The Digital Animation certificate is under review and is not admitting new students at this time. Please contact the College of Extended Learning for further information.
Questions? Contact CELACAD@sfsu.edu.
The curriculum fully immerses you in character animation with classes in drawing, modeling, rigging, lighting, texturing, storytelling, and improvisation. The focus of these classes will be to help you understand the field as a whole, while you acquire a language that is common to the industry. Our program offers a unique blend of education in traditional animation principles that are critical to telling great stories, and new technologies that are radically transforming the possibilities of digital animation.
Your success in the digital animation industry is our goal.
The certificate program requires completion of 27 semester units.
To be admitted to Digital Animation Certificate Program, students should have at least 60 units of academic credit with a minimum GPA of 2.0 or sufficient experience to demonstrate that they can perform upper division work. However, students who do not have 60 units are encouraged to apply and may be admitted to the program on a conditional basis.
Once you have completed the necessary coursework, submit the Certificate of Completion Request Form:
I went to college at University of California, Irvine, where I graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 2002. After school I started working for an Indian software company, which after a short stint in India, placed me in San Francisco. I found out about the program from an ad on a tram on my way to work. I had originally signed up to take the first course because it sounded interesting, and I'd always enjoyed visual fx-heavy films and games. I had not really intended to try and get into it professionally, but after enjoying the coursework and learning more about the program, I decided to go that direction.
It has been a great experience. The courses cover a lot of different topics, and the instructors have all been very helpful and knowledgeable. The small class sizes provide a great setting for learning.