65 Animation Preparatory Programs

CADA’s Games, Animation and VFX education is created for anyone who wants to move from interest to practical skill in the digital visual industry. If you want to begin your journey in 3D, explore animation and CGI, understand the technical side of game and film production or refine your current abilities, CADA gives you a structured way to progress.

San Jose City College offers Associate in Science (AS) degrees and certificate programs emphasizing three major areas in Media Arts: Print Media, Motion Arts, and Web/Interactive Design. The Media Arts program is a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the converging fields of journalism, communication and new media technology. It responds to the need for people skilled in effective communications in all levels of society including industry, education, art and music, and the public arena.

The Digital Art and Animation Department provides courses taught by faculty with extensive academic, professional, and industry experience. Students are guided through the department's project based courses to develop the knowledge and skills needed to incorporate the principles of visual communication in their work.

The Digital Art and Animation Department provides courses taught by faculty with extensive academic, professional, and industry experience. Students are guided through the department's project based courses to develop the knowledge and skills needed to incorporate the principles of visual communication in their work.

Berkeley City College’s A.A. degree in Animation and Game Design prepares students for entry-level jobs in the game and animation fields and provides upgraded skills for those already employed in multimedia and game jobs. The program is interdisciplinary and focuses on developing artistic, animation, critical thinking, and computer skills.

This program prepares individuals to communicate information, entertainment and ideas through animation and cinematic arts. This includes practical, hands-on instruction in how to plan and produce a variety of animated works seeing the project through from concept to practice including but not limited to storyboarding, directing, editing, and all aspects of animation film production.

Are you passionate about movies, videogames and animation? Now you can go from being a mere expectator to devoting yourself professionally to producing them yourself. It doesn't matter what level you start from or your previous studies. You can become a professional and turn your passion into your profession. We will guide you like true mentors and show you step by step how to achieve it.

San Jose City College offers Associate in Science (AS) degrees and certificate programs emphasizing three major areas in Media Arts: Print Media, Motion Arts, and Web/Interactive Design. The Media Arts program is a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the converging fields of journalism, communication and new media technology. It responds to the need for people skilled in effective communications in all levels of society including industry, education, art and music, and the public arena.

Interested in a career in animation, multimedia, or game design and development? Join our Animation and Game Art program and learn to use industry-standard traditional and digital visual development methodologies, computer software, and hardware technology. Students will graduate with a firm foundation in the visual arts.

The Department of Visual and Media Arts provides grounding in fields that engage in the creation and analysis of visual culture, specifically in the allied fields of Animation, Art, Art History, Graphic Design, Journalism, and Photography. Our connected department’s disciplines enjoy synergy and collaboration.

Art and technology merge to create your career. Everyone knows that animation fuels award-winning movies and special effects, but did you know that animation skills are also widely used in the advertising, engineering, architecture, and healthcare fields?

Are you an animation fanatic? The kind of person who hates waking up to an alarm clock for school but can always jump out of bed for Saturday morning cartoons? Does “taking notes” in class mean constantly doodling and day-dreaming about far-away fantasy worlds and colourful characters? If so, 2D Animation & Digital Art is the program for you!

This 10-month diploma program provides students with the skills necessary for a career as a 2D and 3D animator, modeller, texture artist, in a typical animation/ art department within the fields of television animation and mobile/ interactive video games. Building on the design skills and animation basics learned in the Video Game Art program, our TV & Game Animation students will learn to bring their designs to life through dynamic and entertaining 2D and 3D animation.

The Animation Minor focuses on facilitating the development of original creators in the conceptualization and creation of digital and analog forms of expression in graphically created motion art works, be it an animated short, transmedia exploration, spreadable media, narrative sequential art, gallery installation, or one of the many other applications of motion art.