few programs developing a unique program in Indigenous Filmmaking.

ACM offers a core curriculum in three tracks: Cinematic and Digital Production, Computer Animation & Game Design, and Critical Studies. A catalog of courses, application procedures and forms, and program information can be found on the Academy’s website at: www.hawaii.edu/acm.

Undergraduate Study

Bachelor’s Degree

Linked with the Interdisciplinary Studies program, students have the flexibility to design an individual academic program consisting of a core of ACM courses (listed as IS courses in the Interdisciplinary Studies section), and electives from a variety of UH Manoa departments offering courses in film studies, digital design and technology. Students work in close consultation with faculty to develop an interdisciplinary program that reflects the development of academic, technical, creative and critical thinking skills.

Requirements

To obtain a major in Creative Media, students must:

Be enrolled in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences
Apply and be accepted into the Academy
Design a detailed and acceptable academic proposal, with adequate ACM faculty counseling, that emphasizes one of the three ACM tracks and includes coursework in at least one other, and is supplemented with elective courses from at least two other departments.
Ensure that the proposal satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies program guidelines for self-designed majors, and that all required advising sessions with Interdisciplinary Studies are met.

Advising

Introductory information on the Academy, including application procedures and forms, can be found at www.hawaii.edu/acm. Advising sessions can be arranged with Prof. Tom Brislin, associate chair, at (808) 956-3788. The Interdisciplinary Studies section within the Colleges of Arts and Sciences listings in this Catalog contains useful and important information. They can be found in Krauss 116, or call (808) 956-7279.

Undergraduate Certificates

Undergraduate Certificates in Creative Media can be developed in several areas. Like the major, they are comprised of core ACM courses and electives from relevant and related departments. Students in other majors are eligible to undertake an undergraduate certificate program.

IS Courses

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