Career Paths
The Department of Visualization is known for producing highly skilled artists and technicians that carry the Aggie family to a myriad of different facets of the animation, gaming, and graphics industry. Below are some positions that our graduates can achieve, as well as skills sheets filled out by industry collaborators that detail the expectations of different levels of each position in the workplace. Also provided are suggestions for coursework and elective choices and some stories of Viz graduates that are in the industry now.
Animation Focus
Animator
Animator - Skills Sheet ( 
54.3 KB)
Concept Artist
Concept Artist - Skills Sheet ( 105.4 KB)
Layout Artist
Layout Artist - Skills Sheet ( 50.2 KB)
Lighting Artist
Lighting Artist - Skills Sheet ( 81.6 KB)
Motion Graphics Artist
Shading & Surfacing Artist
Shading & Surfacing Artist - Skills Sheet ( 56.6 KB)
Front End Designer
Front End Designer - Skills Sheet ( 58.0 KB)
Modeler
Modeler - Skills Sheet ( 139.8 KB)
Production
Production - Skills Sheet ( 50.7 KB)
Game Play Programmer
Game Play Programmer - Skills Sheet ( 52.3 KB)
Mobile Developer/Programmer
Mobile Developer - Skills Sheet ( 55.2 KB)
Rigger
Rigger - Skills Sheet ( 131.6 KB)
Technical Artist - Games
Games Technical Artist - Skills Sheet ( 90.6 KB)
Technical Director - Effects Animation
TD Effects Animation - Skills Sheet ( 56.4 KB)
Technical Director - Generalist
TD Generalist - Skills Sheet ( 82.0 KB)
Technical Director - Global Technology
TD Global Technology - Skills Sheet ( 51.4 KB)
Game Focus
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Graphic Focus
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