<p>Can u guys help me find 10 schools offter Computer Animation/Digital Art majors with high FA? My dream career is working on visual film effects and animation I just found out 3 which re DePauw and Brown, Cornell according to AWN.com ? thank you guys in advance!
edit: im international student :D</p>
<p>Savannah School of Design has a very good program.</p>
<p>Cal Arts in California. Set up by Walt and his estate. This is not just Mickey M. Northwesten U in Chicago has digital animation. Alfred U in New York allows you to do a senior capstone in comics if you want. Links to colleges that have animation was once posted in Pixar Animations FAQ page. Recently i notice the link dropped, dont know if its temporary.</p>
<p>Rochester Institute of Technology</p>
<p>SVA, Pratt institute. Also take a look at University of Cincinnati's Digital Design program. It not only looks very strong but has a guaranteed, paid 1.5 year coop. Also, since Cincinnati is a state school, you will find it to be less expensive than those private school counterparts.</p>
<p>My daughter is just entering her freshmen year there and raves about the program.</p>
<p>Another alternative is UPenn. They have an interesting program that is a combination of art, computers and engineering. The problem with both Penn and Cornell is that they both require a lot of liberal arts,which means you take a lot less courses in design than that found at other schools mentioned here.</p>
<p>I believe that CMU has a new program in game design. However, this program is found as a masters program only.</p>
<p>Digipen Institute of Technology is a high profile college in computer art/animation/videogame design.</p>
<p>I just realized that MICA has a digital arts program for both undergrad and graduate, and you can get a combined 5 year BS/ MS in digital arts there.</p>
<p>The Penn program you are referring to is DMD (Digital Media Design)</p>
<p>The program's website is here <a href="http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd/%5B/url%5D">http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd/</a></p>
<p>"The DMD program was created to educate a new generation of people to work in computer graphics; people who, through a combined education in both disciplines, could collaborate effectively with technologists and artists. In addition, through their communications courses, DMD students delve into what the audience of these future collaborations might perceive."</p>
<p>Coincidentally, there's an article about Penn's Digital Media Design program in today's Daily Pennsylvanian:</p>
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**Growing graphic-design program awakens students' inner artist</p>
<p>SEAS's Digital Design sees high number of females participants</p>
<p>By: Nandanie Khilall</p>
<p>Posted: 9/25/07**</p>
<p>If you're looking for a major that expresses your artistic side, you might want to try Engineering before heading into the art studio.</p>
<p>Computer Graphics at the University of Pennsylvania - a subset of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' Computer Science department - is the umbrella for all programs in computer graphics at Penn, from high school to Ph.D. students. </p>
<p>In an effort to keep up with recent technology, the University is finalizing plans to renovate the first floor of the Moore building , home to the computer-graphics offices. </p>
<p>These plans include completely rebuilding the Human Modeling and Simulation Lab space, creating a work space with a "light ceiling" that reflects the sky outside and adding displays of student work. </p>
<p>"We chew up images at a rate that we never have before in the history of man," said Amy Calhoun, associate director of the Digital Media Design program . </p>
<p>She added that thirty years ago computer graphics didn't even exist - now, it's indispensable.</p>
<p>Enrollment in computer graphics is growing as more and more students are becoming interested in this "integration between art and engineering," said Engineering sophomore Brynn Shepherd, a Digital Media Design major.</p>
<p>This year, DMD is about 50 percent female, a somewhat surprising fact considering that computer science is typically a male-dominated field. </p>
<p>In addition, Computer Graphics program Ph.D. student Chris Czyzewicz said that, at the lab he works in, the ratio of men to women is about equal.</p>
<p>Penn's computer graphics program is also differentiated from those of its competitors', since every level and class of students in CG@Penn work together to create better solutions to </p>
<p>problems. </p>
<p>Freshmen might work with Ph.D. students on NASA projects, while sophomores have the chance to be the first author in a paper. </p>
<p>"The collaboration of all levels leads to better projects and better research," Calhoun said. </p>
<p>There are about 110 students total in the program and, surprisingly, only two full-time faculty members: DMD Director and Faculty Advisor Norman Badler and Computer Science professor Alla Safonova . </p>
<p>"It's one of the few Engineering majors that has so much room for creativity," Shepherd said. "The integration of technology and art is fascinating." </p>
<p>Czyzewicz added, "These students have no lack of motivation or skill. They're the people who go on to work for Disney and Pixar."</p>
<p>Should someone decide not to major in DMD, any freshman course is transferable to any other major in Penn. </p>
<p>Calhoun said that the program is set up this way because more than a third of incoming DMD students have no background in Computer Science and are just really interested in the field. </p>
<p>She added she loves that students are intrigued, but if they don't pursue the program, that's okay also. </p>
<p>"Computer graphics is the enabler that lets students go into any field they want," said Badler. "Sometimes that's computer science, and sometimes it's not."
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<p>Thank u guys, what about other school I mention at first Brown, Depauw, Cornell and also Washington Uni in St,Louis ( i just found out today), and I solely want to study in a school that has a strong connection with recruiters from companies and studio, do u guys know any ?</p>
<p>If you are sure Digital Media is the only thing you want to do, check out Full Sail in Florida. It has excellerated programs of study. You can get your Batchelors in 21 months. My son is going to go to the Back Stage event next month and is pretty excited about it. A boy from our hometown went, loved it and now works in CA. Worth a look.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon...?</p>
<p>Program for the Animate Arts at Northwestern is offered as an adjunct major. It can be approached either from a tech angle via a CS/math/engineering base in the School of Engineering or Arts and Science or from a communications/arts perspective as a School of Communications student. </p>
<p>"Animate Arts is a new undergraduate adjunct major that will provide an interdisciplinary approach to studying and creating new digital media. Its curriculum tightly integrates education in the arts and in technology particularly computer programming." </p>
<p>"The program's flagship course is a new introductory sequence in which students are introduced to 2D and 3D design and visual literacy, music theory, sound processing, and narrative theory, as well as computer science and cognitive science. A primary focus of this sequence is to provide students with multiple opportunities to actively integrate various art forms with technology in the development of creative projects. Our goal is to create a community of creative thinkers and makers that transcends cultural barriers between and among disciplines."</p>