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BA (Hons) Computer Animation
BA (Hons) Computer Animation

BA (Hons) Computer Animation

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  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements:

English Requirements:

In general, international applicants will need to have achieved an overall IELTS grade of 6.0 with a minimum score of 5.5 in each component.

Course Information

BA (Hons) Computer Animation is an internationally recognised, award-winning course. You can develop your creative talents, and gain the practical and technical skills for an exciting career in TV, Film, Visual Effects or Games. Artistic and creative practices, enabling you to produce the best results possible, underpin the computer-generated content of the course.

Graduates from the computer animation course have worked at prestigious studios throughout the world. These include, Sony Pictures Imageworks and DreamWorks Animation, worked on productions such as Star Wars (Solo and The Last Jedi), Ready Player One, Avengers (Infinity War and Age of Ultron), The Jungle Book, Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter films and Guardians of the Galaxy. This also includes cutting-edge computer games studios like Rockstar North, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (PlayStation) and EA Games (UK and USA).

This course is recognised by industry professionals as one of the top UK educational providers for 3D CG Animation and 3D CG Art. It’s the only course in the UK to hold ScreenSkills Accreditations for both animation and digital games art. Also, the computer animation degree was ranked in the Top 10 3D Animation Courses in Europe, by the International Student Awards "The Rookies" (formerly The CG Student Awards), in 2018.

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Year one: Computer Animation degree

  • Introduction to Animation and 3D CG Art Techniques

  • Bodymechanics and The Human Form (3D CG)

  • Creature Creation and Animation (3D CG)

  • Characters and Scenes (3D CG)

  • Visual Studies: Animation

  • Contextual Studies: Animation

Year two: Computer Animation degree

  • Preparation and Previsualisation

  • Character Creation, Animation and Implementation for Games

  • Creature Creation, Animation and Implementation for Film/TV/VFX

  • Personal Project (3D CG)

  • Collaborative Project (3D CG)

  • Narrative Forms in Animation, Comics and Computer Games

  • Work Experience/Placement (optional)

Year three: Computer Animation degree

  • Advanced CG Production Pipeline (3D CG)

  • Major Project Pre-Production (3D CG)

  • Major Project Production (3D CG)

  • The Animation Business

  • Critical Research: Animation

  • Work Experience (optional)

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Computer animation graduates have gone on to work at prestigious studios that include:

  •  Sony Pictures Imageworks (USA)

  • PDI/Dreamworks (USA)

  • Animal Logic (Australia)

  • Core (Canada)

  • Framestore (UK)

  • Double Negative (UK)

  • Cinesite Studios (UK)

  • CGI Aardman Animations (UK)

Students from the Computer Animation course have worked on the impressive animated VFX sequences in films such as:

2019 - The Lion King, Lady and the Tramp

2018 - Christopher Robin, Paddington 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ready Player One, Avengers: Infinity War, Red Sparrow, Annihilation

2017 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder Woman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Alien Covenant

2016 - Fantastic Beasts, Jungle Book, Assassin's Creed, Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad, Alice (Through the Looking Glass)

2015 - Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Spectre, Terminator Genisys

2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy, Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Maleficent, Exodus Gods and Kings, Godzilla

2013 or earlier - Gravity, Thor: The Dark World, Furious 6, Total Recall, The Harry Potter Films, The Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spiderman (1, 2 & 3), Les Miserables, Inception, I Am Legend, The Smurfs 1 and 2, Watchmen, Happy Feet

Our graduates can also be found at a range of cutting-edge computer game studios including:

  • Sony Computer Entertainment

  • Rockstar North

  • EA Games (UK & USA)

  • Rare

  • Creative Assembly

  • Remedy Entertainment

  • Splash Damage

  • FreeStyleGames

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Insurance - Single: 300GBP/ year

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