Overview
The Animation Theory and Practice, Certificate from Queen's University student attending classes on-campus at Queen’s, are in second year or above, and wish to complete a certificate program in addition to your degree.
Key facts:
Students can take a wide variety of courses in animation history, theory and production, including: Introduction to Animation; Animation Festival Programming; Animated Feature Films from Disney to Ghibli; Animation Production; Advanced Animation Production; Video Games and Culture; Animation Theory and Criticism; Computational Cinema; Virtual and Augmented Reality App Development; Post-Production; Special Effects and 3D Animation; and Special Topics in Animation. These courses teach students skills that can incorporated into animated films, video games, installations and/or new media projects, and that they can carry into careers in film curation, criticism, academia, or in the animation industry.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
Animation Festival Programmingl
Special Topics in Animation
Animated Feature Films from Disney to Ghibli
Video Games and Culture
Animation Production
Animation Theory and Criticism
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
15 units
Delivered
Disciplines
Film Studies Animation View 4 other Short Courses in Film Studies in CanadaAcademic requirements
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A High School Diploma - A minimum of a 75% average with the following courses:
- + ENG4U
- + best five 4U/M courses
- A 2-year College Diploma - A minimum of 2.9 CGPA
- A 3-year College Diploma – A minimum of 2.6 CGPA
- 1 full year of university – A minimum of 2.6 CGPA
Tuition Fee
Living costs for Kingston
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.