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SCAD animation students gain highly specialized experience in every aspect of the field, from 2-D and 3-D character animation to digital modeling and look development.
SCAD alumni advance their careers at the most renowned studios in the world, including Disney, DreamWorks and Pixar.
The animation faculty at SCAD is one of the largest and most professionally diverse in the United States, providing students with vital perspectives.
Meet animation alumnus Tyler Kupferer.

Offered in: Atlanta, Hong Kong, Savannah

ANIM	180	Action Analysis I
ANIM	202	Principles of 2-D Animation
ANIM	223	History of Animation
ANIM	250	Digital Form, Space and Lighting
ANIM	252	Principles of 3-D Animation
ANIM	270	Principles of Screen Design
	-	300- or 400-level ANIM Elective*
	-	ANIM Elective*
Total course of study		40 hours

* Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

VIEW STUDENT WORK

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SCAD Tech Pro Expo Feb 10, 2012

Mentor Student Connect Feb 11, 2012

Black Bottom Parade game in Hong Kong lobby

Black Bottom Parade, a custom-built interactive table game designed and developed by a team of six SCAD students, was a finalist for juried categories and an audience choice award at Indiecade, an international festival of independent games. Black Bottom Parade was built for the lobby of the SCAD Hong Kong location by an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students who were guided in their research by SCAD professors John Sharp, Matthew Maloney and David Spencer.
Imagine magazine quotes Jeremy Moorshead

Jeremy Moorshead, SCAD animation department chair, was quoted in an Imagine magazine article that discussed how animation courses in higher education are changing to remain relevant and enticing to students. Imagine magazine is an animation publication in the United Kingdom.
Xperimental Puppetry Show screens Ellis short

Monica Ellis (B.F.A., painting, 2010) had her stop-motion short, "An Untitled Film About Flying," accepted to screen at the Xperimental Puppetry Show at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta.

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