Bachelor of Design (3d Animation)
2018 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2018 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Design (3D Animation) |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing from T1 2018. This course map is for new students commencing from T2 2018. If you require a course map from a previous year, please contact a Student Adviser. |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Cloud Campus | No |
| Duration | 3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 095255B Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Deakin course code | A343 |
| Approval status | This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7. |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Other learning experiences
Course overview
Tell fantastic stories and create the unexpected with 3D animation at Deakin. Discover how motion design can be used as an engaging communication platform as well as a method for transformative social change. We explore animation across a variety of platforms including film, television, advertising, web, motion capture and game design.
Explore design histories and theories and develop creative, technical and analytical skills in animation production through the exploration of animation methods such as computer graphic animation (3D CG modelling, character design and rigging, CG lighting and rendering) and motion capture techniques relevant to a career in motion design and animation. Work on industry briefs and creative projects throughout your course ensuring you develop a strong portfolio of real-world work.
Career opportunities
As the world changes, our courses will adapt, ensuring our graduates are future-proofed for a successful career in the creative industries. What we do know, is that our 3D animation graduates will be well-equipped multidisciplinary designers ready to work in motion design, animation, film, television, web design, motion capture performance or in augmented reality and virtual reality.
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Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit www.deakin.edu.au/fees.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Develop theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the forms, functions, processes, languages and materials of annimation. Developing the capacity to meet client requirements in a rapidly changing industry setting. |
| Communication | Effectively communicate a range of conceptual, and aesthetic ideas through written, digital and oral formats for a range of audiences in scholarly and professional contexts. |
| Digital literacy | Utilize theoretical knowledge and practical skills with digital technology to achieve animation outcomes. |
| Critical thinking | Acquire skills in critical thinking and the analytical evaluation of design. Critically engaging a range of strategies to achieve professional industry based outcomes. |
| Problem solving | Employ creative methods to resolve real world complex problems through analysis, critical thinking, prototyping and alternative approaches. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility, accountability and a continued commitment to learning and skills development in animation and design |
| Teamwork | Lead, deliver and perform within a collaborative professional team to deliver industry standard outcomes |
| Global citizenship | Critically engage animation’s capacity to act as an agent of change in multiple contexts. To identify and develop proposals for personal and corporate social, cultural and ethical responsibilities in a global and domestic context. |
| Approved by Faculty Board March 2017 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Design (3D Animation), a student must complete 24 credit points including:
- 10 common core units (11 credit points)
- 2 x level 1 3D Animation Core units
- Select 2 x level 1 3D Animation core options from a pool of 5
- 1 x level 2 3D Animation unit
- Select 2 x level 2 3D Animation core options from a pool of 3
- 6 elective units
- no more than 12 credit points at level 1
- AAI018 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Course structure
Units
Level 1
| ADD101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADA102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD104 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD103 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADA101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
2 Core Options level 1 units
Level 2
| ADD201 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD202 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD203 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADA203 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
2 Core Options level 2 units
2 Electives
Level 3
| ADD302 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD303 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADD301 | Unit description is currently unavailable (2 credit points) |
4 Electives
Course structure
Core Options
Level 1
Students to select 2 of:
| SIT110 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADV101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACF107 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACI102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SIT183 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Level 2
Students to select 2 of:
| ADA201 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADA202 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ADA204 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Work experience
Elective units may provide the opportunity for Work Integrated Learning experiences.
Other course information
Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Other learning experiences
Visual Communication Design have successfully conducted a Design/Animation study tour program to Japan for over seven years. This study tour includes visits to industry and university partners, workshops with Japanese students and academics.
Students can choose to complete one or two internship units as an elective.
Visual Communication Design, in the past, has students involved with Deakin Marketing department, Verandah magazine, small work based projects that have come from the community and participating in exhibitions. The program is a rich program with many opportunities for students to expand on their learning experiences.