At Worcester, you’ll gain hands-on experience in production, editorial, and animation, while developing skills in pitching, writing for various media, and creative communication. With flexible module choices, you can tailor your learning and graduate equipped to pursue your chosen creative path.
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Overview
Combining animation with screenwriting provides the unique advantage to develop a dual skillset and a deeper understanding of character, world-building and creating stories which connect with production companies and audiences. You’ll have the chance to explore various roles and styles of both animation and screenwriting, helping you find your niche.
Discover the theory, history and fundamental skills behind various animation styles. You'll get involved with projects in our film and animation studios and experience using industry-standard software, such as Maya, ZBrush, Marvellous Design, Adobe Suite and Toon Boom, as you create storyboards and develop your own characters.
You’ll uncover the blueprints of successful and well-known films as you read screenplays, analyse what made them work and try your hand at developing your own stories. Learn how to craft words in a way which sparks the imagination, and helps a reader understand the look, feel and sounds of your story. By also having the skills to animate characters and environments, you’ll benefit from having the unique ability to take your own script and bring it to life.
There will be various opportunities throughout the course for you to not only develop who you are as a creator, but to promote yourself and build up your network of industry contacts. Attend conferences, industry events, meet industry professionals and have the chance to receive feedback from industry experts. In your final year, you’ll be able to showcase your work to industry professionals at our annual Arts Degree Show.
Course content
Each module is designed to teach you transferable skills such as critical thinking and research, alongside the technical skills behind using professional film equipment. Combines with our range of optional modules, you can personalise the course to reflect your interests and career goals.
We regularly review our courses to reflect the latest research and developments in the subject area, as well as feedback from students, employers and the wider sector. As a result, modules may change to ensure the course remains current and relevant.
Optional modules will run if enough students choose to study them. It is not guaranteed that all modules will be offered every year.
Careers
This joint honours degree integrates communication, teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving skills, to equips you with a diverse skillset and a professional portfolio ensuring you graduate as a highly valued professional across creative industries.
Our animation graduates have gone on to be employed at Aardman, Off The Fence, Frames of Mind, ILM, Local TV Leeds and Rockstar Games. Whilst our screenwriting graduates have typically progressed onto television and film production, script development and editing.
You’d have the qualities looked for in fields such as:
- Animation
- Visual effects
- Film and television
- Advertising and Marketing
- Multimedia creation
- Production design
- Directing
- Education
Opportunities to progress
You could progress from this undergraduate degree and study one of our postgraduate courses, such as Film Studies MPhil/PhD, Film MRes, Creative Media MA, Cultural Studies MA, Media and Cultural Studies MPhil/PhD or our Media and Culture MRes.
The course at Worcester expanded my understanding of animation, helped me realise my potential, gave me creativity, purpose and focus, and helped me define my career.
Course highlights
Teaching and assessment
Throughout the course, you’ll be working on industry briefs aimed to give you experience in various styles and processes within animation and screenwriting, whilst being supported to find your own passion. You'll learn through a mixture of independent study, teaching, and hands-on learning.
Teaching and assessment contents
You'll learn through a combination of interactive workshops, lectures, and studio practices so you can apply theory to practice and have the opportunity to get involved with active discussion and share your opinions and observations on what you've learnt.
Structured individual tutorial support will provide you with feedback on the set tasks, helping you find your strengths and have support on further developing your skills and knowledge in preparation for demonstrating your skillset in the formal assignments for each module.
You'll use industry-standard design software and have access to computer suits as well as our animation studios throughout the course. In addition to this specialist hardware such as lightboxes, Wacom tablets and cameras are available to you.
Meet the team
Find out more about our team of experienced professionals who will be teaching you.
Zoe Lewis
Zoe has research led interest in playwriting and creativity and empowerment for young people of low opportunity.
Omid Ghanat-Abady
Animation Course Leader Omid became a university lecturer after working as a freelance illustrator.
Omid's research activity is diverse, ranging from heritage visualisation to participation in the making of independent films. His interest centres on the question of character, with character design and animation having informed the bulk of his work. Sam Moore’s An Eyeful of Sound, the latest film on which he has worked, adopts a non character-based approach in an emotive attempt to engage audiences with the condition of synaesthesia.
Jaime Pardo
Jaime Pardo is an animator, director and educator with over 15 years’ professional animation experience. During this time, he produced a wide variety of projects including children’s television series, commercials, pop promos, natural history series and short films.
Over the years he has won many awards including the BBC Talent New Animation Award and his short films have been screened at renowned international festivals including Annecy, Stuttgart and Encounters.
Simon Bovey
Simon's experience is diverse, ranging from animation and regional theatre, to radio and award winning films. His work as writer and director has received international success through both short and feature films. He is an established writer for the BBC with a significant body of broadcast work including Doctors for BBC1; drama and period thrillers for Radio 4 and three science fiction series for Radio 4 Extra.
Zoe Lewis
Zoe has research led interest in playwriting and creativity and empowerment for young people of low opportunity.
Omid Ghanat-Abady
Animation Course Leader Omid became a university lecturer after working as a freelance illustrator.
Omid's research activity is diverse, ranging from heritage visualisation to participation in the making of independent films. His interest centres on the question of character, with character design and animation having informed the bulk of his work. Sam Moore’s An Eyeful of Sound, the latest film on which he has worked, adopts a non character-based approach in an emotive attempt to engage audiences with the condition of synaesthesia.
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points required: 104
| Qualification | Grade |
|---|---|
| A-level | BCC |
| T-level | M |
| BTEC National Extended Diploma | DMM |
We do accept Access to HE Diplomas and other qualifications which may not exactly match the combinations above. Work out your estimated points with the UCAS tariff calculator.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please call our Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk.
Fees
Fees contents
UK and EU students
In 2026/27 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £9,535 per year (subject to changes in the government tuition fee cap).
Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.
For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.
International students
In 2026/27 the standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £17,200 per year.
Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.
For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.
How to apply
How to apply contents
Applying through UCAS
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Read our how to apply pages for more information on the application process, or if you’d like to apply for part-time study.
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