Animation

Keele's BA Animation enables you to shape your individual style and specialism, taking animation projects from ideation to realisation. You'll gain foundational skills to embark on filmmaking, game development or advertising projects. You will build a portfolio of original work which showcases your artistic practice and expertise, making you ready to join an evolving industry.

Why choose this course?

• Refine your individual animation style to prepare for a variety of careers in the creative industries

• Acquire an in-depth understanding and experience of working with animation techniques, tools, and processes

• Engage with placement opportunities to apply your learning in the real world

• Embark on an optional international experience at a partner university across the globe

• Access to industry-standard labs and studios on Keele campus, and cutting-edge software

Prepare for a creative career with Keele's BA in Animation, building knowledge of core techniques and tools, and skills that are applicable to a range of industries. Developing you into a critical practitioner and communicator, this degree provides a strong foundation of skills across various areas of animation, allowing you to explore your interests and shape your future career through specialisms of your choice. You will build a unique creative portfolio to demonstrate your knowledge and expertise as well as articulate complex ideas and techniques.

In your first year, you will focus on the core principles of animation, developing your analytical and interpretive skills, and building your unique style through experimenting with various techniques. These include illustration, digital and stop motion, helping you to build confidence with the creative tools you will need to devise compelling audio-visual animations.

Your second year will allow you to build richer narratives, pushing your expertise to build virtual worlds, undertake environmental design, create complex characters, master skills in rendering and compositing, and hone your abilities in lighting, sound design, and editing.

In your third year, you will create an 'Animation Portfolio', starting with ideation and pitching in pre-production, and then moving on to realisation through production and post-production. You will engage with user experience and interactive design, so that your creative work is tested and refined.

At Keele, we offer interdisciplinary learning, enabling you to build a skill set applicable to a range of careers within the creative industries. You will have access to industry-standard facilities, resources and support from staff within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. As a creative practitioner, you will learn to showcase your individuality through the use of hardware, software and equipment available. Our programme gives you the opportunity to complete a work placement to embed your learning in the real world, preparing you for graduation and beyond.

About Keele

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Course Modules

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.