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Our exciting specialist course will enable you to develop your imaginative and creative skills while giving you a sound knowledge and understanding of animation processes, techniques and critical theory. Commercial animation is a rapidly growing and vibrant industry, encompassing a broad range of rewarding and fascinating creative job opportunities. Our strong emphasis on creative practice will help you to develop your skills in drawing and design, along with the imaginative development and innovation of ideas expressed sequentially. These skills, together with the professional practice aspects of the course, will ensure that you have the confidence and expertise to succeed in the industry, whether as a producer, technician, designer or manager. You¡¯ll also develop the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development. Throughout the course, there are opportunities for you to take part in national and international competitions and film festivals. Our course is delivered by a large team of experienced animation practitioners, staff and industry visitors, and you¡¯ll work in dedicated specialist animation studios with facilities for blue screen, rostrum animation, CGI, drawing, stop-frame, film, photography, set building, sound and video. Successful animators need to be flexible and able to adapt to changing cultures and new initiatives, and our course seeks to reflect this fluidity. You¡¯ll rapidly develop your own practice in animation, and will be encouraged to work on shared initiatives. Based at our Harrow Campus ¨C home to the Westminster School of Arts and the Westminster School of Media and Communications ¨C you¡¯ll work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique creative hothouse.

The Art & Design (General Foundation) BA (Hons) / BDes (Hons) focus of the first year of this course is centered on learning independence and finding your individual path. It also develops your practical skills and critical thinking. You will undertake a diverse range of projects throughout the year, that will each offer different challenges and opportunities. The course content will help you to decide on your choice of Honours degree specialism for the remainder of your course.

Art Philosophy brings together Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Design and Philosophy at the School of Humanities. You will be taught by artists of international standing and by respected practicing philosophers. The Philosophy section of the course will introduce you to advanced philosophical approaches toward contemporary issues in politics, ethics, art, film, literature, and the sciences.

Our faculty strives to foster collaborative learning and encourage development in both art theory and artistic practice. With four different concentrations, our students prepare for further study at the graduate level, and the demands of a workforce requiring exceptional, creative problem-solving skills. Our Visiting Artist series, as well as the regular exhibitions of renowned artists in our various galleries, expose students to current trends in regional, national, and international art.

The art history program acquaints students with the visual culture of humankind through the ages ¡ª works of art as individual organizations of shape, space and color and as cultural artifacts with a history and function within their societies linked to other forms of cultural production.

This program offers a critically engaging and expansive approach to the discipline of art history. It equips you with the key visual, critical, and professional skills necessary for a career in the art world and for a range of other employment opportunities.

Drawing is your passion; you think in images. Our Berlin-based B.A. Illustration program will teach you to visualize messages and draft blueprints while developing your personal style. Learn to apply your drawing skills in a professional context.

The Art History and Criticism, BA is designed for students to pursue careers as art historians, critics, or curators in museums or galleries. It may also serve as a foundation for graduate study in art history.

The studio art track, photography, and media concentration, are designed to prepare students for careers in photography or media arts. It may also serve as a foundation for graduate study in fine arts.

Are you passionate about song production from the initial idea to the performance or finished production? Our Bachelor's degree in Music Production is ideal for musical all-rounders who want to direct the creative and technical design of songs.

Styling models, building sets, setting up lighting, obsessing with details. Scouting locations, capturing moments. Merging analog and digital. If this is your world, then our Photography degree is perfect to help you develop your own visual language.

Shape the world through your creativity. Art is the study and practice of various artistic modes and media that impact society and culture.

The educational experience of Art History majors at The American University of Paris offers an in-depth understanding of the development of Western Art as product and agent of history and society.

An Art History graduate can look forward to a career in museum curation, art advising, art law and enforcement, corporate consulting, appraising and more. Art History students study the history of the visual arts in their cultural and social context. Students learn to describe, analyze, and interpret the form and content of works of art and become familiar with art history theory, methods of analysis and art criticism.

JMU School of Media Arts and Design graduates tell the best stories. We prepare students to serve as creative, reflective and highly skilled media producers and storytellers, sensitive to the personal and social impact of the messages they create and to the important role media can play in advancing the public interest. Graduates of the School of Media Arts and Design work in media or in media-related careers. Program concentrations allow students to pursue interests in journalism, digital video and cinema, creative advertising or interactive design. The major also prepares students for graduate study in mass communication, journalism, advertising, visual communication or digital production. SMAD¡¯s 39-credit-hour requirement allows students to pursue minors and second majors, to strengthen their knowledge about the types of stories they want to tell.