Computer Animation:

The Computer Animation program focuses on the skills and tools needed to create 2D and 3D animations and visualizations. Students will learn the principles of animation and use industry standard software to animate characters and objects within an environment. Students will explore a wide variety of career opportunities in the wide field of animation and design. During the second year of the program, students will focus on developing projects, applying skills acquired in the first year and employ advanced concepts in lighting, camera work, animation, and rendering. Various academic, work ethic, and professional development principles are taught and practiced throughout the year. All program goals and practices have an emphasis on career and college preparation. This is a Fort Osage CTC program located at the Career Innovation Center.

Video Game Design:

The Video Game Design program prepares students for a wide variety of careers in the software development industry. Students will use game development software to create 2D and 3D computer games and visualizations, and use creativity and problem-solving skills to design, program, test, and debug computer games. Students will also learn the principles of game development and design, and how to use programming logic and languages to develop interactive software. The second year of the program will focus on applying skills learned in year one to create video games from idea generation and proof of concept to final game creation. Various academic, work ethic, and professional development principles are taught and practiced throughout the year. All program goals and practices have an emphasis on career and college preparation. This is a Fort Osage CTC program located at the Career Innovation Center.

Esports Beyond the Game:

Students enrolled in the Esports Beyond the Game program will be exposed to the many related opportunities in the gaming profession. Students will learn business strategies for branding and marketing esports leagues and competitions as well as broadcasting and video production. Students will have the opportunity to participate in multiplayer video games and competitions.

Robotics:

The purpose of the Robotics program is to provide an opportunity for students to explore the area of Robotics including production technology, manufacturing, and its associated careers. In this year-long course, students will be immersed in completing a project that connects STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics to the real-world. Using the interactive curriculum, students work through the course to help them build teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Students will acquire the skills they need in relation to designing, building, programming, testing, and operating a robot. Each semester of the course culminates in an event where students present what they have learned and use their robot to compete in a class mini game based on the current season’s competitive challenge.

Software Development:

The first semester of this program emphasizes problem solving, algorithms, and program design. Use of structured programming, lists, control structures, recursion, objects, and files in Python. Introduction to graphical interface programming. Coding, testing, and debugging using a modern development environment. Second semester, this course emphasizes problem solving and programming using classes and objects. Algorithm efficiency, abstract data types, searching and sorting, templates, pointers, links lists, stacks and queues implemented in C++.

Music Technology:

The Music Technology program provides an overview of the music technology and audio hardware and software, including basic operating principles terminology, and real-world applications. The course will also cover the fundamentals of music technology and audio production, such as signal processing, system operation, and other core topics.

CIC Programs