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National code: CUA51020 Diploma (TAFE) Hawthorn Send me a link to this course

Animation is one of the most innovative and exciting fields of the screen industry – each year seems to top the last. Be part of this creative wave, while enhancing your job-readiness, with Swinburne’s Diploma of Screen and Media - Animation.

Swinburne has a long and lauded association with animation as an art form, but never have the opportunities been so expansive. This course teaches the fundamental skills to set you on the path toward excellent career options.

Master the techniques that have evolved over generations, with hands-on experience across a wide array of motion graphics and animation skills, including:

Pre-visualisation
Storyboarding
2D and 3D animation
Character design
3D modelling
Video and sound design
Visual effects

At your graduation, you’ll have an extensive portfolio of work, along with practical skills and critical thinking to accompany it.

Pursue work in the screen and media industries as an animator, 3D modeller, concept artist, compositing artist, or web animator – in fact in any role that demands your particular set of skills in the screen and media landscape.

This course is currently in transition.
The course code, title, units, and content may change. Further information will become available on our website, upon enrolment or during your studies. To discuss your study options, please get in touch with us today.

Duration

1 year full-time

Intakes

Hawthorn (March) - View application and start dates

Study mode

Full-time

VTAC course codes

3400278984
Animation (fee type determined by provider)
3400278064
Film & Television (fee type determined by provider)
3400211584
Sports Media (fee type determined by provider)

This course allows you to pathway to another qualification.

This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia.

Student work: Diploma of Screen and Media - Animation

Check out this showreel to see projects by Swinburne's Screen and Media - Animation students.

Course information in detail

- Course detail, course structure and units of study.

Course description

The Diploma of Screen and Media - Animation is designed to provide individuals with the creative and technical skills to develop a range of animation projects for screen and media outcomes. The program focuses on the creative and analytical components of animation both traditional and contemporary, and the foundation principles of on-screen design. Participants acquire skills and knowledge enabling them to work as entry level practitioners, freelance operators, or to pathway into further study.

Course structure

Students must complete the four core and eleven elective units listed.

Technical Requirements

To engage fully in your studies, you are required to purchase or access the following equipment and technologies.

Computer
Headphone with microphone
Camera through a computer connected to the internet to use “Collaborate Ultra” within the CANVAS Learning Management System
Internet access
External Hard Drive (1TB minimum)

When purchasing or accessing a computer we highly recommend the below specifications are considered either Apple Macintosh or Windows PC.

COMPUTER RECOMMENDATIONS:

Component Minimum Performance Top Performance

GPU 1080p: 4GB VRAM or 4K: 8GB VRAM 6K-8K: 20GB VRAM

CPU 4 Cores 18 Cores

RAM HD: 16GB 4K: 32GB 6K-8K: 64GB

Internal Storage 1TB SSD 4TB SSD

Units of study

Core Units

Provide freelance services (CUAIND412)

Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledge (CUAIND512)

Realise a creative project (CUAPPR411)

Establish and maintain safe creative practice (CUAPPR515)

Elective Units

Create 3D digital animations (CUAANM302)

Create 3D digital models (CUAANM313)

Create digital visual effects (CUAANM412)

Shoot different screen content (CUACAM411)

Implement design solutions (CUADES511)

Refine digital art techniques (CUADIG518)

Create storyboards (CUAPPM417)

Develop and discuss ideas for own creative work (CUAPPR415)

Realise a body of creative work (CUAPPR511)

Implement sound designs (CUASOU505)

Develop storylines and treatments (CUAWRT512)

*Eligible students will be issued with the award and specialisation of Diploma of Screen and Media (Content Creation)

Careers and graduate outcomes

- Career opportunities and course aims and objectives.

Career opportunities

Upon successful completion of this course, employment may be found in the screen and media industries, within animation and design studios or film and television production studios as a 2D animator, 3D animator, 3D modeller, storyboard artist, concept artist, texture artist, motion graphic designer, animation designer, instuctional designer, compositing and visual effects artist, production designer, title designer, web animator, sound designer and editor, and vidoe editor. Students can also progress onto further study (Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media – Animation) to continue with their professional training.

Aims and objectives

This qualification aims to provide students with a dynamic creative and technical approach to the production of both 2D and 3D animation content for the screen and media industries. Course content is designed to enable participants to engage in a range of focused, technical and managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate work individually and as part of a team.

Pathways and scholarships

- Pathways.

Pathways

Pathways allow students to progress from one qualification to another where the first course is recognised as an entry requirement and/or provides advanced standing to the second.

Successful completion of Diploma of Screen and Media - Animation allows you to progress to this course	Maximum amount of credit available
Bachelor of Media and Communication	8 units

This information should be used as a guide for those who have completed a course and are seeking credit into another course. For those yet to commence their course, during the time taken to complete, this information may change. Credit available may vary depending on the major selected within any given degree. Progression to professional degrees may be subject to additional criteria or academic performance.

Learn more about pathways.

Course fees and requirements

- Entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.

Course fees

A VET Student Loan is available for this course – allowing you to defer part of your fees if you're eligible.

The maximum VET Student Loan amount for this course is $16,788. You must start repaying this loan once you earn above the compulsory repayment threshold.

Diploma of Screen and Media - Animation Estimated course fees for 2023*
*You will need to pay this amount if you do not* receive a VET Student Loan**	$20,210	$14,360	This course is not eligible for Free TAFE
You will need to pay this amount if you do receive a VET Student Loan	$3,422	Fully Covered	This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

Diploma of Screen and Media - Animation

Estimated course fees for 2023*

For students who are not granted a Skills First government-subsidised place

For students who are granted a Skills First government-subsidised place

Is this a Free TAFE course?

You will need to pay this amount if you do not receive a VET Student Loan

$20,210

$14,360

This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

You will need to pay this amount if you do receive a VET Student Loan

$3,422

Fully Covered

This course is not eligible for Free TAFE

Fees published on this page are estimates only and are subject to change depending on individual circumstances at the time of enrolment. The above fees apply for units studied in 2023 only and may change for units studied in future years. There may be additional costs related to learning material and equipment.

This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding.

Skills First Government-subsidised place
You could be granted a Skills First government-subsidised place when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.

Concession rates for vocational students
Concession rates for Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs are also available if you self-identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and qualify for a government-subsidised training place under the Indigenous Completions Initiative.

The eligibility criteria are set by the Victorian Government and assessed by Swinburne in accordance with government directives, which are subject to change at any time.

Find out if you’re eligible for a fee concession here.

Full course fee
If you are not granted a government subsidised place, the full course fee will apply. Check your eligibility now.

Indicative nominal course hours: 1,000.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements, however we recommend a satisfactory completion of Year 12 or equivalent in addition to the skills and knowledge in:

Basic computer use
Drawing and visualisation
Basic design principles

or attainment of

CUA41220 Certificate IV in Screen and Media

CUA41215 Certificate IV in Screen and Media

Applicants without these skills and knowledge, may choose to complete the Certificate IV in Screen & Media to gain the foundational skills.