How about Otis College of Art and Design? How is Otis College of Art and Design? Today's About School, Mr. Guangguang introduces a fish that has escaped the net! Yes, Guangguang Jun forgot OTIS! It has the best art teacher team in California, The major of fashion design ranks first on the West Coast, and has the unique professional education of toy design in California.
Come and have a look at OTIS's
Three characteristics of colleges and universities,
And professional courses!
First, let's take a look at the official introduction
The Core
To prepare students to move forward in their chosen discipline, students spend their first year building up theirmaking and critical thinking skills in Foundation studio, Liberal Arts and Science ,and Creative Action courses.
In OTIS, everything revolves around these three words:
Foundation
Liberal Art and Sicence
Creative Action
Foundation refers to the first year of study when freshmen come Otis College of Art and Design OTIS, first of all, needs a series of basic training, learning to call it: immersive Foundation program。
In this stage, OTIS requires students to master the basis of visual arts in a comprehensive way, Not only limited to their own professional requirements, but also looking at the needs of the entire visual arts 。
For example, the following figure shows the Curriculum of Fashion Design and Animation respectively. The curriculum of the first year can help you distinguish which major is which picture:
So in the whole first academic year, all majors and courses are basically the same. (RISD in Rhode Island also attaches importance to the basic ability of students, which is the same as the first year course.)
It can be seen that basic practical skills such as painting, design, color and multimedia, as well as academic skills such as design theory and visual art theory can be well accumulated in the first year.
In addition, the school also believes that such foundation learning also gives students the opportunity to choose their favorite majors. Yes, after the end of the year, Students have the opportunity to apply to students to change their majors.
The second group of keywords
Liberal Arts and Science
OTIS calls it LAS Curriculum, which is realized by five themes:
In addition to the professional ability that professional courses bring to students, OTIS will also improve the humanistic quality of students through some LAS courses. If professional abilities such as design, painting, photography, animation and other art forms are an expression tool, then humanistic quality is the soul supporting this tool.
Be expressive and true.
It is art.
Under such thinking, OTIS has set up a series of courses to enrich students' thinking depth, as the school said:
Through courses that emphasize critical thinking in writing, visual literacy,the sciences,and art history,you’ll cultivate an understanding of context and culture.
Some LAS courses:
Cultivating the ability of thinking, as well as the taste of beauty, endowing more cultural significance, which is also a key for design to become a classic.
This is only part of the course,
The full text can be found at the following website:
Otis College of Art and Design
Last keyword
Creative Action
In fact, at the beginning, Mr. Guangguang thought that there were many creative workshops set up by industry leaders (although OTIS also has many such workshops), but CA here refers to competing social and environmental issues, which means going deep into the social environment, through contact and cooperation with some local organizations, groups, companies, studios, etc, Find your own "social entry point".
It is what kind of posture and way you will land in the society when you grow up in the warm sky garden of the university.
Courses of CA part, including project-based That is to take the project as the core of the course, and make a project from 0 to 100; or travel-study based , in the form of study tours.
Then these are OTIS,
Some resources in CA courses:
The types are very rich,
Students have many choices.
Then this is all the undergraduate majors of OTIS:
Animation Snippit-Ellen Li:Ponyo+Sosuke
BFA in Animation
Develop artistic skills and technical experience with the Bachelor of Animation Arts (BFA) from Otis College of Art and Design, where you will bring characters and stories into life through the magic of animation.
Two students walking through an Environmental Design installation
BFA in environmental design
The environment design field of architecture (architecture), landscape (space between buildings) and interior (space inside buildings) organizes and shapes the environment of everyone's activities and relationships.
Fashion model on stage with two other people
BFA in Fashion Design
The Fashion Design Program provides a structured curriculum that focuses on developing innovative, professional fashion designers with comprehensive knowledge, moderation and designer markets.
Man posting art on a wall
BFA in Art
As an art student, you will learn from our professional staff and transform your ideas into visual creation. You can choose three concentrations: painting, photography or sculpture/new genre.
Game Design Landscape Artwork
BFA in game and entertainment design
Get the skills of game prototyping and game testing, and cooperate with our BFA in game and entertainment design projects. Through practical teaching, you will develop valuable skills in conceptual art, modeling, texture and lighting.
Patterned surface with red and blue circles
BFA in Graphic Design
Achieve the highest level of excellence in design through our Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design (BFA) program, which provides rigorous courses involving research and development, critical thinking and fearless image production, and is suitable for work in 2D, 3D and 4D fields.
Illustration of a bird arriving at a nest of eggs on a pizza box
BFA in illustration
The BFA in the illustration prepares students for their career, such as professional illustrators, art directors, creators of animated short films, sports graphic artists, storyboard artists, children's book illustrators, textile and fabric designers, muralists, etc.
Wooden cabinet by a Product Design student
BFA in product design
Product design is a diversified project, combining art, design and digital technology. Students learn to create physical and virtual products, environments and experiences in fashion accessories, footwear, jewelry, furniture, lifestyle, UI/UX and other fields, so as to prepare students for work in any industry or occupation.
Toy Design student with some of her creations
BFA in toy design
Otis College offers the world's only comprehensive four-year degree in toy design art. This course is taught by well-known toy design and entertainment professionals as instructors and guest tutors, focusing on designing toys and bringing them to the market.
Today's summary
Otis College of Art and Design (hereinafter referred to as Otis) was founded in 1918. The original sponsor, Harrison Gray Otis, hopes to set up a public and independent art school in Southern California. The earliest campus is near the Los Angeles International Airport, and now it has become an IBM building. After a long time of operation, the school has a certain reputation in California, especially the Department of Fashion Design.
OTIS's collection of works is an important basis for deciding whether students will be admitted to the university. It is not limited in content and form. It is generally divided into several projects. Each project presents a complete theme. It mainly focuses on creative thinking creation for the major you are applying for. The subject matter of works is generally diverse and original.
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