Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)

The BFA (Animation) provides an immersive and experiential studio-based education, focusing on the origination and development of animated projects for the screen. There is a strong emphasis on developing the student’s individual creative voice, while also underlining the need to speak effectively and freshly to an audience.

Housed in the School of Film and Television, this degree lives alongside the other degrees in directing and producing for live-action fiction and documentary, and screenwriting. This environment provides the animation student with a unique opportunity to develop professional-practice collaboration skills with programme makers from other specialisations.

Undertaking elective subjects offered by other VCA schools, or by the wider University community, gives the student the opportunity to investigate the generation of original creative work in other arts disciplines, or to strengthen their knowledge of current issues and debates in non-arts based fields.

The BFA Animation graduates will complete a deeply personal, artistically transformational, and highly professional course of development. With their creative, collaborative and technical skills they are optimally placed to make significant impact in the national and international creative industries.

BFA Animation graduates may also elect to undertake a 4 th year of study in the honours programme, or 2 years of further study towards a Masters degree.

The BFA (Animation) is designed to train highly skilled arts practitioners who will work independently or collaboratively in animation within the film, television, games and new media. Graduates will be well-trained and knowledgeable in their own and related fields, and committed to continuous learning and production in their discipline; they will also have a local and international perspective on their own arts practice. As well as excellence in practising their own art form, BFA (Animation) graduates will have good academic literacy skills in expression, argument and research and be proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies.

The course structure for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) is outlined below.

First Year Subjects

First Year Subjects
Students must also undertake one 12.5 point level one elective.

Second Year Subjects

Students must also undertake one 12.5 point level two elective.

Third Year Subjects

Animation Studio 3*
Animation Research 3*
Animation Lab 3*
Collaborative Production*

*For offer in 2015, subject to Academic Board approval.

VCA Electives- 1st Year

VCA Electives- 2nd Year

1. The Selection Committee will evaluate the applicant’s ability to pursue successfully the course using the following criteria:

· successful completion of the VCE (or an equivalent qualification) with a study score of at least 25 in Units 3 and 4 English/English Language/Literature, or a study score of at least 30 in Units 3 and 4 ESL. Minimum ATAR is not applicable.

· performance in the selection test process leading to possible short listing for interview and folio presentation.

2. The Selection Committee will conduct interviews with those shortlisted and may call for referee reports or employer references to elucidate any of the matters referred to above.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Qualified graduates may progress to an additional year to qualify for Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) (Degree with Honours), and/or to a range of master degrees leading to research programs.

• Artistically excellence demonstrated through:
• a flexible and innovative approach to the national and international challenges for the professional artist/practitioner in the 21 Century
• a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of artistic practices and scholarship
• an in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline
• a high level of achievement in artistic practice, writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication
• critical and creative thinking, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
• being adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies
• Knowledgeable across disciplines exemplified by the ability to:
• examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a range of disciplines
• expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
• have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
• have a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment
• Leaders in communities who will:
• initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
• have excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
• mentor future generations of learners
• engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
• Attuned to cultural diversity demonstrated by the ability to:
• value different cultures and their cultural forms of practice
• be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work
• have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
• respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values
• Be active global citizens by:
• understanding their relationship with and responsibility to their cultural environment and society
• accepting social and civic responsibilities
• being advocates for improving the sustainability of the environment
• demonstrating a broad global understanding, with a high regard for human rights, equity and ethics.

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