Illustration with Animation BA Hons: Is it any good?

Original post by pea_bean_21

I’m thinking of doing either ‘Animation’ or ‘Animation with Illustration’ at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2021 and I was wondering if anyone here did either of those courses at MMU.

The ‘Animation with Illustration’ course is fairly new from what I’ve heard so I can’t find much about it so it would be great to know what it’s like from a student’s perspective.

Specifically, I would like to know what type of animation is done on the course and if it has an in-depth study of it, not like a one-off unit or something. Also, what is student life like? Are the teachers, facilities and the university in general any good?

I currently live in Leicester so I can go to DMU to study Animation but I am able to relocate to Manchester, MMU being the only other uni I can go to that does ‘Illustration with Animation’.

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated! :biggrin:

Hii, I’ve also applied for illustration with animation for this year 2021 in MMU. I’m also trying find out more about people’s experiences from this course

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Hiya! That’s cool! Maybe we’ll end up being in the same class if we get into MMU! ^ - ^

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Hopefully I get in. That would be awesome if we were in the same class too!! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Also is it okay to ask if you’ve already uploaded your portfolio or received any interview dates?

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Hi, I have gotten an offer from MMU for illustration with animation and i would really like to know about it from the students and other general informations for the semester stating this September if possible..

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Original post by Geeshnaa

Hi, I have gotten an offer from MMU for illustration with animation and i would really like to know about it from the students and other general informations for the semester stating this September if possible..

Hey, I did one year of this course but dropped out after completing the first year as I wasn’t enjoying it. But when you start you just do a few ice breakers, put into groups do some group work and in the first semester you do a project about Manchester, do life drawings and kinda work with different styles etc.

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Original post by Geeshnaa

Hi, I have gotten an offer from MMU for illustration with animation and i would really like to know about it from the students and other general informations for the semester stating this September if possible..

I dropped out too after first year, I’m doing a fashion course at a college this year instead. I found the course was badly managed and we didn’t learn much. The first years organised a meeting with the staff to complain but they largely dismissed our concerns. Unfortunately I wasn’t the only one in my year that dropped out.

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Original post by pea_bean_21

I dropped out too after first year, I’m doing a fashion course at a college this year instead. I found the course was badly managed and we didn’t learn much. The first years organised a meeting with the staff to complain but they largely dismissed our concerns. Unfortunately I wasn’t the only one in my year that dropped out.

this was in…?
cuz i have been a huge fan of the animation courses but if its gonna be like this then… especially cuz they gave an admission when my portfolio wasn’t even submitted..

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Original post by Geeshnaa

this was in…?
cuz i have been a huge fan of the animation courses but if its gonna be like this then… especially cuz they gave an admission when my portfolio wasn’t even submitted..

I started in 2021 and dropped out at the end of the academic year in 2022. I personally just feel like this course was boring to me. It was repetitive and there wasn’t much guidance and a little unprofessional but you could deffo try it out! I believe you can transfer courses within two weeks from when you first start if you don’t like the course. Lmk if you’d like any help w anything else :smile:

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Isn’t that the time when the course was first introduced or started in MMU? Anyways, thank you so much for your inputs and i will definitely take that into consideration

Original post by AkechisPancakes

I started in 2021 and dropped out at the end of the academic year in 2022. I personally just feel like this course was boring to me. It was repetitive and there wasn’t much guidance and a little unprofessional but you could deffo try it out! I believe you can transfer courses within two weeks from when you first start if you don’t like the course. Lmk if you’d like any help w anything else :smile:

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Original post by Geeshnaa

this was in…?
cuz i have been a huge fan of the animation courses but if its gonna be like this then… especially cuz they gave an admission when my portfolio wasn’t even submitted..

I started September 2021 and left in June 2022.

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Original post by Geeshnaa

Isn’t that the time when the course was first introduced or started in MMU? Anyways, thank you so much for your inputs and i will definitely take that into consideration

If I’m not wrong, I believe that this course has been going on for a few years now and you’re welcome! Happy to help :smile:

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