UndergraduateArts & Design
Bachelor of Animation
Griffith University, Brisbane/Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Animation is the ideal launching pad for you to play a significant role in the animation and visual effects industries in Australia and abroad. Animation at Griffith is ranked 2nd in Australia and New Zealand and in the top 10 animation schools globally*. Highlights of studying the Bachelor of Animation Bring your ideas to life by creating your own animations from concept to final render, using premium industry-recognised software and hardware. Get hands-on experience in animation production, with opportunities to work on projects for real clients through LiveLab, our commercial multimedia studio. Showcase your work at festivals, grow your portfolio, and start building
Fees & duration
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Course structure
Study plan in 4 parts
- Year 1: Screen Grammar
- Foundations of Art Direction
- Foundations of Character Animation
- 3D Keyframe Animation
- Exploring Animation
- Foundations of Post-Production and Motion Graphics
- Year 2: Animation History and Practice
- Visual Story
- Year 3: Global Perspectives
- Experimental Practice
- Plus 16 elective/flexible courses chosen from an approved list to complete the 240 credit-point program
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Completion of an Australian Year 12 (Senior Secondary) certificate or equivalent international qualification. Assumed background knowledge: Any General or Applied English subject (Units 3 and 4, C); Any two units of English (Band 3).
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