From: knyal@ils.nwu.edu (Jarrett Knyal)
Subject: Re: Question about CG education
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:43:34 GMT

In article <WALVER.92Dec15070915@kielo.uta.fi> walver@kielo.uta.fi (Ville V.
Walveranta) writes:
>
>        I have checked out all the leads I received about the schools
>        that offer computer graphics education programs (in the US and
>        Canada).
>
>        Today I visited Academy of Art College/California State
>        University in San Francisco and picked up some brochures about
>        their classes. I found out, among the other things, that the
>        computers being used are MACs!
>
>        Aren't there any schools that use *real* graphics workstations
>        (I'm talking about undergraduate programs)in teaching and labs?

I teach at an arts college in downtown Chicago called Columbia College.  I
think that we arguably have the best undergraduate computer graphics program in
the country.  U of I might have 20 Personal Irises that they teach some classes
on but can you major in computer graphics?  You can at Colombia.  We've got 4
or 5 Personal Irises and we just received 2 Indigo workstations.  We use TDI
software.  We've also got a Mac lab with 9 or 10 Macs and an Amiga lab with 20
or so Amigas.  In addition, we have a Targa lab with 5 or 6 machines in there
running Lumena, Crystal and others.  As far as video goes, we have 2 Toasters,
S-VHS editing, Betacam editing soon, and I've heard we're also getting an
optical disc video recorder for animation.  We've got all these toys fairly
recently so we haven't been able to kick out a Siggraph quality piece yet but
watch for one soon.  If you want to come by for a visit, let me know.   

>        Every single college that offers a programs in computer
>        graphics/animation seems to have PCs or MACs in the labs.
>
>        The best programs I've found so far are offered by RISD (even
>        though their program is more conventional and thus is not
>        concentrated on computer based animation in any way).
>
>        So, once again, I'd ask you to email or post information about
>        the schools offering computer graphics programs around the
>        continent (excluding New York City; I realize that Pratt
>        Institute and some other schools there might have excellent
>        programs available but I just can't imagine living there for the
>        lasting of the school. I can even take L.A.! :)
>
>        I'm mostly interested in the artistic approach to the graphics,
>        ie. primarily interactive design (as opposed to heavy coding).
>
>        -- Willy
>--
>
> ***********************************************************************
>  ***   Ville V. Walveranta      Tel/Fax.....: (510) 420-0729       ***
>   ***  96 Linda Ave., Apt. #5   From Finland: 990-1-510-420-0729  ***
>    *** Oakland, CA  94611, USA  (FAXes automatically recognized) ***
>   ***  GET MY PGP KEY FROM MY PLAN -> Email.: walver@kielo.uta.fi ***  
>  ***        "Reality is subject to change without notice"          ***
> ***********************************************************************
>


Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation