Game Art & Animation (GAA)
Campus
Duration
2 Semesters (8 Months)
Credential Awarded
Ontario College Graduate Certificate
School
School of Creative Arts & Animation
This program is offered in Seneca's hybrid delivery format. Some coursework is online and some must be completed in person. Students will need to come on campus to complete in-person learning requirements.
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About the Program
This eight-month graduate certificate program is designed to turn talented artists into AAA game asset modellers. This unique program will have you creating and animating environments, characters and other assets within a 3D environment.
Through this program you will learn modelling, lighting, texturing, animation, scene staging, art direction and production management. Your learning will be further advanced by using industry-relevant techniques taught by professors with years of industry experience. With high-end computer hardware and software, you will learn to use tools used to develop game art and incorporate it into real-time environments.
Skills
Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:
- Modelling
- Animation
- Texturing
- Design
Your Career
When you graduate from this program, these are the types of career options that you can explore:
- Modeller
- Texture artist
- Prop artist
- Lighting artist
- Animator
- Level builder
- Level designer
You may also decide to pursue a role in production management as you will learn how a production pipeline works within AAA game studios.