For art students studying abroad, after they decide to study abroad in art, there will be many doubts about the choice of colleges. Is it better for art majors to study abroad in art colleges or comprehensive universities? This question is still different from person to person, so we cannot generalize. How to identify which kind of college you are more suitable for? Today, we will compare the art design majors in art universities and comprehensive universities at home and abroad from the most popular CMU and NYU abroad, as well as Tongji University and Beijing Normal University at home.
Comparison of art majors between art colleges and comprehensive universities:
CMU Carnegie Mellon University
CMU Carnegie Mellon University It is a private research-oriented university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although it ranks more than 20 in the ranking of American universities, computer and information science majors are very prominent, ranking first all the year round. It is the first university in the world to launch the robot PHD project, and also the first school to provide a master's degree in interaction design. So when it comes to interaction majors, CMU is recognized as the best school. This year, among the students of natural light who received CMU offers, they were all students majoring in industrial design and interaction design.
CMU interaction design related majors are the most popular, some of which are set in the design college of Collage of Fine Arts, and the interaction design in the communication, industry, human-computer and other directions are set in the engineering college and the computer college respectively.
Almost all other art design majors are in Collage of Fine Arts. The Academy of Arts has five branches, namely architecture, pure art, design, drama and music. In addition to the Conservatory of Music, other colleges include art and design majors.
Although it seems to be similar to the professional setting of art colleges, a closer look shows that each major has its own characteristics. Due to CMU's strong science background and computer professional strength, each art major has added a lot of technology. Taking architectural design as an example, CMU The relevant courses of construction robot have also been added to the undergraduate courses of construction specialty of.
In addition to the prominence of computer and information science, another major feature of CMU is interdisciplinary, which is different from the interdisciplinary programs in other colleges and universities. It is called BXA. BXA combines art with other disciplines, including computers and various humanities, such as Bachelor of Computer Science and Arts, Bachelor of Humanities and Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Engineering and Arts. and! Students can also design their own majors, such as art and psychology, art and medicine. As long as they can persuade teachers, no matter what kind of mix and match, they can get support from the school.
NYU New York University
NYU New York University Located in Manhattan, New York, it is one of the top 30 universities in the United States and one of the 25 new Ivy League universities. Unlike CMU, NYU is more inclined to majors in humanities and social sciences, while engineering is relatively weak. So far, NYU has won 37 Nobel Prize winners.
Secondly, New York City is the global financial center. Because of its geographical location, NYU's business school is close to Wall Street, the financial center, and has close contact with hundreds of financial enterprises and financial research institutions. With this geographical advantage, NYU's business school is outstanding not only in academic theory but also in financial practice. NYU is also close to Columbia University, and can share a lot of academic resources with Columbia University. Therefore, both the geographical location of the school and the university rankings have added a lot of popularity to NYU.
Because NYU focuses on humanities, social sciences and economics, the most popular and powerful majors of art design are those of film, art management and fashion management.
For example, Savato Ferragamo, the founder of the famous Italian brand Salvatore Ferragamo, graduated from the luxury management major of New York University Business School. It is the first business school in the United States to provide fashion management. Up to now, its teaching system has been very perfect. In this major, students will learn high-level luxury marketing, luxury listing, market planning and strategy, brand strategy, fashion law and business, sales management, pricing, supply chain management and other courses, At the same time, there will be transnational business projects as practice.
Another important school of New York University is the Tisch Academy of Arts, which is one of the most important schools for film education in the world. It is one of the three best film schools in the United States and has trained many Oscar winners, such as Woody Allen, Ang Lee and other film talents.
Tisch School of Art, New York University Many people mistakenly think it is a film school, but in fact, the professional aura of the film direction is too big, covering other majors. In addition to film, it includes many rich art majors, such as game design, photography and image, stage design, visual communication, etc.
Tongji University
Tongji University's art and design is a dark horse on the QS ranking list. Every year, it is making steady progress. This year, it finally surpassed Tsinghua University, and its design major has become the first in Asia.
