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Animators are the artists who bring entertainment to life. They draw by hand and use computers to create the pictures that form the animated images or special effects seen in movies, television programs, and computer games. Others draw storyboards for television commercials, movies, and animated features.

AIU offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication with a concentration in Animation that can help prepare students to become creative and technically proficient animators. This degree program integrates theory, practice, and team-oriented learning to help students develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in this creative field.

The Visual Communication program at AIU is designed to educate and develop artistic and imaginative students for careers in the fields of commercial art and design. The program emphasizes the development of the thinking process and the ability to solve design problems creatively. Students can learn the principles, practical applications, technologies, and methodologies used in solving complex design problems in a creative and unique manner.

Code Title Credits

TERM 1
ANIM 10102 Introduction to Life Drawing 3
ANIM 13921 Animation Principles 1 5
ANIM 17198 Visual Concepts 3
ANIM 18081 Introduction to Dimensional Drawing 4
ANIM 10009 Introduction to Digital Tools 3
ENGL 17889GD Composition and Rhetoric 3
Total: 21

TERM 2
ANIM 13672 Introduction to Dynamic Anatomy 3
ANIM 10082 Animation Principles 2 5
ANIM 10172 Story and Sequential Narrative 3
ANIM 19014 Drawing for Layout 4
ANIM 10036 Digital Methodologies: 2-D Animation 3
ANIM 19599GD Animation History 3
Total: 21

TERM 3
ANIM 28263 Intermediate Figure Analysis 3
ANIM 27198 Action Analysis: Animation and Design 5
ANIM 30102 Storyboarding: Advanced Story Structure 3
ANIM 26859 Visual Development: Layout and Painting 4
ANIM 20065 Digital Methodologies: Dialogue, Music and Sound Effects 3
HIST 18653GD Art in Social and Cultural Context 3
Total: 21

TERM 4
ANIM 22350 Exploration of Figure Analysis 3
ANIM 20036 Animation: Dialogue and Design 5
ANIM 20016 Sequential Narrative and Performance 5
ANIM 25586 Digital Painting and Layout 4
ANIM 28448 Digital Methodologies: 3-D Modelling 3
HIST 10101GD History of Film 3
Total: 23

TERM 5
ANIM 37370 Continuity, Design and Figurative Performance 3
ANIM 36529 Animation: Classical and Stop Motion 6
ANIM 30261 Storyboarding: Advanced Story Structure 3
ANIM 30408 Layout and Art Direction 3
ANIM 33431 Digital Methodologies: 3-D Animation 3
HUMN 27198GD Studies of Character and Culture 3
COWT 10023 Co-op Forum (Degree Programs) -
Total: 21

TERM 6
ANIM 37721 Exploring Character and Costume 3
ANIM 30123 Animation Production 3
ANIM 30261 Storyboarding: Project Development 3
ANIM 30146 Layout and Production 3
ANIM 34310 Digital Methodologies: Character Rigging and Setup 3
CULT 14717GD Music: Structure and Culture 3
Total: 18
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MAY WORK TERM
COWT 18888 Co-op Work Term (Degree Programs) -

TERM 7
ANIM 44310 Advanced Figure Drawing and Art Direction 3
ANIM 45436 Senior Animation Project 6
plus 2 Breadth Electives 6
Total: 15

TERM 8
ANIM 47028 Capstone Animation Project 9
plus 2 Breadth Electives 6
Total: 15