School Guide

Degrees/Certificates offered: Accredited AA, BA, BFA, MA, MFA and M.Arch degree programs in: Acting, Advertising, Animation & Visual Effects, Architecture, Art Education, Fashion, Fine Art, Game Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture & Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures & Television, Multimedia Communications, Music Production & Sound Design for Visual Media, Photography and Web Design & New Media. Online degree programs in most areas of study.
Number of students in animation program: Over 17,000.
Cost of program: See website
Head of animation: Chris Armstrong (Director of Animation 3D); Sherrie Sinclair (Director of Animation 2D)
Head of admissions: Noreen Chan
Time of year offered: Year-round
Application deadline: Applications are accepted year-round. Spring 2012 Animation deadline is January 30, 2012.
Equipment: Computer Lab
Facilities: High-end PC work stations with state-of-the-art software programs (Maya, ZBrush, Adobe, RenderMan and more); Mac work stations, including stations with Final Cut Pro for input/output; peripheral devices (Wacom tablets, Cintiq tablets, firewire, DVD burners, printers); scanner work stations. Video Lab Facilities: Mac work stations, HD video capabilities for location and green room shoots, DVD authoring, sound booth with Sound Forge software, green-screen studio.

Degrees/Certificates offered: Character Animation Program: Diploma in Advanced Studies in Character Animation backed by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education; Animals & Creatures: Master Class: Master Class Certificate of Completion
Number of students in animation program: 1,000
Cost of program: $18,928 for Character Animation Program; $6,775 for Animals & Creatures: Master Class
Head of animation: Bobby Beck, CEO/Co-Founder
Head of admissions: Cheryl Hoke
Time of year offered: Classes start every quarter
Application deadline: See http://www.animationmentor.com/school/terms.html
Equipment: Maya software

Certificates offered: Certificates in 3D Animation and 3D Character
Number of students in animation program: Over 100
Cost of program: $12,600 for 21 months
Head of animation: David Gallagher
Time of year offered: Each quarter
Application deadline: See website

Degrees offered: BFA
Number of students in animation program: 75 (accepting 25 students a year)
Cost of program: http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=85
Head of animation: Kelly Loosli
Time of year offered: Fall
Application deadline: April 1
Equipment: Multiple labs featuring both 2D and 3D animation resources.

Degrees offered: BA Art- Animation Concentration with Games, 3D CG, 2D Digital & Drawing Character & Storyboarding
Number of students in animation program: 110
Cost of program: Approx. $2,300 per semester
Head of animation: Animation Area Coordinator, Prof. Farquhar (mark.farquhar@csun.edu)
Time of year offered: Fall and Spring
Application deadline: Usually November for following Fall (August) admission
Equipment: 2 animation labs, 50 Macs with 3D CG Maya & 2D Flash. Cintiqs & Wacom tablets, lunchbox, animation drawing tables, life drawing studio

Degrees/Certificates offered: Classical 2D Commercial Animation (two year diploma, 60 credits), 3D Digital Animation (eight month postdiploma, 36 credits), Digital Visual Effects (two year diploma,60 credits), Summer Intensives: Animation Fundamentals (eight week certificate), and Computer Animation/Visual Effects (eight week certificate)
Number of students in animation program: 24 per class (96 total + summer students)
Cost of program: $113.40 per credit hour (domestic), $475 per credit hour (international) Some programs have exceptional tuition. Refer to gradshow.com for specific costs)
Head of animation: Don Perro, 2D; Craig Simmons, 3D
Head of admissions: Karen McCredie, Registrar
Time of year offered: Fall
Application deadline: April 2, 2012
Equipment: Student to workstation ratio: 1:1 in all programs. 2D Commercial (Classical) Animation: Studio labs with traditional animation desks and computers and 21” Wacom Cintiqs, projector, camera room. 3D Digital Animation: Dedicated lab with new computers each year and dual monitors (Cintiq, flatscreen). Students keep computers & software after program completion. Digital Visual Effects: New $30 million, state-of-theart, Nat and Flora Bosa Center for Film and Animation opened January 2012. Winners in Animation Magazine’s annual Pitch Party competition every year for the last four years.

