Animation and Game Art BA (Hons)

Mandatory

• Animation Practices
• Concept Art Practices
• Game Art: Design, Theory and Concepts
• Game Construction I
• Core Skills 3D: Character Creation

Mandatory

• Animation Production: Narrative Workflows

Optional

• Animation Techniques and practices
• Stop Motion
• Visual Effect
• Experimental Film Production
• Advanced Character Creation
• Game Art Environments
• Production Design
• Character Rigging and Motion Capture
• UI Design
• Game Development
• Music Video Production

Mandatory

• Animation Negotiated Production 2

Specific options will depend on whether students are major, joint honours or minor and the credits taken in subjects at Year 2.

Joint Hons will take Pre-Production Practice and up to 30 credits from Animation Options.

From Game Art, you will choose either Group Game Development Project or Game Art Individual Portfolio Project as a minimum, with further options.

Optional

• Animation Negotiated Production 3
• Pre-Production Practices (Dissertation equivalent module)
• Animation Specialist Development
• Professional Practice
• Game Art Individual Portfolio Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
• Group Game Development Project
• Supplementary Skills for Game Artists

UK and EU students

The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £9,535 per year.

For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

International students

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2025/26 academic year is £16,700 per year.

For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

UK and EU students

The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £1,190.83 per 15-credit module, £1,587.77 per 20-credit module, £2,381.66 per 30-credit module, £3,175.55 per 40-credit module, £3,572.50 per 45-credit module and £4,763.32 per 60 credit module.

For more details on course pages, please visit our course fees page.

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