| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-05-24 | - |
| 2023-09-14 | - |
| 2024-01-18 | - |
Program Overview
Study animation at UEL and learn from award winning specialist tutors and animators working in industry.
On our student centred course, you learn your craft in practical teaching sessions, learning to use both core artistic skills and state of the art technology to tell your own stories.
You are encouraged to develop originality, beginning with the traditional foundations of animation and ending with a fully realised graduation film.
Tutors working in industry help you to prepare for your creative working life after graduation, so that your three years with us is the beginning of a life-long career doing something you love.
You can also take this course with a foundation year (FY), which means you it will take you four years to complete the course full-time, and eight years to complete the course part-time.
Program Outline
Studying animation at UEL you'll develop your skills, starting with core animation techniques, building into your own unique way of working. You will learn how to tell your own stories through animation, designing characters and environments, structuring, and producing animated stories that will captivate, inspire, educate and entertain.
The BA (Hons) Animation course will give you the opportunity to develop an individual creative approach that is embedded in professional animation practice. You will be introduced to a broad range of hand-crafted, traditional, and digital media that will help you make an informed decision on the animation techniques and methods you choose for your own work. Through practical work, studio visits and talks by industry professionals, you will gain a thorough understanding of the social, cultural, and professional contexts of the field of Animation. You'll learn put all these skills together in an original way that will make you a unique voice in your chosen field.
We consistently review our courses to ensure we are up to date with industry changes and requirements from our graduates. As a result, our modules are subject to change.
Each module is designed with practical components and a reflective component, with the intention that students develop an ability to reflect on the processes that they have followed in the development of their work.
You will be taught by staff who are practitioners in the area they teach. Our staff are also well placed to take advantage of a range of professional networks and industry contacts. This ensures that the practice-led teaching is relevant to industry and practice.
Guided independent study
When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and access to software, specialist facilities, such as edit suites, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.
Academic support
Our academic support team provides help in a range of areas – including learning and disability support
Dedicated personal tutor
When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of the academic course team who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.
Workload
Each year you will spend around 280 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module.
The approximate workload hours for this course per year are:
Your timetable
Your individualised timetable is normally available within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, usually 11-1.30pm or 2-4.30pm for three days a week, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm.
For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.
Class sizes
To give you an indication of class sizes, this course normally attracts 10–30 students a year. We have workstations for each student in a class, so you are able to always be learning 'hands on'.
In the classroom you will be taught in groups of 10-20 students. However, this can vary by academic year.
Coursework will focus on practical outcomes from projects and exercises, e.g. films, clips, pre-production artefacts, occasional individual or group-based presentations and research-based assignments. We do not have timed practicals or exams.
The approximate percentages for this course are:
Feedback is a feature of most teaching sessions and you'll receive written or verbal feedback, outlining your strengths and how you can improve.
We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days.