Degrees offered: BFA
Number of students in animation program: 10
Cost of program: Cost of tuition
Head of animation: Megan Ehrhart
Head of admissions: Robert Borden
Time of year offered: Year-round
Application deadline: Rolling applications
Equipment: Lunchbox animation studio, permanent and portable animation lightboard drawing tables/drafting studio, 3 wall seamless greenscreen studio, 3D motion-capture system, machined metal armature for stop-motion puppets, complete Adobe and Autodesk software for 2D and 3D animation, HDV camcorders (Canon XHA1, Sony A1U), Canon DSLR’s (Canon 5DmkII, Canon 60D), Wacom Intuos 3 tablets, Windows and Mac operating systems, Final Cut Pro Suite, sound mixing lab, large scale scanners and color printers, 16mm Bolex cameras, lights, microphones

Degrees/Certificates offered: 2 year diploma Animation (2D/3D)
Number of students in animation program: 20 (per year)
Cost of program: $3,035 (total for year -2 semesters)
Head of animation: Tina Montgomery (Dean) ext: 4320
Head of admissions: Jocelyne Bedard ext: 1170
Time of year offered: September to April
Application deadline: Open
Equipment: 1 2D/3D animation computer lab, 1 stop-motion lab, 1 visual arts lab (drawing, painting, animation and printmaking) with an excellent collection of resource material for the students. (Program is offered in French. You must be able to understand the French language. French immersion students are welcome. A portfolio submission is required.)

Degrees offered: BA in Game Design with concentrations in Art, Design and Programming
Cost of program: $20,000 approx. per year
Head of animation: Jim Rohn
Head of admissions: Murphy Monroe
Time of year offered: Fall, Spring and Summer
Application deadline: Rolling
Equipment: Large, acoustically treated, motion-capture studio; Dell workstations, Apple Mac Pro workstations, Wacom tablets, Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite

Time of year offered: Classes start every quarter
Application deadline: See http://www.cgmwmasterclasses.com/academic-year.html

Degrees/Certificates offered: BA Animation, BS Animation (Game Art and Cinema concentrations), MA Animation (beginning Fall 2011), MFA Animation (beginning Fall 2012), BS Computer Game Development, MS Computer Game Development, BA Digital Cinema, BS Digital Cinema, MS Cinema Production, MFA Cinema
Number of students in animation program: 148 (undergraduate only)
Cost of program: $30,000 per year for undergraduate full time tuition package, $710 per credit hour for graduate tuition (Fall 2011 rates)
Head of animation: Scott Roberts
Time of year offered: Quarters system for BA, BS, MS programs. Animation MA admits in fall and spring quarters only and MFA programs admit for fall quarter only.
Application deadline: November 15 for early action undergraduate admission. Rolling admission for MS programs. February 1st for MFA programs. Priority application deadline for fall quarter Animation MA is June 1st, the late entry application deadline is August 1st. and and February 1st for spring quarter.
Equipment: The latest versions of Maya, Zbrush, Motion Builder, After Effects, Flash, Final Cut, Toon Boom Studio, Stop Motion Pro and Dragon. In-house production stage, green screen, motion-capture stage and sound studio. Animation lab with Animation Station Lightboxes, Wacom Cintiq 20WSW tablet/displays, 15 Dell Precision 390 minitower PCs, 15 Dell Precision T3400 minitower PCs, Epson Perfection V200 Photo Scanners, Wacom Intuos3 drawing tablets, HP LaserJet P2015 printer. Stop motion lab with Canon DSLRs, Stop Motion Pro and Dragon. Game Development lab with 8 Dell XPS 630 PCs, 8 Dell XPS 720 PCs, 9 Dell XPS 600 PCs. PC Gaming lab and Console Gaming lab with Xbox 360s, Playstation 3s, Nintendo Wiis, Xbox, Playstation 2s, Game Cubes, etc. More than 600 PC and Mac computer work stations available in the building.

Certificates offered: Certificate
Number of students in animation program: Max. 60, youth and adults
Cost of program: Call for details
Head of animation: John Teton
Time of year offered: Quarterly classes and solo instruction, concentrated workshops,and teletraining instruction four quarters each year
Equipment: Call for details of technical setups for in-person classes and for live-interactive online teleclasses (as featured in Animation Magazine feature accessible from our website)

Degrees offered: Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Media Arts, Master of Applied Arts, Master of Digital Media Number of students in animation program: 122
Cost of program: Domestic: approx. $3,900/year for 30 credits; International: approx. $12,750/year for 30 credits
Head of animation: Leslie Bishko, Assoc. Prof. of Design + Dynamic Media
Head of admissions: Alan McMillan, Dir. of Student Services + Registrar
Time of year offered: September
Application deadline: Application and transcript deadline: January 15; portfolio deadline: February 1. See http://www.ecuad.ca/admissions/undergrad for full details.
Equipment: Animation facilities include computer workstations that house a suite of 2D and 3D software, line testing and under-camera stations, a puppet studio, 16mm animation stands, full-service video studio, and sound recording and editing suites, providing fluid exchange of digital formats and creative possibilities.

