GraduateArts & Design
Graduate Diploma in Animation and Visual Effects
UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
UNSW's Graduate Diploma in Animation and Visual Effects is a one-year, eight-course program building on the shorter Graduate Certificate with deeper skills and knowledge in animation and VFX, aimed at both people extending existing capabilities and career-changers transitioning into the field from another study area or profession. The diploma provides a genuine pathway into digital content creation careers directly, or into the Master of Animation and Visual Effects for students who want to continue with just one additional year of study. It suits people who found the shorter certificate too brief but don't necessarily need or want the full two-year master's commitment, giving them substantial animation and VFX training while keeping the master's pathway open if they later decide to continue.
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Course structure
- ADAD9113Communication Skills for Creative Disciplines
- ADAD91103D Visualisation Studio
- DART9300Digital Aesthetics
- ADAD9114Research Foundations in Art and Design
- DART9001Animation Studio
- DART9002VFX Studio. Prescribed Electives: DART9101 Motion Capture Studio
- ADAD9406Creative Experimentation
- DART9103Creature Studio
- DART9102Rigging Studio
- DART9106Digital Cinematography Studio
- DART9104Procedural FX Studio
- DART9105Real-Time Studio
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Admission to the Graduate Diploma in Animation and Visual Effects requires a Bachelors degree in any field. Applicants who apply without a Bachelors degree can be admitted to the Graduate Certificate on a case-by-case basis by the Program Director, on the basis of professional experience. Students may then articulate up to the Graduate Diploma if they hold a credit average in their courses taken under the Graduate Certificate.
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