About the course
This mixed-media course shares projects and a studio with Graphic Design so you not only develop the skills you need as an animator but benefit from working on graphics communication-based projects, too. This combined expertise makes you a more interesting, marketable animator and gives you key crossover skills for today's digital world.
Our Animation BA (Hons) gives the skills you need as an animator in areas such as character design and model making as well as graphic design skills in motion graphics, augmented reality, special effects, illustration and digital graphic design.
You learn your craft through practical workshop sessions, sustained practice in the studio, some work-related learning opportunities with live briefs, one-to-one tutorials, seminars, demonstrations and independent research. The course also includes insights into professional and work-related practices, preparing you for a future career in the creative industries as well as the world of work generally.
Why choose this course?
- Build your understanding of animation’s different contexts, and its wider global impact on social, environmental and political issues
- Gain the knowledge, experience and understanding of design environments you need to communicate and present ideas and work to audiences in a range of situations
- Benefit from small class sizes and good access to industry-standard equipment
- Enjoy free access to Adobe Creative Cloud software for personal use
- Work on live-brief projects with our expert academic team and submit for national competitions
- Learn the skills to work effectively with others, through collaboration, collective support and negotiation
- Take the course over four years and include a fee-free year in industry (see below), gaining experience and making contacts for the future
- If you need a step up into higher education study, start with a Foundation Year (see below) which guarantees you a place on the full degree course
Course Leader - Noel Douglas
I am an Artist, Designer, Activist, Educator and Writer. My studio and street work ranges across all media but is primarily in the Graphic Arts. I’ve shown internationally and give regular talks on the subject on how images, graphics, meme are used in social and political struggles.
25 years working as an Artist and Designer, teaching at University of Bedfordshire, Kingston University, London South Bank University, Slade School of Art, Royal College of Art Research.
Why study in the School of Arts and Creative Industries?
- Professional theatre and dance studios
- Latest digital and VR technologies and performance techniques
- Taught by experienced performers and practitioners
- Industry links and Media Masterclasses
- Media arts centre equipped with industry standard facilities
- Specially equipped Art and Design building
Units
- Communication Design: Exploring Materials And Methods (ART058-1) Compulsory
- Context And Ideas (ART057-1) Compulsory
- Introducing Studio Practice (ART063-1) Compulsory
- Thinking Through Making (ART064-1) Compulsory
- Animation And Illustration: Developing Materials And Methods (ART057-2) Compulsory
- Collaborative Enterprise (ART052-2) Compulsory
- Context And Meaning (ART053-2) Compulsory
- Developing Professional Practice (ART051-2) Compulsory
- Creative Futures (ART029-3) Compulsory
- Critical And Creative Contexts (ART030-3) Compulsory
- Final Major Project: Animation (ANM002-3) Compulsory
How will this course improve my career prospects?
Employability skills and professional practice are integrated into the course and provide you with an awareness of the real-world context of the creative industries in general and animation in particular. You will be helped to develop a strategy for obtaining appropriate employment at the end of your course, and there is a work-related learning unit that will especially help you to become more focused on managing your career. You will be helped with the preparation of a professional portfolio, including a CV, and learn the social-media skills needed to promote yourself in a social-mediated art and design world.
Typical graduate destinations for Animation students include various roles within design and creative industries: animation; film and television; advertising; music videos; interactive digital design; and games design.
You can also progress to further study at Master's level (Level 7) in areas such as animation, illustration, visual communication and motion graphics.
*international students are eligible of receiving the VS'S scholarship of 1000GBP.
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