Graduates are well qualified to enter the teaching and academic professions and have a competitive edge within the animation, visual effects, and simulation industries. Students are encouraged to develop visual storytelling skills while using a variety of techniques, including traditional hand-drawn, stop-motion, 2D computer, and 3D computer animation. The program allows students to create their own animation and/or visual effects thesis. Faculty members have extensive professional, industry experience.

Labs and studios are equipped with industry-standard software and hardware. In addition, opportunities are available to co-direct a team of undergraduate character animation students, adding toward our canon of award-winning films.

Designed to prepare students for careers in animation, courses provide students an understanding of the collaborative function of a commercial studio during the first year production courses as well as the development of their unique style of independent filmmaking during preproduction and production of their thesis film over the course of the three year program.

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