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M.A. in Visual Effects and Animation - 4 Semesters (Spread over two years)

The Animation course was started as a Postgraduate Diploma in 2007 which has been converted into Master’s Degree Course from 2013 onwards.

This is a specialized course that will allow the student to develop the personal traits and skills to explore career paths in Visual Effects and Animation. This course provides learning opportunities for students to imagine, visualize, and tell a story. Students will be trained to use Industry standard software packages like Maya, After Effects and Flash.

This course endeavors to create professional communicators who can make effective and strategic interventions in various processes related to the animation and visual effects industry. Industry standards in software and production are established and expected, while students direct their own learning experience during projects derived from their own creativity and personal interest.

Students are taught the practice of Animation and Visual Effects through a series of assignments and projects where they are mentored by faculty and working professionals. This course insists on individual assignments from students that evolve into their unique and personal portfolios. Creating and maintaining a web portfolio page is one of those assignments and the work of the current batch can be seen on http://www.ajkmcrcanimation.org/

Course Inputs:

Semester I		Semester II
Visual Communication Animation processes Film-making Animation Production 1 – Stop Motion English Communication skills		Research Seminar 1 Pre- Production 1 3D Computer Animation 1 Visual Effects 2D Computer Animation 1 Animation Production 2 Animation Elective Courses- Semester II (Select two of these four courses.) Illustration Basic Gaming Photo Research Life Drawing

Semester III		Semester IV
Research Seminar II Pre- Production 2 3D Computer Animation 2 2D Computer Animation 2 Animation Production 3- Social Narrative Animation Elective Courses- Semester II (Select two of these four courses.) Advanced Illustration Advanced Visual Effects Advanced Gaming and Animation scripting Advanced Experimental Animation		Final Production Business and Management Skills

Admission Process:

Number of Seats: 20

Eligibility: Graduation in any discipline (10+2+3) with not less than 50 % marks in aggregate.

Applicants must be proficient in Windows and it is desirable to have knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. The students are not required to submit their portfolio & Statement of Purpose encapsulating all their extracurricular activities at the time of submission of application form, but are expected to bring it in case of selection to the interview stage. The examination will comprise of a written test and an Interview. Students selected in the written test will be called for the interview.

Written Exam: 200 marks
Interview: 45 marks
Portfolio: 55 marks

Medium of Instruction: English

Fee Structure

S.No	Items	M.A. (P) in Visual Effects and Animation	M.A. (F) in Visual Effects and Animation
A.	Admission Charges
I	Admission Fee	100	100
II	Enrolment Fee (if not already paid)	50	0
III	Library Admission Fee (When the students joins Jamia first time)	100	0
B.	Annual Fees
IV	Identity Card Fee	50	50
I	Canteen Establishment Charges	50	50
II	Community Radio/Misc	160	160
III	Cultural Activities	150	150
IV	Equipment Caution Money Refundable	10,000	0
V	Examination Fee	750	750
VI	Foundation Day Celebrations	100	100
VII	Garden Fee/Campus Maint. Fee	100	100
VIII	Library Caution money (Refundable)	2,000	0
IX	Medical Fee	100	100
X	Sports and Games	200	200
XI	Students Aid Fund	100	100
XII	Subject association Fund	150	150
XIII	University development fund	1000	1000
XIV	IT Development Fund	400	400
XV	University magazine	50	50
C.	Tuition Fee	30,500	30,500
D.	Industrial Training	0	0
E.	Workshops/Seminar	0	0
F.	Consumable Charges	2,500	2,500
G.	Training and Production Fee	4,500	4,500
H.	Student’s Work Portal	0	0
I.	Broadband Connection charges/Web Space hosting charges	300	300
J.	Study Tour	0	0
K.	Equipment Maintenance/Graphic S/Hardware charges & Upgradation Charges	20,000	22,000
L.	Infrastructure Development Fund for Centre	2,000	2,000
	Grand Total	75,410	65,260