• A customized curriculum that focuses on academics, culture and language.
• Exclusive access to courses focusing on life in Central Florida and in the U.S.
• Earns students a minimum of 37 credits in their program.
• Extensive English-language tutoring, academic advising and student support.
• Personalized English-language support specific to the courses you study.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Emerging Media allows students to integrate the multiple domains of art, storytelling, and technology. It is designed to:

• Provide a solid foundation in techniques and theory in one focused area of competence
• Provide a broad understanding of related disciplines including arts, humanities, and technology
• Provide extended experience in working in multidisciplinary teams on realistic problems

The program is administered through the School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD). It is recognized that there are many combinations of courses which meet the needs of individual students. Three tracks - Character Animation, Graphic Design and Experimental Animation - are available. 

Character Animation Track

The Character Animation track is a two-year cohort of studies designed to prepare students for careers as animators, modelers, riggers, or texture artists in the film or computer game industries. A portfolio review is mandatory to apply for entering into this track after the sophomore year.

Graphic Design Track

The Graphic Design track educates students in the art and science of visual communication, stressing the professional aspects of design. Students combine technology with aesthetics in the production of typographic and publication design, identity systems, packaging, film and broadcast graphics, posters, interactive and web design. A Graphic Design Portfolio review is mandatory to apply for entering into this track after the sophomore year.

Experimental Animation Track

The Experimental Animation track encourages students to explore expression through innovative and hybrid analog and digital methodology: we approach animation from an artistic, individualized point of view. In the major, students engage in classic, current, and widely varied techniques and mediums making moving images which may be narrative or non-narrative. By graduation, each student has developed a unique creative vision which culminates in the completion of a B.F.A. thesis project and exhibition/screening. A Studio Art Portfolio review is mandatory to apply for entering into this track after the sophomore year.

Admission Requirements

• Minimum Level of Education Required: Grade 12 / High School
• Min GPA: 63.0% Convert grades
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:

  • Min TOEFL iBT: 60 (Min Listening: 12.0, Min Reading: 12.0, Min Speaking: 12.0, Min Writing: 12.0)

  • Min IELTS overall: 5 (Min Listening: 4.5, Min Reading: 4.5, Min Speaking: 4.5, Min Writing: 4.5)

  • Min PTE overall: 40 (Min Listening: 36, Min Reading: 36, Min Speaking: 36, Min Writing: 36)

  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:

  • Min TOEFL iBT: 1

  • Min IELTS overall: 1

  • Min Duolingo English Test Score: 10

  • Min PTE overall: 10

Other fees:

• Health Insurance Fee: $2,923 per year