<p>Does anyone know if it's difficult to take art classes because they're too far away? How hard are the first two years of classes, generally (since I might be looking to transfer)? Does anyone have a list of the majors available within the college of art and design? it exists on college board but i checked to see if UM was accredited for Interior Architecture (one of the thing slisted on college board) and it's NOT! So i dont trust colelge board. Does anyone know if they have Industrial design, commercial/advertising art, design/visual communications?</p>
<p>Faleen, your questions are very technical, so I recommend you call the college of Art and Design and speak to one of their couselors. I want you to remember that many top programs aren't accredited. Being accredited simply means that the program applied for accreditation.</p>
<p>I will say this, getting to the Art school is easy. If you live in North Campus, it is a 5-10 minute walk. If you live in Central campus, it is a 10 minute bus ride. The bus is free and there is one every 10 minutes or so.</p>
<p>Be sure you thoroughly research the art department to be sure it has what you want. Over the past several years, they have changed their focus (and I really don't know more than that). If you know you want to major in commercial art, and you know this is your passion, then you may want to think about an art school. If you're not sure that art is your thing, then a large university with a good art & design program does make sense. It's not Michigan's strongest department. If you want a university experience with a strong art/industrial design department, you might look at Carnegie Mellon. Here is a list of art school rankings that I picked up a couple of years ago:</p>
<p>Art School Rankings
* OVERALL=RISD, School of Art Inst of Chicago (SAIC), and Yale; California Inst of the Arts (CalArts) and Cranbrook; Alfred Univ--Ceramics, UCLA, Art Center Coll of Design (CA), Virginia Commonwealth (VCU); CMU, School of Visual Arts (NY), Univ. of Iowa; AZ State, Calif. Coll. of Arts and Crafts, Indiana U, MD Inst College of Art (MICA), Pratt Inst, SF Art Inst, Indiana Univ, Univ. of Wisconsin, RIT. Also Cooper Union and the Kansas City Art Institute which don't have grad schools.
* PAINTING/DRAWING=Yale, SAIC, UCLA, RISD, MICA and Temple, S.F. Art Inst and UTexas Austin
* GRAPHIC DESIGN=RISD, Yale, Cranbrook, Art Center Coll of Design (CA) and VCU, CMU, NCState & UIUC, Pratt Inst & School of Visual Arts. . . .
* INDUSTRIAL DESIGN =Art Center Coll of Design, RISD, CMU and Cranbrook, Pratt Inst.
* PHOTOGRAPHY=SAIC, RISD and UNM, RIT, AZ State and SF Art Inst, Yale, CalArts
* SCULPTURE=VCU, Yale, SAIC, UCLA, Cranbrook, RISD, MICA. . . .
* PRINTMAKING=UWisc, UIowa, AZ State, UGa, and UTenn, SAIC & UT-Austin, Cranbrook & Rutgers, RISD
* MULTIMEDIA/VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS=CalArts, CMU + SAIC, UCLA, School of Visual Arts (NY), NYU and UCSD. . . .
*FASHION=Parsons and Fashion Institute of New York</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>Snorky,</p>
<p>I want to eventually do industrial design. I wanted to know if it was sensible to do related courses in a place like nyu , finish my bachelor's and then do a masters in industril design at somewhere like RISD.... Thanks</p>
<p>Snorky, your list does not include Illustration. How good is it in RISD?</p>