设计部为视觉传播者在各种创意学科（包括动画，图形设计，插画，摄影和其他相关领域）的职业做好准备。学生学习解决复杂的视觉问题，并通过多种媒介和技术交流叙述。动画专业在各个学科工作，包括动画工作室，视觉和特效工作室，娱乐，游戏和科学数据可视化。
The Animation program has a national reputation and graduates have excellent job placement working within their disciplines. Students have won many prestigious awards, such as Student Academic awards and Emmys. Internships, Study Abroad programs, and field trips are a bridge to professional practice that allows students to visit artist, film, and gaming studios. Animation students at BYU get to work on collaborative projects with other disciplines and utilize software, studios, and other resources to complete their projects. Students are given opportunities to develop portfolios as they work on personal work, group projects, and major films that will help prepare for a successful career as an artist in Animation. In this major, students study figure drawing, traditional and digital animation, illustration, art history, and other topics.<br><br>The Animation BFA program is a limited enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Interested students should declare pre-major intent and complete DESAN 101. Based upon review of work completed in DESAN 101, students will be promoted to pre-BFA Animation status. Successful applicants will go on to complete the foundational courses before applying for admissions to the Animation BFA major through a portfolio review in June.<br>Only students granted pre-BFA status are to complete the foundational courses and then may apply for the BFA professional program through a portfolio review in June.