Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) (B-FAANIM) // Course structure

Course structure

300-point program:

• 262.5 points of compulsory subjects
  • 87.5 points at Level 1
  • 87.5 points at Level 2
  • 87.5 points at Level 3
• 37.5 points of electives

Subject options

Year 1

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
FLTV10016	Animation Studio 1A	Semester 1	25
FLTV10017	Animation Research 1	Semester 1	12.5
FLTV10018	Writing Animation 1	Semester 1	12.5
FLTV10019	Animation Studio 1B	Semester 2	25
FLTV10020	Animation Lab 1	Semester 2	12.5

PLUS

one VCA Elective Subject (see list below)

Year 2

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
FLTV20013	Animation Laboratory 2	Semester 2	12.5
FLTV20014	Animation Research 2	Semester 1	12.5
FLTV20015	Animation Studio 2A	Semester 1	25
FLTV20016	Animation Studio 2B	Semester 2	25
FLTV20019	Writing Animation 2	Semester 1	12.5

PLUS

one VCA Elective Subject (see list below)

Year 3

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
FLTV30018	Animation Lab 3	Semester 1	12.5
FLTV30019	Animation Research 3	Semester 2 (Early-Start)	12.5
FLTV30020	Animation Studio 3	Year Long	50
FLTV30021	Collaborative Production	Semester 1	12.5

PLUS

one VCA Elective Subject (see list below)

VCA Elective Subjects

Students wishing to take subjects offered as breadth options on the Parkville campus should seek permission from the Course Coordinator

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
AIND10003	Ancient & Contemporary Indigenous Arts	Summer Term	12.5
AIND10004	Art and Indigenous Voice	Semester 1	12.5
DNCE10027	Dancing the Dance 1	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
FINA10035	Still Life: Nature Morte	Semester 2	12.5
FINA10036	Life Drawing: The Body	Semester 1	12.5
FLTV10021	Interactive Art Media 1	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
MUSI10179	Making Music For Film And Animation 1	Semester 2	12.5
MUSI10184	Pop Song Writing 1	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
MUST10012	Alexander Technique for Daily Function	Semester 2	12.5
MUSI10202	Jazz: The Improvisatory Spirit	Semester 1	12.5
THTR10007	The Actors Process	Winter Term	12.5
THTR10019	Clear Speech and Communication	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
MUSI10222	The Wellbeing Orchestra	Semester 2	12.5
MUST10009	Music Theatre: From Chorus To Ensemble	Winter Term	12.5
UNIB10011	The Secret Life of the Body 1	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
DRAM10026	Up Close and Personal with MTC	Semester 1 June Semester 2	12.5
CCDP10002	The Electronic Arts: Vision and Sound	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
CCDP10003	Video Games: Remaking Reality	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
DPSS10007	The History of Cool: Fashion & Attitude	Semester 2	12.5
AIND20011	Indigenous Art and Changing the Nation	Semester 2	12.5
AIND20012	Ancient & Contemporary Indigenous Arts 2	Summer Term	12.5
CCDP20001	Street Art	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
DNCE20031	Dancing the Dance 2: Create & Perform	Winter Term	12.5
DNCE20032	Body Works	Not available in 2020	12.5
FINA20026	Painting Techniques	Summer Term February Semester 1 Winter Term July Semester 2	12.5
FINA20033	Introduction to Printmaking Processes	Summer Term February Semester 1 July Semester 2	12.5
FINA20035	Drawing with Anatomy	Summer Term February	12.5
FINA20036	Under Camera Animation	Summer Term February Winter Term July	12.5
FINA20044	Art and the Botanical	Summer Term February Winter Term July	12.5
FINA20045	Introduction to Screenprinting	Summer Term February Semester 1 June	12.5
MUSI20163	Samba Band	Semester 1 April June Semester 2	12.5
MUSI20164	Free Play New Music Improvisation Ensem	Semester 1 June Semester 2	12.5
MUSI20167	Creating Music For Advertising	Not available in 2020	12.5
MUST20010	Singing and the Power of Pop Music	Semester 2	12.5
MUST20011	Intimate Acts: Inside The 'Fourth Wall'	Semester 2	12.5
MUSI20173	The Art of Game Music	Semester 1	12.5
MUSI20174	The Laptop Recording Studio	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
MUST20008	Music Theatre: Singing Sondheim	Not available in 2020	12.5
MUST20009	Music Theatre: Singing the Golden Age	Not available in 2020	12.5
MUSI20190	Advanced Recording Studio Techniques	Semester 2	12.5
MUSI20192	R&B, Soul & Gospel Choir	Semester 1	12.5
MUSI20206	The Business of Music	Semester 2	12.5
THTR20022	Improvisation: Text, Space and Action	Winter Term	12.5
THTR20023	The Artist's Toolbox	February July	12.5
THTR20043	Design and the Moving Image	June	12.5
THTR20042	Puppets as Storytellers	Summer Term	12.5
MUST20007	Bollywood: a cross-disciplinary study	Not available in 2020	12.5
DRAM30020	Acting for Camera	Winter Term	12.5
MUSI30236	The Music Producer: From Brass to Beats	Semester 1	12.5
MUST30012	Music Theatre: Singing Rock Musicals	Summer Term	12.5
THTR30039	Understanding Masks	Winter Term	12.5
THTR30042	Hashtag Cyberstar	Summer Term Winter Term	12.5

Last updated: 18 December 2020