Project Description

Animation and Visual Effects, BFA (Hons)

Programme Outline
Aims and Objectives
Programme Coverage
Programme Structure
Career Prospects
Programme Website
Admission
Programme Team

Programme Outline

Programme Title BFA (Hons) in Animation and Visual Effects
Programme Code JSSU14 (For JUPAS)

BFAHAVEJ1 (For Non-JUPAS Year 1 Entry)

BFAHAVEJS (For Non-JUPAS Senior Year Entry)
Mode of Study Full Time
Number of Credits 160 credits (4 Year Curriculum)

80~120 (Senior year Curriculum)
Normal Period of Study 4 years (4 Year Curriculum)

2~3 years (Senior year Curriculum)
SSSDP Yes

Aims and Objectives

Upon completion of the programme, students should be able to:

(a) Apply knowledge and skills professionally showing a thorough understanding of the works of animation and digital visual effects;
(b) Critically analyze and evaluate the global development of animation and digital visual effects;
(c) Create, design and produce original works of animation and digital visual effects with creative imagination, and professional quality;
(d) Master the techniques and skills for artistic creation in animation and digital visual effects to a level of sophistication.

Programme Coverage

Students in this program will receive an in-depth education and holistic training in both creative cultivation and technical mastery of the arts in animation and digital visual effects. Key areas of study and training are:

(1)   Art History, Theory and Aesthetics, Drawing Skills;

(2)   Creative Design, Cinematic, and Storytelling Skills;

(3)   Animation Production; and

(4)   Digital visual effects.

During the four years of study, students will need to complete 160 credits of courses, including purposely-designed General Education course, English Language Enhancement course, and required and elective major courses.The major courses in the first two years of study cover a wide variety of subject areas in aesthetics, arts, drawing, storytelling and media production. In the upper years, students will integrate theories and practices with productions and advanced projects.

Programme Structure

For a complete program structure, please refer to the following table. Students must complete 120 credits of cores courses in the programme, plus 40 credits of elective courses in General Education, English Language Enhancement and Outside Discipline Subjects.

Course Code Course Title Credits
Year 1
AMVE A100F History of Animation and Visual Effects  5
AMVE A101F Studio Art I: Drawing and Life Drawing 5
AMVE A102F Studio Art II: Painting 5
AMVE A200F Alternative Animation  5
CCA A100BF Introduction to Film Art 5
5 credits of English Language Enhancement courses 5
10 credits of General Education courses 10
Year 2
AMVE A201F Animation Principles Workshop  5
AMVE A202BF Pre-visualization  5
AMVE A203BF Character and Graphic Design  5
AMVE A204BF Storytelling for Animators  5
AMVE A205BF World Art  5
CCA A208BF Media Production Skills  5
5 credits of English Language Enhancement courses 5
5 credits of General Education courses 5
Year 3
AMVE A206BF Animation Production  10
AMVE A300BF Character Animation  10
AMVE A301F Digital Visual Effects and Compositing  10
5 credits of General Education courses 5
5 credits of Outside Discipline courses 5
Year 4
AMVE A302F Particles and Procedural Effects  5
AMVE A303BF Cinematic Sound Design  5
AMVE A304BF Motion Graphics  5
AMVE A305BF Producing and Production Management 5
AMVE A306BF Production Design for Animation and VFX  5
AMVE A400BF Animation Project  10
5 credits of Outside Discipline courses 5

For a complete program structure, please refer to the following table. Students must complete 120 credits of cores courses in the programme, plus 40 credits of elective courses in General Education, English Language Enhancement and Outside Discipline Subjects.

Course Code Course Title Credits
Year 1
AMVE A100F History of Animation and Visual Effects  5
AMVE A101F Studio Art I: Drawing and Life Drawing  5
AMVE A102F Studio Art II: Painting 5
AMVE A201F Animation Principles Workshop 5
CCA A100BF Introduction to Film Art 5
5 credits of English Language Enhancement courses 5
10 credits of General Education courses 10
Year 2
AMVE A200F Alternative Animation  5
AMVE A203BF Character and Graphic Design  5
AMVE A205BF World Art  5
AMVE A206F Animation Production  10
CCA A208BF Media Production Skills 5
5 credits of English Language Enhancement courses 5
5 credits of General Education courses 5
Year 3
AMVE A202BF Pre-visualization  5
AMVE A204BF Storytelling for Animators 5
AMVE A300BF Character Animation 10
AMVE A301F Digital Visual Effects and Compositing 10
5 credits of General Education courses 5
5 credits of Outside Discipline courses 5
Year 4
AMVE A302F Particles and Procedural Effects 5
AMVE A303BF Cinematic Sound Design  5
AMVE A304BF Motion Graphics 5
AMVE A305BF Producing and Production Management  5
AMVE A306BF Production Design for Animation and VFX  5
AMVE A400BF Animation Project  10
5 credits of Outside Discipline courses 5

Year 2 entry

Students have to obtain a total of 120 credits. Students must successfully complete the following requirements within the 120 credits:

  1. 100 credits of compulsory core courses;
  2. 10 credits of outside discipline courses;
  3. 5 credits of English Language Enhancement courses; and
  4. 5 credits of purpose-designed General Education (GE) courses.

Students are reminded that within the 120 credits, not more than 20 credits of courses are to be taken at the foundation level.

Course Code Course Title Credits
Year 2 (40 Credits)
AMVE A202BF Alternative Animation  5
AMVE A204BF Animation Principles Workshop  5
AMVE A206F Character and Graphic Design  5
AMVE A300BF World Art  5
AMVE A301BF Animation Production  10
CCA A208BF Media Production Skills   5
5 credits of English Language Enhancement courses 5
Year 3 (40 Credits)
AMVE A202BF Pre-visualization  5
AMVE A204BF Storytelling for Animators  5
AMVE A300BF Character Animation  10
AMVE A301BF Digital Visual Effects and Compositing  10
5 credits of Outside Discipline courses 5
5 credits of General Education courses 5
Year 4 (40 Credits)
AMVE A302F Particles and Procedural Effects  5
AMVE A303BF Cinematic Sound Design  5
AMVE A304BF Motion Graphics  5
AMVE A305BF Producing and Production Management  5
AMVE A306BF Production Design for Animation and VFX   5
AMVE A400BF Animation Project   10
5 credits of General Education courses 5

Students have to obtain a total of 80 credits of compulsory core courses.

Course Code Course Title Credits
Year 3 (40 Credits)
AMVE A202BF Pre-visualization 5
AMVE A204BF Storytelling for Animators  5
AMVE A206F Animation Production  10
AMVE A300BF Character Animation  10
AMVE A301BF Digital Visual Effects and Compositing  10
Year 4 (40 Credits)
AMVE A200F Alternative Animation  5
AMVE A302F Particles and Procedural Effects  5
AMVE A303BF Cinematic Sound Design  5
AMVE A304BF Motion Graphics  5
AMVE A305BF Producing and Production Management  5
AMVE A306BF Production Design for Animation and VFX   5
AMVE A400BF Animation Project 10
English Language Enhancement Courses, such as:
ENGL A101F University English Writing Skills 5
ENGL A102F Classic American Films 5
ENGL A103F British and American Short Stories 5
ENGL A104F World Englishes and Cultures 5
ENGL A105F Hong Kong Literature in English 5
ENGL A106F English in Media and Popular Culture 5
ENGL A107F Children’s Literature in English 5
ENGL A108F English and Popular Song Lyrics 5
ENGL A122F Presentation Skills 5
ENGL A131F Introduction to English Fiction 5
ENGL A132F Introduction to English Drama and Poetry 5
ENGL A203F Hitchcock Films 5
ENGL A204F Modern British and American Drama 5
ENGL A205F Folktales and Children’s Literature in English 5
ENGL A206F Asian Writings in English 5
ENGL A231F English Literature in the Modern World 5
ENGL A235F World Englishes and Globalization 5
Outside Discipline courses, such as:
CHIN A165CF Chinese Studies Foundation: History of Chinese Literature 5
CHIN A275CF Classical Chinese Shi Poetry  5
CHIN A276CF Classical Chinese Ci Poetry  5
CHIN A277CF Introduction to Chinese Literature 5
CHIN A353CF Writing for Multi-media  5
CHIN A356CF Selected Topics in Modern Chinese Literature 5
CHIN A363CF Introduction to News Writing  5
CHIN A365CF Selected Topics in Contemporary Chinese Literature 5
ECON A231F Introduction to Microeconomics  5
ECON A232F Introduction to Macroeconomics 5
PSYC A221F Introductory Psychology  5
PTH A201CF Intermediate Putonghua I 5
PTH A202CF Intermediate Putonghua II 5
PUAD A222F Introduction to Public Administration 5
SOCI A221F Social Problems and Social Issues 5
SOCI A325F Understanding Chinese Society 5
TRAN A261CF Introduction to Translation (English-Chinese) 5
TRAN A271CF Introduction to Translation (Chinese-English) 5

Career and Further Studies

The graduates of this programme will have a broad range of employment opportunities in many creative arts fields, such as film, TV, post-production houses, publishing, advertising, art education, game and web design.Further Studies Opportunities for postgraduate studies in animation arts and related fields are available in Hong Kong and abroad.

Programme website

For further information, please visit the programme website
https://animation.ouhk.edu.hk/

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission to this programme, students shall have to satisfy the General Admission Requirements.There are no specific subject requirements for this programme.

Interview
Interview is not required.

For Senior Entry, please refer to Senior Entry Requirement and Non-JUPAS Local Application Procedures

Programme Team

2019-01-30T18:18:42+00:00

Dr. YIP Kei Man David

Associate Professor
Programme Leader, BFA (Hons) in Animation & Visual Effects
BA (Hons) in Computing and Interactive Entertainment

dkmyip@ouhk.edu.hk

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