The College of Art and Design at Hongik University houses the School of Design and Media, which consists of five majors: Animation, Film, Video and Moving Image, Digital media, Communication Design, and Product Design. The Animation Program is housed in the College of Art and Design’s Department of Visual and Animation. Students will study traditional and emerging techniques in animation, film and video. Program features include immersive studios, workshops, seminars, and unique elective options such as Doll Making, Video Advertisement Production, Video Media Startup, and Cartoon Graphic Narrative.
This four-year BFA Program requires core courses, major courses, studio electives, and critical electives. Course examples for the program include Visual Storytelling, Hybrid Video Production, Animation Movement and Expression, Video Directing, 3D Animation Production, Video Editing, Short Film Production, and Storyboard and Layout. The program culminates with the Video Animation Graduation Project, which takes two academic years to complete.
At the advanced level, Hongik University has one Graduate School, one International Design School for Advanced Studies, and eleven Specialized Graduate Schools. The Graduate School of Film and Digital Media (GSFDM) has a Digital Animation Program that provides access to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment such as a sound recording studio, a Quantel eQ editing workstation, Avid, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere editing systems, and HD cameras and equipment.
Leading to an MFA, the Digital Animation Program consists of four semesters of coursework and a full semester of thesis writing. Hongik Digital Animation students will complete courses such as Experimental Video and Animation, Korean Cinema Theory, Animation Planning and Directing, Character Animation, Video and Production, Image Semiotics, Lighting and Camera, and Understanding Color.
MFA students will also complete a number of workshops and seminars, and a final Graduate Video Animation Project.
Hongik University was established as Hong-Moon Higher Educational Institute in Yongsan-gu in 1946. The school was renamed Hongik University in 1947. Today, Hongik University serves more than 22,000 students enrolled in hundreds of programs across 50+ colleges, schools, and departments. Hongik graduates have gone on to become successful Animators, Filmmakers, Writers, Rappers, Actors, Illustrators, Journalists, Television Personalities, and Painters, Poets, and Performers.