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Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK E C U Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Welcome. Shape the future of art and design. Foundation year, you map an individual We are a community of creators, artists, path by selecting one of 11 exciting makers, and innovators. We follow our majors toward your Bachelor of Design, creativity and express our ideas through Bachelor of Fine Arts or Bachelor of an infinite variety of artistic forms. Media Arts degree. Through practice-based learning, in Live, work and play where the mountains small classes and among a diverse and touch the sea. Vancouver is renowned talented community, you will explore and for its natural beauty and cultural experiment. Our undergraduate programs diversity, and is home to a thriving offer opportunities to collaborate and economy of creative industries, studios connect through interdisciplinary, and start-ups. hands-on work with your fellow students and award-winning faculty. You will study and create in our world-class campus, a space designed First year Foundation launches your for learning, developing and realizing journey. Our Foundation program is the your potential. first year of all our undergraduate degrees. Foundation year provides the Join us. core skills to equip you with new technical perspectives, vital relationships cover: ADRIELE AU, BFA Visual Arts and critical insights with which to make Double Puddluv, 2019 (detail) personal degree choices. Following the crepe paper, wood, mixed media Make. NATALIE PAN + SABRINA LAM, BDes Communication Design Protential, 2019 public awareness campaign + multimedia tools Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Our Programs. FOUNDATION YEAR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES All undergraduate degrees begin with a BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (BFA) vibrant Foundation year which introduces • Critical + Cultural Practices you to our dynamic university community, • Illustration and to learning inside and beyond our • Photography studios and classrooms. The program • Visual Arts (ceramics, drawing, offers a spectrum of art, design and painting, print media, and sculpture and expanded practices) media courses through which to explore your creativity – individually, collaboratively, BACHELOR OF DESIGN (BDes) and through community partnerships. • Communication Design • Industrial Design During Foundation year, you will be • Interaction Design challenged to imagine the larger purpose BACHELOR OF MEDIA ARTS (BMA) of your creative practice, discovering how • 2D + Experimental Animation and why we make things. You will see it in • 3D Computer Animation context as service to an interdependent • Film + Screen Arts world, which is in need of professionals • New Media + Sound Arts who can communicate their knowledge, MINORS passion and ideas to solve problems • Art + Text through images and objects. • Curatorial Practice • SPACE (Social Practice and Community Engagement) Sustain. AARON JANG, BDes Industrial Design Comma, 2019 suite of wooden and acrylic furniture Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Campus + Facilities. We take great pride in our reputation as MATERIAL PRODUCTION: a global leader in studio-based art, media Build core skills as you create with a wide and design. Our Technical Services team range of materials in our many is staffed by dynamic creators who share supported production areas. our passion for making. Our state-of- • Wood Production the-art campus provides you with the • Metal Production latest technologies for learning and • Ceramics Production creating, naturally-lit studios and spacious • Print Media Production galleries for showcasing your work. • Digital Output Center • Sewing and Soft Shop AVAILABLE STUDIOS + RESOURCES • Mold-making MEDIA PRODUCTION: DIGITAL PROTOTYPING: Unlock the potential of your creative Take creative risks and celebrate your practice with comprehensive media imagination in our digital prototyping resources for analogue and digital facilities. production and editing. • Digital Fabrication Lab • Integrated motion capture studio • Electronics Lab • 2D, 3D, and puppet animation studios • Interaction Design Lab • Photography, film production and sound recording studios ECU’S GREAT NORTHERN WAY CAMPUS IS LEED CERTIFIED TO THE GOLD LEVEL. LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. (LEED) IS A RATING SYSTEM THAT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE INTERNATIONAL MARK OF EXCELLENCE FOR GREEN 2 0 1 8 BUILDING IN OVER 160 COUNTRIES. Inspire. EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OF ART + DESIGN Great Northern Way Campus Vancouver BC Canada Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Beyond the Classroom. Home to a