Degrees offered: BFA Computer Animation & Interactive Media
Number of students in animation program: 48
Cost of program: In-state tuition: $5,168 per year; out-of-state: $13,550
Head of animation: Terry Blum, Dir. Computer Graphics
Head of admissions: Elizabeth Grubic, Admissions Officer
Time of year offered: Fall
Application deadline: January 1
Equipment: HPZ800 Platform – Softimage, AVID, Adobe Master Suite, Autodesk Entertainment Suite, Pixologic ZBrush and others.

Degrees/Certificates offered: One-year introduction to Animation Drawing Skills - FETAC level 5 Award; two-year Higher National Diploma (HND) in Classical and Computer Animation, certified by BTEC (Edexcel); two-year top up Honors degree program (BA Hons in Animation) from HND, certified by the University of Dundee in Scotland Number of students in animation program: 150 across all programs, 20-30 at degree level
Cost of program: Animation Drawing: €400 approx.; Classical and Computer Animation: €650 approx.; BA Hons Animation: €2,200 approx. (all per year). Non-E.U. nationals pay academic fees of approx. €3,600 per year for all programs.
Head of animation: Diarmuid OBrien
Head of admissions: Gareth Lee
Time of year offered: September
Application deadline: March 2, 2011; see website for portfolio requirements and application
Equipment: All relevant software and hardware required to teach classical and computer animation up to honors degree level. Contact Gareth Lee (glee@bcfe.net) for details.

Certificates offered: Storyboarding certificate program (Spring 2012)
Number of students in animation program: First classes start January 2012
Cost of program: $499 per class. $20 monthly subscription available
Head of animation: Mike Polvani
Head of admissions: Santosh Oommen
Time of year offered: Year-round
Application deadline: Year-round

Degrees offered: Associate in Applied Arts
Number of students in animation program: 80
Cost of program: 64 credits at $79 - $237 per credit approx.
Head of animation: Sharon Wood
Head of admissions: lcc.edu/admissions/general
Time of year offered: All
Application deadline: None
Equipment: Macs & PCs running Autodesk and Adobe software

Certificates offered: Certificates in 2D and 3D Animation
Number of students in animation program: 15 per course
Cost of program: USD 5,800
Head of animation: Gustavo E. de M. Corrêa
Head of admissions: Tebogo Lekgoara
Time of year offered: February to November
Application deadline: January
Equipment: PC, Wacom tablets, Autodesk, Toon Boom, V-Ray, Unity

Programs offered: Three-year BFA and Atelier Programs for both Fine Art and Entertainment Art. LAAFA’s Programs are designed to develop artists at any stage of their artistic careers. LAAFA‘s Extension Program is available for artists who are unable to commit to a full-time intensive curriculum.

Degrees/Certificates offered: Diploma
Head of animation: Tina Seemann
Time of year offered: September to May

Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Number of students in animation program: 37
Cost of program: $30,386
Head of animation: Stevie Rexroth
Head of admissions: William Mullen
Time of year offered: August, January
Application deadline: April 1, November 1
Equipment: Dedicated animation studio with Apple Mac Pro and iMac computers, Wacom Cintiq pen displays and Intuos tablets, drawing tables, light tables, ADF scanners, cel capture stations, and more; stop-motion stations with DV, HD, and DSLR capture equipment; Adobe Creative Suite software including After Effects, Photoshop, Flash, Premiere, Illustrator, and more; Autodesk Maya and Mudbox software; iStopMotion and DragonFrame capture software; dedicated audio recording and mixing suite with Pro Tools software and hardware; screening auditoriums with HD projection and theater-quality sound

Degrees/ offered: BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, BA (Hons) Computer Visualisation and Animation
Number of students in animation program: 150 / 150
Cost of program: £27,000
Head of animation: Paula Callus, Zhidong Xiao
Head of admission: Prof. Comninos Time of year offered: 2012-13
Application deadline: January 15 Equipment: 3D animation studios, motion capture, life-drawing room, green-screen, acquisition

