Course summary
  • Work across a variety of forms including 2D drawn and digital-based animation, stop motion and 3D CGI animation.
  • Specialise in your preferred animation discipline for your major project film.
  • Produce a portfolio of project work to showcase your skills to potential employers.

Learn a broad range of techniques and theoretical knowledge underpinning the form, including storyboarding, life drawing and concept art with this practical animation course. You graduate with the experience necessary to work in the animation industry, or in a wide range of other sectors that require creative professionals with animation skills.

Future careers

This Animation (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam University prepares you for a career as a:

  • stop motion animator
  • 3D CGI animator
  • set designer
  • puppet builder
  • lighting technician
  • texture artist
  • modeller
  • rigger
  • compositor
  • producer
  • editor
  • storyboard artist
  • character designer

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:

  • Industrial Light and Magic
  • BBC (CBeebies)
  • Double Negative
  • Warner Brothers studios