Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)

This degree allows you to learn the various creative aspects and techniques involved in animated filmmaking visual effects and games by providing a solid grounding in the fundamental practices theory techniques and art of animation. The course progresses from generalised to more specific allowing you to explore the broad areas and latest techniques involved in animated filmmaking and then develop a more advanced specialisation in your area of interest.

• Business to broaden your skill set and make you stand out to employers or give you the abilities to start your own creative enterprise.

The ability to create build worlds and animate characters opens doors to a variety of careers. Animation is an important part of filmmaking TV production and creative advertising and marketing. It's also integral to games production.

Graduates of the animation major are employed in various industries and fields ranging from film games and education to architecture engineering and medical research for assisting with product previsualisation. The animation field is broad in terms of possible creative and technical roles including concept artists storyboarders animators modelers producers visual effects artists game artists and directors to mention a few. Graduates from our program have worked on award-winning films including Bluey Spider-Man: Far From Home Avengers: Endgame Guardians of the Galaxy I Robot King Kong Godzilla and How to Train Your Dragon. They have also been part of teams that developed games such as Hellblade and Disney Infinity 3.0 at major studios such as Animal Logic Disney Animation Lucasfilm Double Negative Rising Sun Pictures and Weta Digital.

This course can be also followed with a graduate-entry teacher education course* which enables you to become a qualified teacher. Pathways also exist to prepare you for further study including research.

* Entry to graduate-entry teacher education courses usually requires that you have studied a range of units in a different subject area to the main focus of your degree. This forms the basis of your second teaching area. Check the entry requirements for specific teaching courses at www.qut.edu.au/study

• Advertising professional
• Animator
• Artist
• Computer game programmer
• Computer games developer
• Film/television producer
• Internet professional
• Media industry specialist
• Motion graphics designer
• Multimedia designer
• Post-production specialist
• Visual artist
• Web designer

To meet the course requirements of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) you must complete the following:

• Two common units (KYB101 and KYB102) - 24 credit points
• Animation major - 168 credit points
• Complementary studies - 48 credit points from the Situated Creative Practice Extension plus 48 credit points chosen from a minor or unit options (electives).

• develop your capacity to create animated works
• learn to use 3D computer graphics drawing and motion graphics
• study animation screen history and practices
• expand your interest and knowledge of the animation medium

• extend your knowledge of animation practices
• engage in studio-based learning and respond creatively to project briefs
• understand the principles of 3D character animation real-time 3D computer graphics compositing for visual effects and motion capture for virtual production
• develop your critical analysis skills to evaluate your own work and the way you present your ideas visually

• apply your accumulated learning to produce a major creative work exploring any aspect or medium of animation as a showcase of your professional skills and knowledge
• learn about the current animation industry and contemporary issues in the screen industry
• explore pathways for future vocational opportunity research or other entrepreneurial aspirations

Study overseas while gaining credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area depending on how they match with your QUT course. Saving your electives for exchange will allow you the most flexibility. Find out more about studying on exchange.

To meet the course requirements of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) you must complete the following:

• Two common units (KYB101 and KYB102) - 24 credit points
• Animation major - 168 credit points
• Complementary studies - 48 credit points from the Situated Creative Practice Extension plus 48 credit points chosen from a minor or unit options (electives).

• develop your capacity to create animated works
• learn to use 3D computer graphics drawing and motion graphics
• study animation screen history and practices
• expand your interest and knowledge of the animation medium

• extend your knowledge of animation practices
• engage in studio-based learning and respond creatively to project briefs
• understand the principles of 3D character animation real-time 3D computer graphics compositing for visual effects and motion capture for virtual production
• develop your critical analysis skills to evaluate your own work and the way you present your ideas visually

• apply your accumulated learning to produce a major creative work exploring any aspect or medium of animation as a showcase of your professional skills and knowledge
• learn about the current animation industry and contemporary issues in the screen industry
• explore pathways for future vocational opportunity research or other entrepreneurial aspirations

Study overseas while gaining credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area depending on how they match with your QUT course. Saving your electives for exchange will allow you the most flexibility. Find out more about studying on exchange.