You should be able to at least start this last project. The entire sequence should take between 100 and 150 hours . At 9 hours per week for a 3cr class, this comes to between 11 and 17 weeks. A semester has 14 weeks. We should therefore be able to make a stab at finishing a significant portion of Salty.
Later lessons rely on the accurate completion of the earlier ones.
Students taking this MAYA class for the second time will do a more elaborate character animation based on the Character Animation in Maya course, subsequent to which they will develop and create an animation of their own at least as complex as the Salty tutorial. Third time students may wish to take advantage of the material from the Maya Dynamics course. In 2 hours, create a simple scene. Create an animated scene with moving camera, environment, and particle effects. Create an animated character with dynamic interactions.