Education & Career Guide University of Central Florida The University of the Arts University of Southern California Webster University School of Visual Arts, Heads of animation: Centre for Digital Media Woodbury University Thomas Jefferson University University of California Los Angeles Centre NAD Universite de Quebec a Chicoutimi Montreal, QC, Canada nad.ca Phone: (514) 288-3447 Email: info@nad.com CANADA Capilano University Universal Arts School Hollywood, CA ua.school 26 2020 www.animationmagazine.net Degrees/Certificates offered: Additional Notes: For more information https:// svad.cah.ucf.edu/academics/emerging-media/ 2 Year Diplomas in: 2D Animation & Visual Development 3D Animation for Film & Games Digital Visual Effects Number of students in animation program: 140 Cost of program: See website Heads of animation: Don Perro, Craig Simmons Head of admissions: Jaspreet Jhutti Time of year offered: September Degrees/Certificates offered: BFA Animation, BFA Game Art Number of students in animation program: 120 Cost of program: $46,530 Head of animation: Karl Head of admissions: Time of year offered: Application deadline: Equipment available: Additional notes: Fall/ (407) 823-2676 (407) 823-6470 svadadvising@ ucf.edu BFA Emerging Media: Character Animation track; BFA Emerging Media: Experimental Animation track; MFA Emerging Media: Animation and Visual Effects track Number of students in animation program: 249 (Character Animation: 59; Experimental Animation 164; Animation & Visual Effects: 26 Cost of program: Resident: $212.28 per credit for tuition and fees ($105.07 per credit tuition only); Non-Resident: $748.89 per credit for tuition and fees ($105.07 per credit tuition only) Cheryl Briggs (Character Animation/Animation & Visual Effects), Matthew Dombrowski (Experimental Animation) Head of admissions: admission@ucf.edu Disney Animation desks retrofitted for the Cintiq. Software: Adobe CC, Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Substance, Mari Modo, Brush, Toon Boom Harmony, TVPaint, Stop Motion Pro, DragonFrame School of Cinematic Arts John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts Los Angeles, CA cinema.usc.edu/animation Phone: (213) 740-8358 Fax: (213) 740-4013 Email: admissions@ cinema.usc.edu School of Communications St. Louis, MO webster.edu/communications Phone: (314) 968-7154 Fax: (314) 963-6924 Email: admissions@ webster.edu Degrees/Certificates offered: Application deadline: February 15, 2020 Equipment available: Students are assigned to their own workstation and have 24/7 key card access to their space. Workstations consist of a 22” (or larger) Cintiq, second monitor, computer with Harmony, Creative Cloud, TVPaint. 3D and VFX have Maya, Nuke, ZBrush and much more. Free color printing, free life drawing supplies, free passes to several local events including the annual Vancouver Spark Animation Festival and Conference. Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network, Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon. Others have opened their own animation companies, such as Plymptoons, Titmouse and Augenblick studios. Named “Top Animation School in the World” by the Rookies, SVA students have earned awards in major international competitions including Student Academy Awards, Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Youtube Award, Prix Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, Electronic Theater and Art Show, Webby Awards, ISEA and the Leonardo Awards for Excellence. Student works have appeared in Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance, Annecy, Ottawa, and New York festivals, among many others. Division of Continuing Education New York, NY sva.edu/ce Phone: (212) 592-2050 Email: ce@sva.edu Degrees/Certificates offered: Individual courses only. Cost of program: course. Time of year offered: Fall, Spring & Summer semesters Varies by Philadelphia, PA www.uarts.edu Phone: (215) 717-6567 Email: admissions@uarts. edu Staven Heeseung Lee Spring Rolling Cintiq computer labs, 5,600-square-foot Center for Immersive Media featuring a motion-capture stage and VR workstations, 3,500-square-foot digital and traditional Makerspace, stop-motion studios, downshooters/ traditional animation stands, sound design labs and recording studios, equipment room with cameras, microphones, and other A/V UArts offers both visual and performing arts, allowing the unique opportunity to collaborate with musicians, dancers, actors and other artists! School of Visual Arts & Design Orlando, FL svad.cah.ucf.edu Phone: Fax: Email: Time of year offered: Spring Application deadline: Undergraduate: May 1, Track February 15; Graduate: January 15 Priority, July 1 Final Fall, Los Angeles, San Diego & Hollywood, CA mcd.woodbury.edu Phone: (818) 767-0888, (619) 235-2900, (8181) 252-5121 Email: info@woodbury. Vancouver, BC, Canada thecdm.ca Phone: (778) 370-1001 Email: admissions@ thecdm.ca Philadelphia, PA www.jefferson.edu Phone: 215-951-2913 Email: Jason.Kirk@jefferson.edu School of Theater, Film & Television Animation Workshop Los Angeles, CA animation.filmtv.ucla.edu Phone: (310) 206-8441 Email: info@tft.ucla.edu Equipment available: Undergraduate Labs: 35 iMacs with 13” Cintiqs, 30 PCs, dual 27” 4K monitors with 22” Cintiqs. 2D Animation Lab with desks and down-shooters donated from Disney Feature Animation. Graduate Lab and Research Spaces: Mac Pro or Dell workstations with dual 28” 4K monitors and 22” Cintiqs, edu North Vancouver, BC, Canada www.capilanou.ca Phone: (604) 983-7516 Email: animation@capilanou.ca CG Masters School of 3D Animation & VFX New Westminster, BC,