Degrees offered: Master of Science in Interactive Motion Graphics and Visual Effects
Number of students in animation program: 40+
Cost of program: $15,121 per semester for full-time 10-12 credit flat rate tuition
Head of animation: Patricia Heard-Greene
Head of admissions: Cynthia Perez
Time of year offered: Open enrollment Fall, Spring, prerequisite-Summer
Application deadline: Rolling admissions
Equipment: Computer lab, rapid prototyping/3D scanning suite; various industry standard software and equipment: Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite (Maya, Softimage, MotionBuilder, Mudbox), Side Effects Houdini, Maxon Cinema 4D, Pixologic ZBrush, Unity 3D Game Engine, Pixel Farm PFTrack, Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Foundry Nuke and Mari, Trapcode Suite

Degrees offered: Bachelor of Science Degree: Media Arts (Study in 3D Animation, VFX & Compositing, HD Video Production or Web Design); Associate of Applied Science Degree: Graphic Design or Multimedia Design
Number of students in animation program: 45
Cost of program: $17,955 per academic year
Head of admissions: Kimberly Harbert
Time of year offered: Every five to six weeks
Application deadline: Determined on student occupancy
Equipment: Maya, ZBrush, Mudbox, Boujou, After Effects, MotionBuilder, Mental Ray, etc.

Degrees/Certificates offered: B.Sc Animation, AD3D+, AD3D
Number of students in animation program: 40
Cost of program: 3.5lakh, 2lakh, 1.5lakh
Head of animation: Hardeep Sngh Gill
Head of admissions: Mrs. Amandeep Kaur
Time of year offered: Degree 2 twice / diploma year-round
Application deadline: May/September
Equipment: Windows and Mac

Degrees offered: BFA
Number of students in animation program: Approx. 75 - 85
Cost of program: $39,482 per year, financial aid available
Head of animation: Amy Kravitz, akravitz@risd.edu
Head of admissions: Edward Newhall, enewhall@risd.edu
Time of year offered: Four-year undergraduate program. Courses run from September through May.
Application deadline: Early
Decision: November 15, Regular
Decision: February 15 (check website for given year)
Equipment: See website

Degrees offered: Bachelor of Fine Art in: Animation (2D and 3D) (offered both online and on-ground) and Game Art (currently only offered on-ground)
Number of students in animation program: 87 in Animation and 23 in Game Art
Cost of program: For the 2011-2012 year: $13,820 per term on-ground (full time), $540 per credit hour (online)
Head of animation: Sam Fleming and Sean Burns
Head of admissions: Joe Leonhardt
Time of year offered: Year-round
Application deadline: Rolling admissions. Terms begin in the beginning of January, beginning of April, and end of August.
Equipment: Computer labs, tablet technology, various industry standard software

Degrees offered: BFA Animation/Illustration
Number of students in animation program: 500+
Cost of program: http://www.sjsu.edu/bursar/fees/regfees/spring
Head of animation: Alice A. Carter and J. Courtney Granner
Time of year offered: Fall & Spring
Application deadline: info.sjsu.edu/home/admission.html
Equipment: 2D and 3D animation labs

Degrees offered: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts Number of students in animation program: 740
Cost of program: Atlanta, Savannah, eLearning: Total full-time undergraduate student for one academic year: $30,510; Total full-time graduate student for one academic year: $30,960. Hong Kong: Total full-time undergraduate student for one academic year: HK$236,700.
Head of animation: Jeremy Moorshead, chair of animation
Head of admission: Scott Linzey, vice president for enrollment management
Time of year offered: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters
Application deadline: Accepted at any time of year, must be received at least 30 days prior to the intended quarter of entry.
Equipment: Autodesk Maya; Adobe Master Collection including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash and Premiere; Toon Boom Pencil Check Pro, Storyboard and Animate Pro. Resources include a Vicon motion-capture system.

Degrees/Certificates offered: Bachelor of Applied Arts (Animation). Certificates: Computer Animation; Computer Animation - Digital Visual Effects; Computer Animation - Digital Character; Game Level Design.
Number of students in program: BAA: Total 500; Computer Animation: 30; Digital VFX: 15; Digital Character: 15; Game Level Des.: 24
Cost of program: BAA: $7,924.97, Needs Based Bursary: $1,400. Certificates: $12,151.89 ($2,500 Bursary).
Time of year offered: September start
Application deadline: Equal Consideration Date (all programs): Feb 1, 2012

Certificates offered: Certificate for one year of full time study
Number of students in animation program: 75
Cost of program: Approximately $1,500
Head of animation: Charles Zembillas
Head of admissions: George Novotny
Time of year offered: Year-round
Application deadline: New students accepted monthly. It is recommended that students have a representation of their work online for review prior to enrollment.
Additional information: Our program is drawing based and focused on developing a strong fundamental foundation through Character Design, Background Design and Perspective, Visual Development, Storyboarding and Character Animation.