Tongji University's art and design majors are located in the College of Design and Creativity. The undergraduate courses include industrial design/product design, environmental design, and media and communication design. Master has nine directions: industrial design, environmental design, media and communication design, interaction design, product service system design, design strategy and management, artificial intelligence and data design, design history and theory, innovative design and entrepreneurship.
In the teaching concept of art design of Tongji University, undergraduate students lay particular emphasis on "technology", that is to say, the undergraduate study pays more attention to the cultivation of design ability, more attention is paid to the accumulation of knowledge level and the cultivation of design skills and methods, emphasizing how to connect design thinking with the real project location.
The first grade adopts the common platform teaching, which is equivalent to the basic year of foreign art colleges. Students of four majors will take classes together to learn the necessary common sense of the design major, and receive the training of basic design abilities such as design thinking ability, shape creation ability, design expression ability, etc.
While learning basic content, basic courses in different professional directions of industrial design, product design, environmental design, media and communication design will also be included. Let students form an overall design concept in the cross discipline, and prepare for the major selection in the next year.
In the second year, students will begin to learn in various professional directions. Through targeted professional learning, students will gradually improve more targeted design knowledge and methods.
In the third grade, the focus of the course will be on expanding students' vision through school enterprise cooperation and international cooperation, so that students can understand the problems they will encounter in design practice and exercise their cooperation ability. Complete social practice and graduation design in the last year.
At the master's stage, the focus of education is expanded from ability to thinking breadth, with special emphasis on the cultivation of interdisciplinary knowledge, integration and innovation, design methods and international experience. The focus of design is changed from practical development to more conceptual level, such as service design, relationship design, system design and management.
From the above curriculum and teaching philosophy, we can see that the teaching mode of Tongji University is almost the same as that of overseas art colleges, including the basic year and actual business project practice, which is to guide students to lay a good foundation, cultivate design and creative thinking, and further consider the relationship between people, business and society in practice. Create a design of complex relationships between the facilitator and the environment.
Beijing Normal University
Although Beijing Model University is a famous comprehensive university, it has provided art and design majors for nearly 100 years. Like NYU, Beijing Normal University is supported by the strong arts, history, philosophy and arts, so the arts history, art theory, Chinese painting, art education and other majors in the arts are relatively strong.
Fine arts courses include Chinese and foreign art history, sketch, color, modeling foundation, creative thinking, introduction to design, Chinese painting, oil painting, art pedagogy, creative practice, professional investigation, new media art, etc.
Art design courses include Chinese and foreign art history, sketch, color, modeling foundation, design introduction, creative thinking, Chinese and foreign design history, plane composition, three-dimensional composition, design sketch, photography, software foundation, font design, book design, information graphic design, residential space design, display space design, public space design, landscape design, etc.
Due to the heavy academic atmosphere of the school, it pays attention to the combination of culture and specialty, and pays equal attention to theory and practice. So there are many theoretical courses, such as art principles, art history, art appreciation and criticism, arts and crafts history, art sociology, etc. Even students majoring in art will have many general education courses and cultural courses to take. So if they are interested in traditional oriental culture or are good at writing, Then this school is more suitable. However, if you are a student who focuses on artistic creation, then an academic comprehensive university like Beijing Model University is not very suitable and will waste a lot of time for creation.
Is it better for art majors to study abroad in art colleges or comprehensive universities? The above is the comparison between today's art colleges and universities and the art majors of comprehensive universities. I listed the CMU and NYU in the United States that prefer science and engineering, as well as Tongji University that prefer engineering and Beijing Normal University that prefer liberal arts. These schools have their own advantages and characteristics, I believe that after reading it, students can also roughly understand the advantages and disadvantages of comprehensive universities over art universities, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of comprehensive universities at home and abroad. I hope that after reading it, you can have a clearer understanding of school selection. If there are other problems about applying for art study abroad, please come to Natural Light for free consultation.
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