Computer Animation and Visual Effects (With Foundation Year)

University of Bedfordshire

A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course..Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification. With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire..The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.Creative industries such as television, film and graphic design are increasingly using computer animation and visual effects in their work. This course gives you the latest creative, design and technical skills to step into a rewarding role in a rapidly growing field. On this leading-edge course, you learn the technical and design skills you need to produce digital content in the form of computer-generated animation or visual effects sequences for entertainment, education or promotional purposes. You gain hands-on experience creating digital animations and games, using industry-standard tools, 3D graphics software, and compositing and modelling packages while also exploring emerging applications such as virtual reality and mixed reality.The course also benefits from being part of the School of Computer Science and Technology’s Creative Technologies cluster, sharing some teaching and technology with our BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development. This gives you the opportunity to share ideas and knowledge with students across courses. It takes you through the creative process from idea conception to production, using your technical knowledge and skills to create a body of original work.Explore a range of disciplines from computer science to digital design, looking at how they interact with the visual technologies used in areas such as television and film production, video games design and web-based graphics.

School of Computer Science and Technology