Bachelor of Animation

The Bachelor of Animation is designed to provide you with practical, hands-on experience in 2D, 3D and stop-motion animation for film and television, visual effects and games. You'll get to specialise in character animation, production design, production management, story development or direction.

You'll also access be able to state-of-the-art workstations; a purpose-built animation studio; interactive pen displays; high-end cameras; and render farms for processing 3D computer animation. In this degree, you'll also build up your CV with real industry experience while you study through our Work Integrated Learning programs, which are a guaranteed part of all our bachelor degrees and can include placements, internships or industry-linked projects.

In the units Major Project: Development and Pre- and Post-Production (ANI30001 & ANI30002), you'll work as a team in professional roles to pitch, develop and produce a project for exhibition within public film or animation festivals, public galleries or public broadcast.

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• exercise critical thinking and judgement to articulate concepts and solve problems across a range of animation media and contexts
• analyse, critically review, consolidate and synthesise knowledge of animation to inform creative and technical decision-making
• apply cognitive and technical skills to pre-visualise and produce animation within linear or interactive narrative structures
• demonstrate a breadth of creative and production techniques to craft high quality characters, objects, environments and their animation
• present a clear, coherent and independent articulation of animation topics, genres and trends within the field of animation
• show initiative and judgement during the development, production and management of animated concepts
• compare, select and apply best-practice production techniques and workflows to different animation mediums and contexts
• extend communication and organisational skills to manage animation projects and tasks with personal responsibility and accountability
• perceive organisational, social, legal and ethical issues, and address these within the development, production and distribution of animated productions.

Entry requirements