BA (Hons) Animation Bachelor's degree at East London

Develop the skills you need to confidently navigate your future career. You'll engage in real-world professional activities like networking simulations, mock interviews, and digital branding exercises, supported by industry guest speakers and career coaches. Practical sessions will sharpen your communication, research, and critical thinking abilities, while workshops will guide you in building a digital portfolio to strengthen your employability.

Build the academic and professional skills you need for success in the creative and technology industries. You'll develop key study techniques, including effective note-taking, research, academic writing, and digital communication. Through workshops, tutorials, and practical tasks, you'll boost your confidence as an independent learner and strengthen your ability to plan, organise, and deliver assignments.

Strong numeracy and data-handling skills are vital in creative industries. In this module, you'll learn how to interpret graphs, solve problems using digital tools like spreadsheets, and present numerical information clearly. Practical exercises build your confidence with real-world scenarios, supporting your wider academic and professional development.

Understanding how media messages are created and interpreted is essential in today's digital world. This module introduces you to key frameworks for analysing visual media, while also building your ability to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively. You'll design an academic poster using professional software, develop critical thinking around cultural differences, and practise both oral and written communication for academic and industry contexts.

Developing a personal, critical approach to art and design practice is the focus of this module. You'll complete projects exploring materials, techniques, and visual communication, using research-led processes to underpin your creative decisions. Independent thinking is encouraged as you build a portfolio showcasing your growing expertise.

Through this module students will be introduced to the physics of animated movement. They will be equipped with the foundational knowledge they need to create well-timed animated performances. They will learn appropriate language and specific technical terms used for discussing animated work. This module also introduces students to recording, designing, playing and mixing different types of soundtracks, while considering the broader relationships between sound and image.

Assessment: Formative assessment and feedback throughout the year

This introductory module equips students with the skills of generating and refining ideas into stories for linear and non-linear narratives for animation and games. Students will learn how to assemble and edit stories into production-ready animatics and game design documents. They will consider the similarities and differences of developing narratives for audiences and players.

Assessment: Formative assessment and feedback throughout the year

This module develops your understanding of form, colour, composition, lighting and space. You will explore a wide range of image-making processes and use relevant software and technologies to support your creative work. You will consider how these skills apply across different areas of creative practice. You will develop the skills to create believable and engaging characters and environments.

Assessment: Formative assessment and feedback will support your progress during the year

This preparatory module introduces the animation and games production pipelines and the technologies that support them. You will explore the software, tools and workflows used in game design, game development and animation production. You will learn how software and scripting can be used to create game prototypes, and how to use industry-standard software to create games and assets that integrate with professional production pipelines.

Assessment: Formative assessment and feedback will support your progress throughout the year

Upon completing this module, you will have a solid understanding of media law and ethics, including the principles and regulations that govern media practices. You will learn about the rules and laws that guide media practices and understand the ethical principles that are important for responsible journalism and media practices. The module will also explore how AI affects media production and consumption.

Build the habits and mindsets that support a successful creative career. Grow meta skills in problem solving, communication, digital proficiency and teamwork, while tackling ethics, social justice and cultural awareness through practical tasks. Learn through interactive workshops, simulations, guest speakers and short live projects, including a hackathon that mirrors real studio collaboration.

Assessment: Portfolio that brings together a tailored CV and cover letter, evidence of career development, a team presentation and a short reflective log

This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed during your first year. You will apply your learning to create working animation or game prototypes by bringing together different stages of the production process. You will learn how to organise projects using industry-standard file management systems and manage production workflows to deliver work within set deadlines.

Assessment: Formative assessment and feedback will support your progress throughout the year

In this module, you will develop and