可在数字电影制作或动画和视觉效果中获得创意媒体学士学位。该课程侧重于艺术，手工艺和讲故事的业务。学生选择一个重点领域，但是他们研究数字电影制作和数字艺术的各个方面，无论他们是有抱负的作家，动画师，导演，编辑还是电影摄影师。当学生使用行业标准技术来处理文本，声音和图像时，理论和实践都将融入到每个步骤中。CMI拥有最先进的数字投影放映室，后期制作实验室，动画实验室和制作空间。
The Creative Media Institute's Bachelor of Creative Media with an emphasis in Animation & Visual Effects currently offers 2 different paths, determined by the kind of senior project students wish to produce. New Mexico State University's Creative Media Institute (CMI) offers the Bachelor of Creative Media degree. CMI is a dynamic cross-disciplinary program that prepares students for the 21st century in Digital Filmmaking and Animation & Visual Effects. The CMI curriculum focuses on the art, craft, and business of storytelling. Our students choose one area of emphasis, but they study all aspects of digital filmmaking and digital arts, whether they are aspiring writers, directors, cinematographers, animators. Theory and practice are integrated at every step. Students manipulate text, sound, images, and cinema using industry-standard technology. CMI houses a state of the art digital projection system screening room, post-production lab, animation lab, and production space.