Cost of Program: Call for pricing. Head of animation: Eddie Bakshi Head of admissions: Jess Gorell Time of year offered: Both group and private weekly classes as well as individualized workshops are available throughout the year. Online classes to come.

Degrees/Certificates offered: Master’s Degree in Interactive Technology (Specializations in Art Creation, Level Design, Production and Programming for Game Development); Graduate Certification in Game Development (Specializations in Art Creation, Level Design, Production and Programming)
Number of students in animation program: Total Art Creation students: 43
Cost of program: Two year program: $65,100
Head of animation: Professor Gary Brubaker, Deputy Director of Academics
Head of admissions: Dr. Peter E. Raad, Executive Director and Founder
Time of year offered: Spring and Fall
Application deadline: Spring: October, Fall: April
Equipment: Alienware laptop, Wacom tablet

Degrees offered: Animation - Bachelor of Fine Arts
Number of students in animation program: 106 in 2011
Cost of program: Annual tuition $33,500
Head of animation: Karl Staven & Christopher Magee
Head of admissions: Susan Gandy, Assist. VP for Enrollment & Dean of Admissions
Time of year offered: Fall & Spring Terms
Application deadline: Rolling

Degrees/Certificates offered: Certificate & Diplomas offered for 3ds Max, Maya & Revit
Number of students in animation program: 10 students per class maximum
Cost of program: $4,650
Head of animation: Bobby Roy
Head of admissions: Brian Wilson
Time of year offered: Year-round (new classes start every month)
Application deadline: Two weeks prior to class start date
Equipment: Required: Computer with Internet access & headset with microphone

Degrees offered: Associate of Applied Science
Number of students in animation program: 50
Cost of program: $25,000 per year; $50,000 total for two years
Head of animation: Nick Ehrlich
Head of admissions: Heather Swanson
Time of year offered: Enrollments begin in September and January annually
Application deadline: Rolling
Equipment: Different each semester; call for latest equipment specs

Degrees/Certificates offered: 15 month diploma
Number of students in animation program: 15
Cost of program: $14,800
Head of animation/admissions: Mario Pochat
Time of year offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (4 intakes) Application deadline: See academic calendar

Degrees/Certificates offered: Diplomas in 2D/3D Character Animation, Game Art & Design, Visual Effects, Digital Photography, Acting for Film & TV, Web Development, Broadcasting
Number of students in animation program: 60
Cost of program: (2D) $19,750 Canadians, $22,750 International; (3D) $29,750 Canadians, $34,750 International
Head of animation: Wayne Gilbert
Head of admissions: Janet Cacchioni
Time of year offered: March & September
Application deadline: Continuous but best to apply at least 4-6 months prior to start date
Equipment: Personal student workstations with professional animation light tables and PC computer workstations equipped with Maya, Adobe Suites, Harmony; pencil test stations equipped with ToonBoom Pencil Check Pro

Degrees/Certificates offered: B.A. in Animation and Visual Effects, B.A. in Animation and Videogame Design; Masters in Visual Effects, Character Animation (new); courses in 3D Beginners, Digital Sculpting (ZBrush), Dynamic Simulations (Realflow)
Number of students in animation program: 40
Cost of program: Bachelor’s Degrees: 11,500 USD per year (3 year programs), 8,900 USD per year (4 year programs); Masters Degree: 11,500 USD (1 year); Courses: 575 USD (12 classes)
Head of animation: Mauricio De la Orta
Head of admissions: Sandra López
Time of year offered: Bachelor’s and Masters start every September. Courses are offered year round.
Application deadline: March 23, 2012
Equipment: Fully equipped computers with the latest version of the software used in the industry. HD video cameras, lighting and green-screen equipment.

Degrees offered: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Number of students in animation program: 76
Cost of program: $44,500 per year including room and board
Head of animation: Dori Littell-Herrick
Head of admissions: Ruth Lorenzano
Time of year offered: Fall and Spring semesters
Application deadline: Rolling admission
More information: Animation focuses on story and art, offering tracks in traditional, CG and stop-motion animation all taught in dedicated studios. Our BFA is integrated with the departments of Filmmaking, Game Art & Design and Media Technology. Students will form interdisciplinary capstone teams in their junior and senior years. Projects will be produced in the new filmmaking studio and theater with green screen and full sound mix capabilities plus all new cameras, lights, and grip equipment. Game Art & Design and Media Technology will share state of the art labs, serving the technically minded artist and programmer.