Arena offers career and long-term courses, a professional course, as well as several short-term courses for students and professionals.In keeping with global industry requirements, Arena offers various long-term career courses in animation and multimedia, as also a one-year professional course in web designing. For those professionals already working in the industry or for students looking to enhance specific skill-sets, Arena offers 32 short-term courses that comprise intensive training in one or more animation tools or software.

Career Courses

Arena Animation Academy Specialist Programme (AAASP)

Arena’s flagship AAASP course is a 31-month, five-semester, 3D animation career-oriented programme. Classes are typically held 3 times a week for about 90 minutes per session. Only those who have completed Class 12 are eligible to apply.
Some of the key features of AAASP are:
• Laddered learning: Learn animation in increasing order of complexity
• Industry-relevant curriculum
• Extensive project work

Each student has to make a portfolio every semester based on what he/ she has learnt that semester. This portfolio is a requirement for successful completion of AAASP and also comes in handy at the time of placements.

The course includes value additions in the form of communication and personality development sessions. Also, AAASP teaches upgraded versions of the relevant software.

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Arena Multimedia Specialist Programme (AMSP)

Arena’s AMSP is a 32-month career course spread over five semesters. Only those who have completed class 12 are eligible to apply. AMSP is a versatile course covering the basics of multimedia and animation, as also web designing and gaming. Evolved concepts like art direction, scripting, art of animation as well as a good amount of real project experience are also included. In AMSP, there is a good balance between creative courses and teaching the latest software. This creates a harmony between technology and creativity.

Some of the key features of AAASP are:
• Laddered learning: Learn animation in increasing order of complexity
• Industry-relevant curriculum
• Extensive project work

Each student has to make a portfolio every semester based on what he/ she has learnt that semester. This portfolio is a requirement for successful completion of AAASP and also comes in handy at the time of placements.

The course includes value additions in the form of communication and personality development sessions. Also, AAASP teaches upgraded versions of the relevant software.

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Professional Courses:

Arena’s Professional Certifcate in Web Designing (PCWD) is a one-year programme segmented into two semesters – namely, web graphics and web designing.

The course deals with the basics as well as advanced concepts of working in Internet-based careers. Starting with the fundamentals of computers, multimedia and the Internet, PCWD goes on to cover everything from basic art to the creation of illustrations, media publishing, designing content for web pages, developing interactive web pages, creation of Flash animation, et al.

Among others, the programme covers softwares such as Windows XP, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Coreldraw, HTML, Flash, Java and Dreamweaver. All of these are essential for creating new-age websites and web pages.

All in all, the programme trains students to create effective web graphics, images and illustrations so as to design and create new-age websites and other content for the Internet. Flash animations for the Net are also an integral part of the course.

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Short-term Courses

Arena offers short-term courses to both, professionals and students in one or more animation tools or softwares.

Learn how to illustrate or to publish, work in 2D animation or games development, pick up the basics as well as advanced concepts of 3D animation through Maya, or get trained in other applications such as digital architecture and interior designing through the use of AutoCAD and 3D Max.

Each short-term course covers one or more animation/ multimedia tools and course durations range from 16 hours to 160 hours, depending on what you choose to learn.

Some of the courses offered include those in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Coreldraw, Adobe Premier, Dreamweaver, ToonBoom Studio, Maya, AutoCAD, and so on.

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