This course examines the history and development of animation as both an art form and an industry around the world. It covers early experiments with animation, the transition to sound and feature film, and the rise of the classical Hollywood studios such as Disney, Warner Bros, the Fleischers, UPA, and MGM. This course will extend to other countries or regions, such as Canada, Russia, Germany, Czech, Japan, China, and Hong Kong. In addition, this course will track the development of technology and techniques of animation, such as rotoscoping, pixilation, cel animation, stop‐motion animation, puppet animation, silhouette animation, limited animation on TV, direct animation, and computer animation. This course aims to establish a foundation for students from different academic backgrounds who might be unfamiliar with animation studies.