<p>does anyone know any colleges (preferably well known) which will allow me to minor in animation? I plan on majoring in some type of science or engineering but animation is passion of mine :)</p>
<p>Rochester Institute of Technology sounds like the ticket for you, but I don't know if they offer animation as a minor.</p>
<p>RIT does offer a major in "film and Animation." SVA might be a good choice too as would Pratt Institute.</p>
<p>SVA is an excellent choice for 3-D animation but there is no engineering major. Check out the Program on Media Arts and Sciences at MIT.</p>
<p>//RIT does offer a major in "film and Animation." SVA might be a good choice too as would Pratt Institute.//</p>
<p>Taxguy, SVA and Pratt would NOT be good choices unless they offer a 4-year deagree in engineering. The poster was asking about an animation minor while studying engineering. Does either SVA or Pratt offer degrees in engineering? Unfortunately, while RIT has an engineering program, it only offers a BFA in animation. Which does not mean the student might not be able to use free electives to pursue his/her interest in animation. Does anyone know of a school that offers a 4-year degree program in engineering AND a minor in animation?</p>
<p>//SVA is an excellent choice for 3-D animation but there is no engineering major. Check out the Program on Media Arts and Sciences at MIT.//</p>
<p>If the student can get into MIT, I suggest taking advantage of the opportunity to study with Prof. John Maeda; an amazing guy at their media lab</p>
<p><a href="http://www.media.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.media.mit.edu</a>
<a href="http://www.maedastudio.com/index.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.maedastudio.com/index.php</a>
<a href="http://www.media.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.media.mit.edu</a></p>
<p>Worth looking into....I'd kill for the opportunity.</p>
<p>RainingAgain: thanks for clarifying my post and for the info. are there any other colleges like MIT which offer a similar program? I'm afraid that with my current stats, it is very likely that I will not be admitted into MIT. I will look into RIT as well thanks.</p>
<p>Are o Gandhi ji, kya animation ki duniya mein bhi hulchul machani hai?</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>College-ish: sorry I forgot my Hindi a long time ago.. I am from southern India so I speak Telugu.</p>
<p>Gandhiji, one university that would be an excellent choice, but which is *very *difficult to be admitted to, is Brown University. Not only does it have a good engineering department but its computer science (CS) department is very strong, and is well-known for its training in 3D/animation. In my niece's graduating class 4 years ago, for example, 3 of the CS graduates took positions at Pixar, 4 at Microsoft, a couple at Sun, etc. And several CS grads have won Academy Awards for their work in 3d/animation ( according to the website: <a href="http://sca2002.cs.brown.edu/ugrad/%5B/url%5D">http://sca2002.cs.brown.edu/ugrad/</a> ). You'll have to check out whether you can major in engineering and minor in CS. But I think this is worth a close look.</p>
<p>Guys ...i know its an off topic question but is there any specific area where one can take advantage of both bachelors in CS and Ms in Animation?
btw i know gaming is one.. but i'm not sure whether it would help a modeller or animator if he has programming bg.</p>
<p>Gaming for sure, but a lot of 3D companies, I believe, have their own proprietary software. They have to write or create the programming to effect the generation of hair and how it reacts to motion and environmental effects for eaxample. I don't know much about this area however.</p>
<p>mackinaw : that's VERY interesting.. I've always thought of Brown as a liberal art's lesser IVY (LOL) and never gave it much consideration. thanks for the info!</p>