I need help finding a college with 3D animation near my area

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<p>Hello everyone, I'm a high school senior about to graduate in about 5-7 months and I'm unsure of a lot of things. First, I am very interested in the area of 3D animation and modeling but I'm not sure where it would exactly fall into, Media Arts maybe? The other thing is that I've been trying to find a college/university near me that revolves around that field but I've been unable to find any. I live in New Jersey so I've been searching for schools in New York, Pennsylvania, etc but because of distance issues, New York, New York would be the best option for me. </p>

<p>Can someone please help me? Anyone out there have any info on where 3D animation would actually fall into? And/or know where I can find something on that field in new york city?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Navimaster, some schools to possibly look at in NYC would be The School of Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design and Pratt. Schools in PA are Philadelphia University and University of the Arts. Also, Fairleigh Dickinson has animation as a major.</p>

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<p>I know that NYU has it in grad school, it would be interesting to see if they offer it as an undergraduate.</p>

<p>Check out School of Visual Arts in NY. Another good choice is Rochester Institute of Technology, school of Film. They offer various types of animation such as 3D, modeling, 2D etc. It seems very good.</p>

<p>Frankly, the best animation schools are not in your area. They are Cal Arts in California and Sheridan College in Canada.</p>

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<p>At least I got some new info, thanks guys!</p>

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<p>RPI
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<p>actually nyu doesn't have a grad animation program. they do for undergrad.</p>

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<p>Elvenqueen10, Au contrare. Check out this url: Animation</a> and Digital Arts: Tisch School of the Arts Asia</p>

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<p>another program you might want to check out after you get a basic degree in art or animation would be the Gnomin school. Check out their url:</p>

<p>Gnomon</a> School of Visual Effects</p>

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<p>Digital Media Design @ the University of Pennsylvania</p>

<p><a href="http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/dmd/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>THE DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN (DMD) program was established in response to what we perceived as a growing rift within the computer graphics and animation industry.
The field had traditionally employed two kinds of people: artists and technologists. Each profession had its own vocabulary and perspective, and each had very different educational backgrounds. As a result, the professionals from these two areas often could not communicate effectively.
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>

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<p>Also check out Academy of Art University in California.</p>

<p>As for the digital media design program at Penn, they seem to be very software enginerring oriented and not as design oriented. You should check them out carefully before you decide to go there.In fact,they require six math courses. Here are their requirements:</p>

<p>As DMD majors, students will complete a Bachelors of Science in Engineering degree which includes: </p>

<p>6 Mathematics courses
4 Natural Science courses
12 Computer Science and Engineering courses
9 Communications and Fine Arts courses
7 Social Science & Humanities courses
2 Free Electives </p>

<p>Notice:you will NOT get the same amount of fine art/animation courses that you would get at other art programs. I can't fathem why Penn would require 6 math courses and 4 science courses for Animation. It does seem like a bit of unnecessary overkill.</p>