BA Animation
Important information for Art and Design applicants (2010 UCAS entry)
To give applicants more time to prepare a representative portfolio, shortlisted candidates who applied to us via UCAS by January 15th will be interviewed from the end of February.
If you apply after January 15th, and are shortlisted, please expect an interview from late March onwards.
Our Animation degree will equip you with the skills, strategies and understanding for what we hope will be a long and exciting career in this expanding industry.
You will learn transferable skills, from pencils to pixels. You will meet and be taught by a diversity of interesting contemporary practitioners. You will work on a wide variety of stimulating, challenging and rewarding projects, both individually and as part of small teams.
Course structure and design
This new degree offers a highly flexible, broad and creative approach to animation through three years of full-time study and practice. Recognising that animators need to be flexible, with the ability to re-invent and adapt to changing cultures and new initiatives, the course seeks to reflect this fluidity both in the range of dimensional techniques and activities it offers, and in its approach to teaching and learning.
Progressively you will develop your own practice in animation, with the opportunity for group working and shared initiatives with students from fashion, music or other subject areas. This reflects working practice and culture within the creative industries and helps you build skills in team working, negotiation and project management.
It is our intention to help you develop your imaginative and creative skills whilst ensuring that you possess a sound knowledge and understanding of animation processes, techniques and critical theory. This, together with the professional practice aspects of the programme, ensures that you possess the confidence and expertise to succeed in the industry whether as a producer, designer, technician, or manager.
Career Opportunities
The course takes a responsibilty to ensure that students possess a range of key and transferable skills as well as specialist skills in animation. The contexts and opportunities for animation continue to change and evolve and the course aims to develop graduates able to operate flexibly and strategically within this diverse and expanding market.