B.F.A. in Animation
Savannah, USA
DURATION
180 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, Distance Learning, On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Introduction
Illuminate fantastical realms and characters that launch careers, bring joy to fans, and take the world by storm. Named a top animation program in the U.S. year after year by Animation Career Review, SCAD provides every resource to help you develop your signature style in 2D, 3D, and stop-motion animation, digital modeling, rigging, lighting, and look development. As you work with top companies and peers, you’ll become a pro at collaboration — just like in the real world.
Admissions
Curriculum
Foundation studies: 30 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- Select one of these three options:
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3D Form in Space
- DRAW 200 Life Drawing I
- DRAW 240 Inventing Environments
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3D Form in Space
- DRAW 200 Life Drawing I
- DRAW 240 Inventing Environments
- Select one of these two options:
- DRAW 206 Drawing for Storyboarding
- DSGN 208 Storyboarding Essentials
- DRAW 206 Drawing for Storyboarding
- DSGN 208 Storyboarding Essentials
General education: 55 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- ENGL 142 Foundations of Story
- Select one of these three options:
- CINE 205 Reading Films
- CINE 275 History of Cinema
- ARLH or ARTH elective
- CINE 205 Reading Films
- CINE 275 History of Cinema
- ARLH or ARTH elective
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
Major curriculum: 80 hours
- ANIM 190 Survey of Animation: Professional Pathways
- ANIM 223 Historical Adventures in Cinematic Animation
- ANIM 390 Animation Business and Professional Practices
- Select one of these two options:
- ANIM 395 Collaborative Experiences in Animation
- SANM 560 Collaborative Experiences in the School of Animation and Motion
- ANIM 395 Collaborative Experiences in Animation
- SANM 560 Collaborative Experiences in the School of Animation and Motion
- ANIM 408 Animated Capstone Film: Preproduction
- ANIM 448 Animated Capstone Film: Production
- ANIM 488 Animated Capstone Film: Postproduction
- Select one of these three options:
- ANIM 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- ANIM 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- ANIM, ARVR, DWRI, FILM, GAME, ILLU, ITGM, MOME, SANM, SEQA, SNDS, STEC, or VSFX elective
Select one concentration to complete the major curriculum:
2D animation
- ANIM 202 Core Principles of 2D Animation
- ANIM 272 2D Animation: Character Set-up and Pipeline Creation
- ANIM 332 2D Animation: Character Performance Essentials
- ANIM 352 2D Animation Effects: Mastering the Elements
- ANIM 372 Collaborative Experiences: 2D Production Pipeline
- ANIM 382 2D Animation: Digital Production and Compositing
- ANIM 402 2D Animation: Expressive Character Acting
3D character animation
- ANIM 253 Core Principles of 3D Character Animation
- ANIM 303 3D Character Animation: Performance Essentials
- ANIM 313 Collaborative Experiences: 3D Production Pipeline
- ANIM 323 3D Character Animation: Expressive Character Acting
- ANIM 353 3D Character Animation: Creatures and Quadrupeds
- ANIM 383 3D Character Animation: Performance Through Dialogue
- ANIM 423 3D Character Animation: Believability and Nuance
Storytelling and concept development
- ANIM 275 Core Principles of Animated Storytelling and Concept Development
- ANIM 315 Story and Concept: Narrative Principles for Animation
- ANIM 325 Story and Concept: Visual Design and World Building
- ANIM 335 Story and Concept: Animation Character and Creature Design
- ANIM 345 Story and Concept: Storyboarding and Staging
- ANIM 365 Story and Concept: Seeding the Narrative
- ANIM 385 Story and Concept: Concept Development for Animation
Technical animation
- ANIM 249 Core Principles of Technical Animation
- ANIM 289 Technical Animation: Fundamentals of Character Rigging
- ANIM 349 Technical Animation: Digital Modeling for Environments and Props
- ANIM 359 Technical Animation: Organic Surface Modeling
- ANIM 369 Technical Animation: Animation Look Development
- ANIM 379 Technical Animation: Lighting for Animation
- ANIM 419 Technical Animation: Cloth and Hair for Animation
Additional electives: 15 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Career Opportunities
Become a story and concept artist. Become a character technical director. Become a 3D animator. Today's animators are the storytellers who drive an entire industry, employing their unique artistic prowess in film, television, and online media. Isn't it time you joined them?
Launch your career as a professional:
- 2D animator
- 3D animator
- Storyboard artist
- Animation producer
- Character FX artist
- Character FX technical director
- Texture/lighting director
- Digital modeler
- Stop-motion fabricator
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Pixar
- DreamWorks
- Electronic Arts
- Xbox Game Studios
- Nickelodeon
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Epic Games
- Lucasfilm