<p>Hi, I am gonna be a senior next year, just wondering, do Columbia have a good undergrad visual arts program? Since my parents prefer that I don't apply to Yale, which is the only other ivy school that i know of to be strong in visual arts. I do not want to go to a Art School for my undergrad studies, so can anyone, Columbia Alumi, etc. help me out? Thanks =)</p>
<p>former girlfriend majors in visual arts and from what I've seen of her and her friends' work, Columbia's quite intense and expansive in the visual arts field.
A better visual arts program in the city would have to be found at NYU however,
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CC Student Council - Class of 2008</p>
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CU National Undergraduate Film Festival</p>
<p>yep NYU and cooper both have better programs, however they tend to be lacking in other fields of study, I am not sure what I am going to major in, exactly, and my parents don't want me to pursue a full career in art, being first-generation immigrant and all....
Anyways, thanks for the tip, btw do you know if columbia offers double major programs or major-minor?</p>
<p>yes, columbia does offer double majors (which can be tough to fit), major-concentrations, and double concentrations. in fact, you don't even need a major to graduate--you only a concentration, which is slightly more in-depth than a "minor" at other colleges. i figure they probably allow this because the core, which can take up a lot of your schedule, provides such a great foundation in the liberal arts that while it is generally recommended that you actually major in something, your education will be well-rounded and complete even if you choose only a single concentration.</p>
<p>awesome! thanks!</p>
<p>Btw, Soho and any other people who knows the columbia visual arts program, is it more film media intensive or does it allow you a full scale visual arts aka, trad drawing, painting, animation etc. since my interest is in more animation and drawing, painting rather than in 3-D or film media studies like 2-D design type of thing, thanks :)</p>
<p>Columbia isn't so film intensive. That's their legendary grad school. The visual arts major at Columbia throws you in immediately in a sculpture class, a drawing class, a printmaking class. And then you go on to painting, animation design, etc. There's a lot to offer in the visual arts field at Columbia.
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<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cc2008%5B/url%5D">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cc2008</a>
CC Student Council - Class of 2008</p>
<p><a href="http://www.CUfestival.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.CUfestival.com</a>
CU National Undergraduate Film Festival</p>