Course Summary
Course Category: Employment / Lifelong Learning
The Animation degree is an immersive program designed to transform creative talent into professional expertise. Students will master the core principles of animation—including timing, squash and stretch, and staging—while exploring the technical and artistic depths of visual storytelling. By fostering a deep understanding of movement and narrative structure, the program enables students to breathe life into original characters and create compelling cinematic experiences for the screen.
On successful completion of Stage 2 (Year 2),
students will receive QQI level 6 award 6M20496.
On successful completion of Stages 3 and 4 (Years 3 and 4), students will graduate with the MTU award of BA (Hons) in Animation, Visual Effect and Motion Design MT811.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Year One: QQI Level 5 Major Award in Creative Media (5M5048)
5N1830  Animation Drawing Studies
5N1603  Computer 3D Modelling & Animation
5N1929  Computer Illustrated Graphics
5N1438  Digital Editing
5N1862  Drawing
5N1869  Figure Studies
5N2985  Personal Professional Development
5N1367 Teamworking
During their first-year students will also undertake: MEDA 6100 New Media Concepts in semester one and Film 61000 Film and Narrative Studies in semester 2 in MTU Kerry North Campus.
Year Two: QQI Level 6Major Award in Digital Media Production (6M20496)
6N1946  Work Experience
6N1950  Communications
6N4979  Graphics & Animation
6N4907  Animation Drawing
6N4981  Studio & Location Sound
6N4090  Project Management
6N2532  Web Authoring
6N4514  Multimedia Technology
During their second-year students will also undertake CULT61000 Ideas Representation and Society in semester one and MEDA61004 Television Studies: Media, Modes and Manipulation in semester 2 in MTU Kerry North Campus.
Year Three: MTU Kerry North Campus
ANIM71003 3D Animation 2
MULT 71006  Compositing 2
COMM71017 Professional Development
GRAP71002 Motion Graphics 2
DRAW71000 Illustration
CULT71003 Critical Theories
ANIM61002 Stopmotion Animation
MULT61008 Compositing 1
ANIM 61008  Directing and Movement
WORK71029 Work Placement
WORK71030 Work Placement Review
Plus workshops in Drawing and Modelling 1 and Video Production
Year Four: MTU Kerry North Campus
ANIM81001 3D Animation 3
PROJ81001 Final Year Production (Design)
MEDA81000 Emerging Technologies in New Media
MULT81009 Colour Grading
MULT81010 Motion Graphics 3
PROJ81037 Final Year Production
ENTR81004 Enterprise for Creative Media
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Naturalist
Not surprisingly, some aspect of the natural sciences will run through the Naturalist's interests - from ecological awareness to nutrition and health. People with an interest in horticulture, land usage and farming (including fish) are Naturalists.
Some Naturalists focus on animals rather than plants, and may enjoy working with, training, caring for, or simply herding them. Other Naturalists will prefer working with the end result of nature's produce - the food produced from plants and animals. Naturalists like solving problems with solutions that show some sensitivity to the environmental impact of what they do. They like to see practical results and prefer action to talking and discussing.
