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Find out what qualifications you need to get into the GDipDI and what courses you need to take to complete it.

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Animation and Visual Effects

Blend your creativity with emerging technologies and learn how to bring stories to life through animation and visual effects. Learn from staff who have more than 40 years of combined experience at world-renowned production studios. While the focus is on animation and visual effects for film, the knowledge and experience you’ll gain is transferrable to other forms of new media.

Programme requirements

For this degree you'll need to:

  • Complete at least 120 points from 200- to 400-level courses offered in the Bachelor of Design Innovation, of which:

    • At least 75 points shall be at 300 level or above

Subject requirements

  • For a specialisation in Animation and Visual Effects, you will need to:

    • Complete at least 75 points from 200- to 300-level courses required for the corresponding Bachelor of Design Innovation major

      • At least 45 points must be from 300-level courses with the associated subject code

Important information

  • At the discretion of the associate dean, up to 30 points may be selected form other programmes offered by this University. Within the Design for Social Innovation specialisation, up to 30 additioinal points may be included from other programmes where these courses form a cohesive unit of study within one of the areas available as a minor within the Bachelor of Design Innovation.

Other specialisations

Communication Design

Design for Social Innovation

Fashion Design Technology

Game Design

Industrial Design

Interaction Design

Media Design

What can I do with my degree

Find out about career opportunities with a Graduate Diploma in Design Innovation, see What can I do with my degree in Design.