BACHELOR OF ARTS
DIGITAL ART & ANIMATION With USV’s Bachelor of Arts in Digital Art and Animation program, you’ll learn 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, Entertainment Design, and Technical Art to bridge your pathway from student to professional. In this program, you will bring vivid characters, worlds, and creatures to life by working from start to finish on animation projects that are ready to hit the festival circuits. You’ll gain the digital arts and animation skills you need to kick off your career in this dynamic and growing industry.
FOCUS AREAS 3D Modeling
Entertainment Design
The 3D Modeling focus offers the most relevant training and access to modern industry tools taught by subject matter experts. You’ll learn professional workflows and create your own 3D models for films, video games, and more.
The Entertainment Design focus will give you the ability to bring stories, characters, and landscapes to life. Taught by industry professionals, you learn drawing, rendering, model building, sculpting, and use of 3D tools.
Technical Art
3D Animation
The Technical Art focus will teach you how to integrate art assets into a project while staying within the technical limits of the platform.
The 3D Animation focus delivers premium instruction by skilled industry mentors. You’ll master the fundamentals of animation, learn character rigging, and so much more.
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING USV focuses on Project-Based Learning — a teaching method by which students gain knowledge and skills by investigating and responding to authentic, engaging and complex challenges. As a result, you’ll not only develop technical knowledge and skills, but you’ll develop critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. These unique projects are an integral part of USV’s curriculum:
REAL WORLD STUDIOS: MEDIAWORKS
REAL WORLD STUDIOS: PROJECT X STUDIO
Work as part of a team to meet with and interview real clients, develop and present proposals, execute an informational or promotional piece, and receive actual client feedback. MediaWorks will prepare you to spec and deliver professional grade audio visual works.
Over the course of one year, you’ll work as part of a team to design and complete a short film, complete with score and sound design, for exhibition in film festivals around the world.
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