DART1210 Animation 1 (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.8/5 overall, difficulty 4.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 2 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
DART1210 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture in School of Art & Design. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 动画1
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Art & Design
Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This course introduces you to the creative and conceptual foundations of animation practice. Throughout this course, you will explore and acquire fundamental creative skills in a range of animation processes as well as develop understandings of the key ideas and theories of animation.
DART1210 has 2 scored reviews: overall 2.8/5 · usefulness 2.0 · difficulty 4.0 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UNSW students on UNSW Wall (1.7/5 overall); 1 Reddit comment that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.0/5).
On Reddit: "DART 1210 is a relatively new animation course offered at the unsw Paddington campus. When I did it we learned how to use Adobe After Effects (2D puppet animation) and basic Maya (3D CGI). It was a relatively fun course and I suppose it could be counted as a gen ed?"
The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is DART1210 hard?
A: Students rate DART1210's difficulty 4.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Is DART1210 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 2.0/5, overall 2.8/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches DART1210, and when is it offered?
A: DART1210 is taught by the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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