Prepare for jobs in animation, game art, 3D visuals, and special effects or work in computer graphic arts fields like advertising, engineering, and healthcare.
Bring ideas to life through immersive experiences
Learn essential, marketable skills in modeling, rigging, texturing, digital sculpting, animation, visual effects, and compositing to bring your ideas to life. Create characters, worlds, motion graphics, and visual effects with expert direction from experienced animators.
Are you thrilled with virtual and augmented reality and ready to learn the skills that create those worlds? JCCC has the software and hardware for that, too. Create your own virtual reality project for your portfolio.
Advanced Animation classes incorporate use of JCCC's 548-square-foot Motion Capture Studio. Sixteen cameras project infrared light onto markers on a special suit, and then those markers appear as coordinates within a powerful software program. The result is better animations in less time.
Use the same software and equipment as the animation pros
In just two years, you can earn an associate degree that will set you up for a career in the exciting world of animation as an animator, game art creator, 3D visual artist, or special effects artist. You can also use your skills in other industries including advertising, engineering, architecture, and health care.
Find employment projections and salary information for program grads at the Power BI Post Graduate Report.
Learn about animation outside of the classroom as well. These clubs, part of the 50+ student clubs and organizations at JCCC, meet to bring together students just like you:
- Animation Club — a club for students who want to be animators or who appreciate animation
- Anime and Manga Club – attend area Anime conventions and share your love of this Asian-style animation
- Video Game Club – play a variety of game systems, from GameCube to virtual reality, and just hang out
Explore transferring your degree to a four-year school to become an animation team lead or even start your own animation studio. JCCC Transfer Information and Services can help you transfer your JCCC credits to another school. Make an appointment with an Academic Counselor to explore your options.
Homework help is nearby!
The JCCC Academic Resource Center offers free tutoring in almost any subject. Our small animation classes — most with fewer than 25 students — provide one-on-one attention and feedback from your professors.
Contact us
Jim Lane
Dean/Chair
913-469-8500, ext. 3703
Location: OCB 264
Email: jlane@jccc.edu
