Several different poses of a glowing blue animation character.

Animation Minor

Principles of Animation

Introduction

LCAD’s Animation Minor offers you an opportunity to broaden your career options by learning the principles of animation in both traditional (hand-drawn) and cg (computer generated) mediums.

LCAD’s Animation Minor emphasizes full animation with acting choices and expressions dictated by personality. You may choose to apply the skills you learn to feature films, games, television, and Internet animation. As an Animation minor at LCAD, you will study character design and storyboarding and will have an opportunity to create a short personal film.

Whatever your ultimate goals, as an Animation minor, you will build speed and confidence in your draftsmanship and will gain the ability to stylize and dynamically pose dimensional characters.

Course Listings

Admissions Information

Application Dates

  • LCAD has a rolling admissions policy and will accept applications until we’ve filled all spots for an incoming class. Applications will still be considered after the following priority dates:

    Fall: December 1st

    Spring: December 1st

  • How to Apply