Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation

The major in Animation leading to the BFA degree is designed to provide those students passionate about using the computer to breath life into their artwork with the creative and technical skill sets to do so. Storytelling through sound animation principles is the underlying principle in all that we do, from design, to modeling and through animation to rendering. Majoring in Animation at JU will prepare the successful student to enter the field of Animation in the areas of independent narrative filmmaking, commercial animation and/or animation for games.

Major Requirements

All BFA Animation majors will complete the following:

Total Credit Hours:71

FVA 480WR: See Important Notes 1

FVA 481SR: See Important Notes 2

Important Notes:

  1. Satisfies Core Curriculum writing-intensive course requirement and Univeristy Experiential Learning requirement for Animation majors.
  2. Satisfies Core Curriculum speech-intensive course requirement and Univeristy Experiential Learning requirement for Animation majors.