Full Sail's bachelor's and associate's degrees for creative minds
include computer animation, digital arts and design,
entertainment business, film, game development, recording arts
and show production and touring. Regardless of which program at
our school you choose, one of Full Sail's fundamental goals is to
encourage the union of art and technology.
State of the Art Facilities - The most effective method
of learning is to spend time using the same equipment and
programs you will use in your career in the entertainment media
industry. Full Sail's campus includes more than 100 studios,
production suites, sound stages and computer labs, where
students learn to create websites, animation sequences, 3D
graphics, computer generated models, characters, visual effects
and interactive games.
Accelerated Education - Full Sail runs on a modular
schedule with new classes beginning every month. Students
attend classes and labs 5 to 6 days, 35 to 40 hours each week.
By doing so, students will typically earn a bachelor's degree
in less than 21 months.
Industry Professionals - The typical Full Sail
instructor has spent years working in the entertainment and
media production industry doing the type of work that he/she
now teaches at Full Sail. Collectively, instructors have earned
hundreds of movie, record, game, television and web credits, as
well as GRAMMY® and EMMY Awards and nominations.
Full Sail's Bachelor of Science in Computer Animation program
features intense, real-world training, getting students ready to
make a mark on the growing 3D animation industry. Learning how to
bring creations to life in the same software package used for
major motion pictures and top selling video games. Courses
include:
Full Sail graduates have helped to create the visuals for
animated films such as Ant Bully, Pixar's Cars and
The Incredibles and blockbuster films like X-Men 3.
Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts & Design
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Much more than a design school or an art school, Full Sail's
Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts and Design program is
carefully created to be a complete digital education.
Courses are designed to prepare students for a career in digital
art and design:
- Digital art production
- Digital publishing
- Interactive media design
- 3D computer graphics
- DVD authoring
- Web design
- Digital video editing
- Multimedia production
Students also are trained on a wide variety of industry standard
software packages by professional instructors with experience in
the field.
Full Sail grads have created websites and motion graphics for a
variety of companies, musical artists and feature films - from
WebMD to Kodak, ABC to Nike, Lord of the Rings Online to
Punch-Drunk Love and Madonna's Re-Invention tour.
Bachelor of Science in Film
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The Film program prepares students to become competitive in the
professional film and post-production job markets. Covering each
step of the filmmaking process from the script to the silver
screen. The program puts students in each role of the production
pipeline as they create their own films. Working in our multiple
soundstages, and backlot, you'll master the latest techniques
used in film production, editing, visual special effects, sound,
lighting and set design.
Bachelor of Science in Game Art
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Get ready to bring game characters to life. Start with
fundamental principles of:
- Computer-generated models
- Characters
- Animation
Our program focuses on practical applications of 3D computer
graphics and mirrors the processes used in the game industry to
create cutting-edge game projects.
Develop your talents while learning techniques like transferring
real-life objects and motions into sketches and
story-boards--then use these blueprints to create virtual models,
animated characters and game levels.
Bachelor of Science in Game Development
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Full Sail's Bachelor of Science in Game Development program helps
get students on the road to a career developing, designing and
programming games for consoles and computers.
Courses go in depth on subjects like pre-production and how to
create game docs, programming and implementation, game play and
level design, and how to design intelligent artificial
intelligence.
Working in a real-world production environment with a team of
programmers, artists and designers, students develop an entire
playable video game from start to finish.
Full Sail graduates have worked on games like Madden NFL
2007, Call of Duty 2, The Lord of the Rings Online:
Shadows of Angmar and The Godfather.
Bachelor of Science in Recording Arts
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Full Sail's Recording Arts Bachelor's Degree Program is an
intensive, 21-month audio education that covers every facet of
music recording and audio production – from tracking and
overdubs to mixing and mastering – in a college environment
like no other. Full Sail's campus is an audiophile's dream, with
multiple professional recording studios and labs that allow you
to use the same microphones, mixing boards, and digital
workstations used in recording studios all over the world.
Bachelor of Science in Show Production
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Full Sail University's Show Production Bachelor's Degree Program
covers everything from the intricacies of sound, video, and
lighting design to the rigors of life on the road, all in the
space of only 21 months. During your time in the program you'll
be taught the multiple aspects of the world of show production by
experienced instructors who will show you the ropes. All the
while, you'll be immersed in the technology and tools available
at Full Sail Live, our custom-designed venue environment
outfitted with the same audio and visual equipment installed in
popular live venues.
Bachelor of Science in Web Design & Development
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Become a part of the new age of information as we help you
discover the secrets of web development in all of its many forms.
Using the most current technology in the industry, discover the
building blocks of development including:
- XHTML
- CSS
- XML
- Flash and ActionScript
- Server-side languages
- Database structures
- JavaScript
Master of Science in Game Design
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The production of today's increasingly complex video games
requires leaders who can inspire productivity and creativity
among the multiple teams working to bring those games to life.
Full Sail's Game Design Master of Science Degree program will
teach you how to become one of those creative decision-makers. By
guiding a team of artists and programmers through the exact same
production process used by today's top game design studios,
students in this game design degree are taught the comprehensive
design, leadership, and management needs in this industry.
The Game Design program covers the entire scope of a development
cycle as it relates to the responsibilities of a studio manager.
After taking core classes in Asset Management, Production
Methodologies, and Quality Assurance you'll collaborate with
artists and programmers and work with that team throughout
production to delegate tasks, problem-solve, and hit milestones.
You'll also learn project-management, scheduling, and
bug-tracking software that will keep your game on schedule while
maintaining the quality of the product. Courses in Game Design
and Design Mechanics stress the importance of developing a
unified approach to gameplay mechanics in the initial design
stage, and maintaining that standard with effective management
skills and rigorous quality control throughout production.
The Game Design Master's Degree culminates with the Game Capstone
Project. You'll be stepping in to the role of an External
Producer in a real world studio scenario that will draw on every
element of your production management education as you coordinate
a group of artists and programmers as they design and code the
graphics, gameplay, and audio for a fully playable game.
