Bachelor of Science in Computer Animation

From implementing crowd scenes in a movie or television commercial to creating vast landscapes for a video game, artists use computer graphics in nearly every aspect of today’s entertainment industry.

Full Sail University’s Computer Animation Bachelor of Science degree program guides students through the same production pipeline used in professional studios – from storyboarding, sketching, and visual development to modeling, character animation, and final compositing.

Course Highlights

• Model Creation - Students are introduced to a variety of modeling tools, the capabilities of each tool, and the results of interactions between tools.
• Character Rigging - This course introduces students to the foundations of character rigging, which is the process of adding joints and controls to a character that allows an animator to make it move in a realistic manner.
• Animation Production - This course develops students' ability to plan, coordinate, and study assets, using traditional methods to demonstrate their learned strengths as a 3D artist.

Full Sail is dedicated to helping creative students follow their dreams in the entertainment and media industry. Whether they are passionate about music, art, and design, web and technology, filmmaking, or the business behind entertainment, an education at Full Sail University can prepare students for a career path doing what they love. Through Full Sail’s real-world approach , students work in studios and labs using industry-standard equipment, compiling a portfolio showcasing their work to potential employers. Located in Winter Park, Florida (just minutes from Orlando), the Full Sail campus has the look and feel of a creative studio environment, complete with industry-standard recording studios, spacious film soundstages, a motion capture studio, game studios, and a professional performing arts venue – all housed in a 191-acre multimedia complex.

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• For over 35 years, Full Sail has offered an innovative style of education focusing on the needs of the entertainment and media industry.
• Full Sail’s curriculum combines elements of creativity, art, business and life skills, technical prowess, and academic achievement.
• Full Sail uses immersive teaching methods in production studios and classrooms that are on par with those used in the industry.
• Students work with industry-standard tools and technologies, allowing them to gain practical knowledge and real-world experience.
• Students from over 73 countries around the world come to Full Sail to pursue degrees focusing on the needs of the entertainment and media industry.
• Full Sail offers accelerated programs, so a degree that would normally take four years takes 24 months on average.
• The campus is home to several art and design studios where students can study figure drawing, sculpting, photography, 2D animation, and more.
• The Full Sail Studios Backlot gives Film students the opportunity to shoot on location without having to leave campus.
• With professional analog and digital studios, Recording Arts students utilize equipment used by industry professionals.
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• Full Sail’s online learning system offers flexibility and collaboration while maintaining industry input and real-world experience.
• Full Sail’s Live Venue gives students the opportunity to learn the many aspects of live production, including controlling the light and sound.