<p>Hi, this is my first time asking here,
and I wanna know some universities or LACs strong in art and design, (undergraduate)
except those art schools.</p>
<p>ps: If I am in Brown, is it really convenient to register studio art courses in RISD?.</p>
<p>Thanx,</p>
<p>bump, i'm interested in this as well</p>
<p>My information may be a bit dated (i.e., things might have changed in the last couple of years) but it used to be very easy for Brown students to register at RISD but much more difficult to actually work studio courses into a Brown schedule. This was because most studio classes are quite long (like 5 hours or so) so there are practical problems with working this into a typical college schedule. It can be done, but it might take a lot of juggling</p>
<p>This is not a problem unique to Brown/RISD. Hopkins students have similar problems trying to fit a studio course at MICA into their schedule. I think most if not all art schools have these long studio classes.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon has an amazing design program with #1 in Communications and Visual as well as top tier industrial.</p>
<p>CMU is <em>very</em> good, Brown is good with RISD connections, Hopkins has unique connections with MICA, Yale is very good in these two areas, Mass College of ARt in Boston, MA? I just stopped by it the other day, pretty good.</p>
<p>Lyx, In general the smaller schools focus on traditional art -- painting, sculpture, photography, print making -- and less on "design" and new media.
If you definitely lean toward design, then you should concentrate on larger schools or art schools.</p>
<p>Some LACs with good art departments.
Skidmore, Conn College, Kenyon, Wesleyan, Williams. Smith if you are female.</p>
<p>Brown now has a formal joint program with RISD. You need to be accepted to both and it is wildly selective. Tufts also has a joint program with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. I understand the logistics are complicated.</p>
<p>Not yet mentioned, but Syracuse has a very strong art college. You might also want to check out the list of schools that have received accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design: NASAD</a> Home</p>
<p>Bard, Sarah Lawrence, Wheaton, Goucher, Bennington, Lawrence U, Beloit College, Whitman, Lewis & Clark, and Southwestern U in Texas are additional LACs to consider for strong art departments, but you won't find much "design" in the LAC realm. As momrath said, they tend to focus more on studio art. Two that do offer both studio art and graphic design are University of Redlands and Chapman U, both in California.</p>
<p>Two that haven't been mentioned: VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) and the University of Georgia. Big schools that have, from what we were told by several professionals, strong art programs.</p>
<p>as mentioned brown and risd have a joint program</p>
<p>my understanding is that both schools have made it easier to cross-register, even for those who are not in the formal program.</p>
<p>depending on your interests, brown itself has a very strong visual art program</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis. Brand new facility, too.</p>
<p>Fine Art---UCLA
Design----ASU(Arizona)</p>
<p>Thanks for your infor.!</p>
<p>In fact, my intended majors are art, design, or architecture,,
for things may change in the college years,..ah............So</p>