large community of artists, the world-famous Whistler-Blackcomb. designers and media practitioners, X Explore the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Vancouver is a highly international city largest art gallery in Western Canada. welcoming talented students and X Bike, walk, or jog along the 28km-long professionals from all over the world. sea wall, the longest uninterrupted One of the most walkable, bike-friendly waterfront path in the world. and safest cities in North America, our X Visit our hundreds of parks, including neighbourhoods offer quiet tree-lined the 1,000 acre Stanley Park. streets, relaxed beaches and the energy of the downtown core. CAMPUS Our campus is in the heart of the city, BC is legendary for its natural beauty, easily accessible by transit and within and living in Vancouver puts you in walking distance of the vibrant Mount easy reach of it all. Pleasant neighborhood with its many restaurants, shops and galleries. X Engage in our dynamic arts and Quebec St culture scene by attending OLYMPIC VILLAGE Prior St. BC Place Clark Drive annual events such as Capture . STATION Science World Photography Festival, theEMILY CAR VancouverR Ter UNIVERSITY minal Ave. Carolina GRANVILLE ISLAND EMILY CARR Mural Festival or the Vancouver FALSE CREEK nd Av e. UNIVERSITY St. Main International Film Festival (VIFF). Great Northern Way X Ski or snowboard at over a dozen W. 6th Ave. St. nearby winter resorts including Cambie St East Broadway Transform. RUTH HAMPTON, BFA Illustration Full Bloom, 2019 stickers Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Enriching Opportunities. ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM We award a limited number of entrance Study at one of over 70 art and design scholarships to new students each year partner schools in North America, based on a combination of high academic Europe, Asia and Australia. Explore and portfolio achievement. You do not future possibilities while earning credits need to apply for these scholarships, as toward your degree. Second-year recipients are selected based on their students may apply for one semester transcript and portfolio submissions. during their third year. CAREER + PROFESSIONAL ABORIGINAL STUDENT RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Our Aboriginal Program Office provides Our Career + Professional Development culturally appropriate support office connects students with employers encompassing traditional and in the creative industries and assists contemporary artistic and cultural them with strategies, skills and pathways expressions of Aboriginal peoples, and is to employment. a valuable resource for students to access traditional materials and supplies. Work Integrated Learning opportunities are available to help you gain valuable work experience, professional mentorship and academic credits, while applying your knowledge and skills in the fields of media arts, visual arts and design. Strive. KEVIN ZHU, BMA Film + Screen Arts Major DATURA / 苦集滅道, 2019 installation + experimental film Join our dynamic and influential Los Angeles, USA alumni! They are creative leaders Colour and Material Designer @ Tesla who have a positive impact on culture, San Francisco, USA community and the economy. UX Engineering Manager @ Google New York, USA Post Production @ VICE Media DYNAMIC JOBS + EMPLOYERS Toronto, CANADA Altensteig, GERMANY Lead Industrial Designer Creative Director @ Frog @ The Design Agency HONG KONG Calgary, CANADA SR. Product Designer @Mattel National Account Representative London, UK @ Arc’teryx Art Director @ Time Inc. Vancouver, CANADA Paris, FRANCE Senior Designer @ DHX Regional Philanthropies PgM Art Director @ Electronic Arts @ Microsoft Lead Editor @ Atomic Cartoons Senior Designer @ Lululemon Mumbai, INDIA Lead Animator @ Rainmaker Graphic Designer @ Conde Nast India Entertainment Istanbul, TURKEY Head Designer @ Herschel Head of Design @ Based Istanbul Art Director @ Bardel Entertainment Shanghai, CHINA Lead Designer @ The Walt Disney Company Undergraduate Program VIEWBOOK 2019 / 20 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Creative Economy. Join our dynamic and influential As well as numerous galleries, artist-run alumni! They are creative leaders who centres, and studios, some of the have a positive impact on culture, companies that students have worked community and the economy. with include: While many of our entrepreneurial MICROSOFT graduates choose to freelance or launch GOOGLE their own businesses, graduates of Emily SONY PICTURES IMAGESWORKS Carr also possess skills that employers FACEBOOK seek out to help shape the knowledge SAMSUNG economy and transform our world. EA DIGITAL DOMAIN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE CRITICAL MASS Our alumni report high levels of ANTHROPOLOGIE satisfaction with their