Animation Certificate
Animation is one of the most powerful and expressive ways to tell your story and communicate ideas and information to your audience. Learn how to come up with ideas, design, experiment, and bring your ideas to life through animation. Students in this program will work with a wide variety of media and tools and apply the foundations of animated filmmaking through project-based learning to a variety of applications and expressive uses.
Duration
TBA
Starting Date
August, January
Tuition Fee
$ 376 per credit
Location
Brookings, United States
About the program
The certificate in Animation is a stand-alone program and may be taken by any student regardless of major (and may be selected by Studio Art majors as part of their degree). This certificate prepares you for entry-level career opportunities working independently, or for design and advertising agencies, television media outlets, online companies, and a variety of in-house positions with small and large businesses.
Is it for you?
This program will be a good fit if you:
- Love movies, art, and design
- You are imaginative and creative
- Love telling stories and communicating through a variety of ways
- You are open to using a variety of tools and technology
- Enjoy solving complex problems
Career Opportunities
- Animator
- Motion graphics artist
- Concept artist
- Game art designer
- Filmmaker
- Illustrator
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the certificate, students are able to demonstrate the following outcomes through studio projects:
- Understanding of basic principles of design and color, concept, media and formats related to animation. This includes the basic traditions, conventions and evolutions of animated forms of art and design.
- Ability to synthesize the use of drawing, two-dimensional design and color, related to animation.
- Knowledge and skills in basic tools, techniques, and technologies sufficient to work from concept to finished animated product.
- The preparation of animation using basic animation techniques and technologies with the opportunity to work at advanced level.
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