Animation & Webtoon Major

Animation & Webtoon Major is offered as a non-degree program at Yuhan University in Bucheon, South Korea, running across two to three academic years with intakes every March and September and instruction delivered in English. The discipline sits at the intersection of visual storytelling, drawing, and digital media production, and students typically study character design, storyboarding, and the pacing conventions that separate a moving animated sequence from a static illustrated panel. Coursework generally covers figure and background drawing, color theory, and the animation software used to build two-dimensional and increasingly three-dimensional sequences for film, television, and online platforms. A significant part of the curriculum addresses webtoons specifically: the vertical-scroll comic format that originated in South Korea and has grown into a major branch of digital publishing, with its own conventions for panel transitions, cliffhangers, and serialized release schedules. Students learn to build a page from thumbnail sketch through inked and colored final art, often using industry-standard tablets and layout software, while also studying script adaptation and narrative structure so that a story reads clearly across many installments. Graduates of programs in this discipline typically pursue work as animators, webtoon artists, illustrators, storyboard artists, or motion graphics designers, either as staff at animation studios and publishing platforms or as independent creators building serialized work directly for online audiences. Because the field blends fine-art drawing skill with software fluency and an understanding of audience engagement, students also gain exposure to portfolio development and the presentation skills needed to pitch original series to studios or platforms.