About Honours Bachelor Of Animation in Sheridan College (Ontario)

Professional, hands-on instruction and creative freedom

In our Animation degree program, you’ll learn from industry professionals, using the same techniques and tools that you'll eventually need in the workplace. Using state-of-the-art software and hardware, you’ll create your own stories, designs, characters and layouts, and produce your own films.

Learning Outcomes

Program Critical Performance:

By the end of the program, the graduate will have demonstrated the ability to create quality animation performance through a creative and professional portfolio using principles of animation, drawing, design, cinematic storytelling, artistic expertise and innovation. The graduate will have exhibited a personal and professional commitment to artistic growth and cultural literacy that conveys passion, confidence, a collaborative and independent spirit, refined communications skills, and the adaptability to work within a dynamic animation community.

• Create animated sequences from the development of the original concept through design to final film or video production.
• Communicate ideas, believable action and emotion effectively by employing principles of animation and performance in all aspects of drawing.
• Integrate the concepts, principles and theories involved in the physics of animation in all aspects of drawing.
• Refine personal narrative voice that holistically integrates the elements of storytelling and performance in order to actively engage the audience.
• Create 2D and 3D characters and environments that reflect the integration of graphic clarity, design principles, performance principles and theoretical constructs.
• Design layouts and backgrounds that incorporate principles of composition, perspective and colour, with speed, accuracy and dexterity, using a variety of media.
• Create an animated film incorporating a range of artistic styles and techniques, reflecting the principle that form follows function.
• Coordinate and manage the production of a student film, including the aspects of cinematography, art direction and editing.
• Collaborate effectively with peers on film projects.
• Use critical thinking skills and problem solving strategies in all dimensions of development and production.
• Manage targets within the production schedule to effectively achieve completion of required tasks.
• Communicate ideas, emotion and intent effectively in visual, oral and written forms.
• Generate work that reflects initiative, creativity, adaptability and personal style.
• Create animation that incorporates the basic principles of constructive anatomy and drawing using economy of expression.
• Incorporate technology effectively in the development of animation projects.

Career Opportunities

Employers regard our animators as the cream of the crop; Sheridan graduates routinely go straight to work for top-flight studios and firms in feature films, television animation, gaming and advertising.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, English, Grade 12 with a minimum 65% overall average.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS           :   6.5 – Overall Band Score with no Band below 6.0
• TOEFL          :   88 (21L,W,S,R) iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) or 570 Paper-based
• PTE              :    60 – Overall Minimum Score (57L,W,S,R)

Sheridan College (Ontario) Highlights

Sheridan College (Ontario) The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Though the cost of attendance for a student studying at Sheridan College would vary as per standard of living and choices of an individual, however, the estimated average cost for an academic year is tabulated below: