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3D Design

3D design

Do you love to bring your own stories, worlds or characters to life? The 3D Design major prepares you for careers in animation and design across the interactive media, visualisation, film, gaming and education sectors.

The major teaches you how to present complex information in visually compelling ways. You’ll learn 3D-modeling processes, animation post-production and composition using industry-standard software. Through project-based learning, you’ll gain an understanding of approaches to storyboarding, object modelling, character design, rigging, texturing and rendering.

Career opportunities

2D and 3D animator, concept artist, 2D and 3D generalist, visualisation artist, visual effects (VFX) designer, character designer, environment designer, compositor.

Major (8)

For a major in 3D Design, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DES101 Evidence
DES105 Communication and Thought
DES231 Introduction to Psychology A
DES232 Current Directions in Psychology
DES233 Introduction to Psychology B
DES234 Research Methods in Psychology A
DES235 Physiological Psychology
DES236 Introduction to Human Development

Minor (4)

For a minor in 3D Design, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
DES105 Research Methods in Psychology B
DES231 Social Psychology
DES232 Motivation and Emotion
DES233 Advanced Methods in Psychology