An evaluation on international curricula and course diversity in animation education: Examples of US, UK, EU and TR
Keywords:
Animation industry, Animation education, Industry expectations, Curricula, Labor market needsAbstract
This study investigates the diversity and distribution of courses in animation curricula at the undergraduate level in different countries. Within the scope of the study, 1030 courses in animation undergraduate education programs in 52 different universities, including the USA, Europe, the UK, Cyprus, Singapore and Turkey, were examined. Document analysis method, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study, and the data were interpreted descriptively. A course name-university matrix, a specification table showing the university-department and compulsory-elective course status of the courses was prepared, and the course diversity was analyzed in frequency and percentage values. As a result of the research, it was seen that there are courses with similar content with different names, and different content with the same name, and the courses are divided into three main groups: traditional applied courses, digital applied courses, and theoretical courses. In the US, TR, UK and EU, traditional-based courses are more prevalent with 63%, while digital-based courses are 37%. In terms of applied courses, it was observed that traditional-based courses were more prevalent in the US (62%), UK (58%) and TR (57%) programs compared to digital-based courses, apart from the EU programs, which had a rate of 48% and lagged digital-based courses. In terms of the distribution of compulsory and elective courses, it was concluded that compulsory courses are proportionally higher in US (75%), UK (65%), EU (76%) and TR (61%) programs.
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