This mixed-media course shares projects and a studio with Graphic Design so you not only develop the skills you need as an animator but benefit from working on graphics communication-based projects, too. This combined expertise makes you a more interesting, marketable animator and gives you key crossover skills for today's digital world. Our Animation BA (Hons) gives the skills you need as an animator in areas such as character design and model making as well as graphic design skills in motion graphics, augmented reality, special effects, illustration and digital graphic design. You learn your craft through practical workshop sessions, sustained practice in the studio, some work-related learning opportunities with live briefs, one-to-one tutorials, seminars, demonstrations and independent research. The course also includes insights into professional and work-related practices, preparing you for a future career in the creative industries as well as the world of work generally.