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46 animation minimum requirements are given on page 44. employability why study at dundee?


Embracing both 3D digital and 2D approaches this degree offers a wide range of opportunities for contemporary animators from narrative storytelling to visual effects and visualisation. Creativity and professional practice are the driving forces behind this dynamic course. It is a fusion of art and technology designed to help students develop a good understanding of the relationship between aesthetic, perceptual and technical factors involved in the development of animation productions.


You will have access to our state-of-the-art facilities include Maya labs, animation studio, rostrum camera, and a green screen visual effects studio.


Students have the opportunity to exploit their individual abilities within the subject, creating a sound working methodology and acquire relevant professional skills to use cutting edge technology adopted by the international animation industry.


Animation is one of three courses that comprise the communication design programme (animation, graphic design and illustration). While following your course in animation, you will also gain a broad educational experience by being provided with a wide range of opportunities for you to engage with generic communication design issues as well as your pathway choice in animation. The goal is to deliver agile and flexible graduate designers who have a broad understanding of communication design coupled with deep knowledge and expertise in their chosen subject pathway.


Animation is one of the most rapidly expanding areas of creative endeavour. In particular the last decade has seen a truly amazing growth in its technical development and applications. Animation is fast-changing and has never been a more relevant and exciting career prospect than now. Employment opportunities for contemporary animators exist in multimedia, web design, interactive games design, digital simulation, virtual environments and visual effects. Many of our graduates are employed in some of the most prestigious animation and visual effects companies in the world. A number of our graduates continue their studies at Dundee on one of our taught postgraduate courses.


teaching and assessment


The programme of study involves projects and workshops designed to help you, through experiential learning, to understand the fundamental skills of animation. Different approaches of teaching and learning are used including regular seminars, practical lectures, studio demonstrations, individual tutorials and group critiques and peer review. The studio practice is supported by contextual studies which underpin the process of intellectual enquiry and encourage critical engagement with the subject.


what our graduates are doing


Brendan Body graduated from Animation in 2000. He has worked on animation and visual effects for films that include: Happy Feet, The Tales of Despereaux, The Dark Knight, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The Amazing Spider-Man and many of the Harry Potter Films.


programme content • typical degree programme example BDes Honours degree


Level 1


> Art and Design (General Foundation) – see pages 44-55


Advanced entry BDes Honours degree Level 2


Level 3


> Introduction to fundamental animation skills


> Introduction to 2D and 3D computer animation


> Introduction to production equipment


> Creative research methodology


> Contextual Studies


> Personal programme of study


> Research and development


> Professional production practice


> Contextual Studies


> Elective modules such as Visual Effects, Comic Art and Graphic Novels, Printmaking etc


> Optional one semester of exchange study at an international institution


www.dundee.ac.uk/prospectus/artdesign


Please note that our courses are refreshed each year therefore the above may be subject to minor changes.


Level 4


> Personal programme of research


> Supporting study elective > Degree Show Exhibition


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