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Animation MDes
Bachelor's degree
Online
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
4 Years
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
This is a four-year studio practice based course, incorporating undergraduate study and leading to a Masters qualification.
It is a good opportunity to achieve a postgraduate qualification making you one-step ahead in the graduate jobs market. On successful completion of the undergraduate modules of the programme you will be guaranteed progression to study at Masters level, as one learning journey, rather than having to apply. You will be eligible for a UG student loan for fees and maintenance for all four years of study.
If you change your mind during the first three years of the programme you can transfer back to the relevant BA and complete with a BA qualification. Masters depth of study provides more focused specialist knowledge, which is highly respected by employers. The later stages of the four-year course include professional engagement opportunities, helping you to establish your graduate career whilst you are still a student.
The first 2.5 years are taught alongside the BA undergraduates in your specialist discipline of Animation and then for the final 1.5 years you will study Masters level modules in your subject discipline.
The integrated learning journey through undergraduate to postgraduate encourages you to be committed from the early stages, identifying yourself as an ambitious deep thinker, risk taker and innovative practitioner. The four-year course will give you more time and opportunity for in-depth practice as well as academic research and study.
About this course
After you've graduated from this distinctive course, you'll be one step ahead of others in the graduate jobs market. You will achieve a Masters award at the end of four years study without needing to change universities or find postgraduate funding. And you'll already have a highly professional and innovative showreel of creative animation work.
Our graduates have gone on to establish successful animation studios or to work for major TV production companies. There are wide-ranging career opportunities for animators in advertising, film, television, games design, web design, creative studios, education and the freelance world.
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Subjects
- Animation
- Project
- Production
- Culture
- Encourage
- Analysis
- Animation Software
- Knowledge
- Principles
- Production Design Technology
- Environment
Course programme
You will study modules such as:
Stage one
Studio briefs and workshops will encourage you to define your creativity, animation approach, software knowledge and critical analysis, while your lectures and seminars will focus on the culture, history and context of your subject.
- The Principles of Animation
- Pre-Production and Visual Development
- Animation Production
- Critical Approaches to Animation and Visual Effects
You'll focus on your skills in a project based environment, exploring ways of thinking to excel in animation. You'll become increasingly confident with professional approaches and terminology, engaging with animation practitioners, global and national competitions and agencies.
- Advanced Animation Production
- Animation Applications and Contexts
- Professional Practice
- Researching Animation and Visual Effects: Principles and Practices
From September until January, the focus of your third year will be on building original, distinctive animation outcomes based on strong ideas and technical skill, through developing a range of projects and exploring the professional context of your work.
- Independent Research Project in Animation and Visual Effects
- Negotiated Studies in Animation
- Specialist Practice in Animation
- Personal Practice and Methodologies
- Visual Culture: Debates
This final stage of the course is focused on the realisation, testing and evaluation of your Masters Practice project.
- Visual Culture: Dissertation
- Final Project Phase 1 - Concept
- Final Project Phase 2 - Realisation
Additional information
£9,250 per year (2019/20)
International fee
£13,250 per year (2019/20)
Animation MDes
