Top Diploma Programs in Art Studies

Are you passionate about 3D animation? Ready to turn this passion into a fun-filled creative career? In the 3D Modeling Animation Art and Design diploma program at VCAD you'll learn the tools and develop the skills to succeed in the computer-generated animation industry. In this program, you'll learn the techniques used in three-dimensional animation art and design. You'll focus on the game development process, including using storyboards, staging scenes and designing game environments and levels. More importantly, you'll design 3D characters and animate them using industry-standard software. By the end of the program, your portfolio will highlight your skill set and showcase your unique animation work.... [-]

The diploma course is a one year option to cover the key elements of design and making mosaics for art students who want a broad knowledge of mosaic making, its history and potential.

Mosaic Fabrication: Techniques and ApplicationIntroduction to tools, techniques and materials; studying surfaces and substrates; Term 1 Roman Mosaics working with hammer and hardie using marble; Term 2 Byzantine Mosaic working with hammer and hardie using smalti; working with other standard mosaic materials and nippers; Term 3 Individual project, making frames, documenting and marketing work (60 credits)

History of MosaicClassical and Roman Mosaics, Byzantine and Western Mosaics from the 4th Century (For the Diploma only students there are a couple of extra sessions to give them an overview into Modern and Contemporary Mosaics) (30 credits)... [-]

The number of places is limited. There are no entry exams. Classes are held in English.

The 2-year full-time program of the School of Creative Photography ( Poland, Europe) ends up with diploma collection of photographs on a chosen theme. The graduates receive the diploma – Fine Art Photographer. Every student presents his work during an individual exhibition in one of the galleries in Krakow. The educational philosophy is not to cram in information, but to release creative potential. This is accomplished through the personal attention. The school’s program is composed in the way that allows the student to study all photography techniques. The School of Creative Photography ( Poland, Europe) is approved by the Polish Ministry of Culture, and is listed in the Ministry’s Art School Directory. Photography School owns a professional computer lab, fully equipped in Adobe programmes package.... [-]

If you want to pursue a career in Art & Design and have not completed high school, two-year year programme is the ideal route for you and is essential if you want to study Art & Design at Degree level.

The first year is all about laying the foundations of art and design, giving you the basic fundamental art skills and developing creative approaches and ideas. You will develop your drawing skills through compulsory subjects areas including:

From September through to March you will also be introduced to 2D and 3D creative design processes as well as lens-based media:

Video Game Art (4006) 2 Years - 4 Semesters Ontario College Diploma Program Overview This 2 year program structure provides a balanced schedule strongly emphasizing art creations and production. Initial semesters pay special attention to traditional arts, in recognition of traditional art skills as a foundation for digital art skills. Each semester has at least one class outside art production, covering other areas crucial to a game artists development. By the final semester, studio style digital art production is heavily emphasized in preparation for the students entering the workforce. Students may have the opportunity to be involved in applied research projects. Please see the `Applied Research Centre` section for more information relating to the Sault College Applied Research Centre. Program of Study Semester 1... [-]

The Undergraduate Diploma program is a top-up program that allows students to transfer more than 120 credits earned from other institutions and earn only the remaining number of credits to reach 180, the equivalent of a Bachelor degree, in order to qualify for admission in our graduate programs.

Undergraduate courses are divided into core courses and specialization courses (relevant to a major or minor). Electives can be chosen from any of the scheduled courses offered at the undergraduate level. Specialization courses are scheduled based on enrollments and may not be available at all campuses. Specialization courses scheduled are available to all students also as electives. Students are recommended to complete courses and earn credits at the highest level possible.... [-]

STUDY FLEXIBLY ONLINE, COURSE FEES FROM £61.88 PER MONTH SUBSIDISED BY FUNDING.

Do you make curtains for your own home, family and friends? Do they encourage you to start your own curtain making business? Would you love a career change but lack the qualifications? Would you like to use this course as an entry onto a degree?

...then this is the course for you!

One course - two ways to study; choose from distance learning home study or in the studio at the academy (see our website for dates).

No previous qualifications are needed for this course; you will need just basic sewing skills and know how to make a basic, unlined curtain.

This Level 3 Diploma course is fully accredited by AIM Awards. It is flexible and can be studied via part-time distance learning, allowing you to continue with existing work and family commitments, or you may attend our in-studio courses for a ‘fast-track' to the qualification.... [-]

Attestation of College Studies (ACS) (French: Attestation d'études collégiales (AEC))

The 3D Modeling Animation & Design - NTL.0Z program focuses on providing graduates with a solid foundation in the technical and artistic skills needed to be successful in the game, animation and CGI industries. Key to this is a genuine understanding of storytelling, game design, game play, modeling and animation techniques.

