Animation Courses
We’ve surveyed several animation programs to bring you a comprehensive list of the classes you can expect to take. This list is not intended to serve as a curriculum; the courses you take will vary according to your preference and focus within the animation program.
Introductory Animation Courses
- Animation as a Fine Arts Medium
- Animatics and Storyboards for Animation
- Making the Concept Move: An Animation Workshop
- Composition and Design
- The Drawing Workshop: Concentrated for Animation
- Special Effects Makeup
- Animation I
- Animation II
- Stop Motion I
- History of Animation
- Action Analysis
- Digital Form, Space and Lighting
- Principles of Screen Design
- Character Setup and Animation
Advanced Animation Courses
- Digital Compositing Workshop
- The Animation Studio: Putting it All Together
- Producing Animation
- Final Cut Pro
- Advanced Final Cut Pro
- Avid Editing: Adrenaline
- Advanced Avid Editing
- Introduction to Pro Tools
- Power Producing
- 2-D Animation Production
- 3-D Animation Production
- Facial Setup and Animation
- Stop Motion II
- Stylizing Characters in 3-D
- Animation Layout and Character Design
- Character Animation I
- Digital Cel Animation I
- Advanced Character Setup
- Advanced Digital Modeling
- Effects Animation
- 3-D Quadruped Animation
- Concept Development for Animation
- Animation Professional Development
- Digital Ink and Paint
- Dynamic Simulation and Secondary Motion
- Experimental Animation
- 2-D Character Animation II
- 3-D Character Animation II
- 2-D and 3-D Compositing
- Digital Cel Animation II
- Animation Postproduction
- Special Topics in Animation