Can you get a doctorate in traditional animation?

Maybe you're thinking of stop motion?

Animation software is a relatively new invention to the animation world. Originally, clear plastic "Cells" were painted by hand and photographed in succession over a custom background to create the...

One complete scene image. I think it's short for the medium used (cellulose acetate or cellulose nitrate).

Traditional animation is done by hand. Computer animation is completely digitized. Rather than creating a movie screen by screen, they can create a 3D character first and then input movements for it...

CGI animation already gives off a 3D look. 3D animation wouldn't be successful without traditional animation.