Students will also acquire a solid foundation in traditional artistic techniques. Colour theory, design fundamentals and life drawing will be taught and students will apply this knowledge to the production and animation of characters, lighting, texturing, layout and design. ... [-]

The Media Design and Web Development diploma is a two-year program that uses the latest technology to enrich the students’ learning. Through studio projects that reflect today’s technological trends, students get hands-on experience applying design theories and principles.

This program enhances the student’s skills in various industry software to successfully design creative web media and to develop proficient web designs.

The second-year is the co-op experience where students will be working in the industry and gaining real-life experience, grounding and enhancing the academic concepts learned in class.

The Graduate in Photography has a duration of three years and its purpose is to offer a technical and humanistic training to the future photographer, in a broad and solid manner.

Both people who look at photography a means of artistic expression and personal, as a professional outlet. At the end of the Graduate the student reaches the necessary knowledge that will help him carry out his professional and creative activity.

The First Course provides with its contents a base that allows the student to solve any photographic situation both at a technical and conceptual level.

The Second Course consolidates and perfects the techniques and procedures necessary for professional practice, and delves into methodological, historical, narrative and aesthetic concepts.... [-]

The University Major Experience of Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset is a university study program aimed at people over 50 years of age. Directed by professors Fernando R. Lafuente and Andrea Donofrio, its objective is to promote the personal and sociocultural development of its students; and respond to the intellectual needs and demands of an important group of our society, increasingly numerous and heterogeneous. For this reason, our training proposal is multidisciplinary and proposes a new vision of the university world that is more participative and rewarding. Unlike the young people, they have already lived through professional and personal stages and have the experience and maturity that the years bring. Because most of the people who access the University, after 50 years, do not do so much to increase their professional abilities but to develop their own intellectual and social capacities; participate in intellectual and cultural activities; and interact with prestigious academics and other colleagues who face life with similar perspectives.... [-]

This Co-op diploma program focuses on preparing you to work as a programmer with a specialization in the video game industry, requiring the application of current industry policies, practices, procedures, and tools. This program will give you the theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills in industry standard programming languages, database design and application, fundamentals of object-oriented programming, HTML, Javascript, graphical assets and practical software applications.

Upon successful completion, graduates will be able to secure employment as application programmers and system analysts.... [-]

Receive hands-on 3d animation training from our animation experts at the Centre for Arts and Technology Kelowna, BC college campus. You’ve always been creative and had your finger on the pulse of the latest trends in technology. Video games are a bit of an obsession, and a career that requires a suit and tie is just not what you have in mind. Working with a team of talented colleagues on the next blockbuster game or animated feature is where you see yourself in the near future. It’s time to bring your dreams to life. In just 24 months, you’ll receive the 3d animation training to earn your professional diploma and come away with a knock-out portfolio and demo reel showcasing your talents to potential employers. These are just some of the career paths you could take with your two-year diploma in 3d Animation for Game, Film & Visual Effects:... [-]

The Animation Art & Design diploma program is designed to provide graduates with the relevant skills necessary to pursue entry-level employment in the animation, game and visual effects entertainment industries. Students will have the opportunity to develop the technical and creative aptitude necessary to demonstrate and present their skills to industry. This goal is achieved by building a foundation of traditional artistic skills and then providing students with the opportunity to receive hands-on training in various modern applications. All kinds of industries—beyond just entertainment and media—need creative minds to bring ideas to life. Animators. 3D animators. Multimedia artists. Special Effects artists. Along with others, they put their skills and imaginations to work everywhere from film and TV to medicine and law. If you have the talent, passion, and tenacity to follow that career path, Media Arts & Animation degree programs can prepare you for a life of doing what you love. In our creative and supportive environment, you’ll use industry-specific hardware and software in an environment that’s as challenging and competitive as the real world. You’ll be surrounded and inspired by other talented, creatively driven students. And you’ll be pushed, challenged, and, above all else, supported by experienced faculty*. It won't be easy. But nothing truly worthwhile ever is.... [-]

In our 3D animation course, you will design and produce a portfolio of the work you have done during your studies at Oakfields College which will enable prospective employers to gauge your abilities and talent.

This Diploma in 3D animation and visual effects provides comprehensive training for the graduate who would like to enter into the professional industry of animation. You will be intensively trained in all aspects of production, from illustration to 3D production – making you highly marketable.

By the time you finish the course, you will have learnt everything there is to know about the industry and will have a thorough understanding of what it takes to be a successful 3D artist.... [-]