Animation major

Start a movement with motion.

Life is full of movement, and you’re here to capture it. In the Animation program, you’ll dive right in to cutting-edge animation techniques and learn 2D, 3D, and experimental styles, as well as game art, motion graphics, digital modeling, virtual reality, and more. You’ll have access to industry-standard facilities, expert guidance from creative faculty, and the support of peers in the Animation Student Collective. And you’ll work in a quick-paced, electric environment focused on pushing you to create your best work.

Our graduates lead their fields as story artists, character animators for feature films, effect house animators, game artists, live theater effect designers, motion designers, projection mapping artists, rapid prototyping producers, television animators, and architectural visualization producers.


Drop in on a Cafe Sketch class in the Cloyd Family Animation Center

Launch Experience


Facilities

You'll have access to:

  • PC computer labs loaded with industry-standard software
  • 24-inch Cintiq tablets so you can express yourself in 2D and 3D animation environments
  • A stop-motion lab equipped with DSLRs and Dragonframe
  • A student lounge; home to the Animation Student Collective
  • A large, state-of-the art computer teaching lab
  • A virtual reality drawing lab
  • A flex space that changes based on project needsMac and PC computer labs loaded with industry-standard software

 


Careers

Our grads have applied the skills they built at CCAD to a variety of positions and fields.

Architectural visualization producer
Augmented reality designer
Character animator for feature films
Effects house animator

Game artist
Live theatre effects designer
Motion designer
Projection mapping artist

Rapid prototyping producer
Television animator

 


Recent employers

Cartoon Network 
DreamWorks Animation 
Electronic Arts 
Laika 

Nickelodeon Animation Studio 
Phosphor Games
Pixar
Proctor & Gamble

Riot Games 
Sony Pictures Animation 
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios 
Walt Disney Animation Studios 

 


Find the right internship, write a standout resume, interview well, and land the ideal job for you.

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Credit hours

RequirementHours
Program Requirements60
CORE Studio Requirements18
CORE Liberal Arts Requirements42
Total120

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Course information

Check out the Animation degree program's course requirements.

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Faculty

Visiting Faculty and AICAD Fellow, Assistant Professor
Animation
Visiting Faculty and AICAD Fellow
Animation
Chair of Animation
Animation
Professor
Animation
Assistant Professor
Animation
Assistant Professor
Animation
Assistant Professor
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation
Adjunct Faculty
Animation

 

 


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