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[quote=Anonymous]If your DC is interested in a BA/BFA in Visual Effects, there is a top-10 globally ranked BA in Visual Effects program at Bournemouth University in southern England (Dorset area).

There are very few schools in the US and globally that focus specifically on Visual Effects.  Which is ironic considering that's where most of the jobs are in the Computer Animation/Visual Effects industry.  Most programs in the US are Computer Animation-specific.  This means that they spend a lot more time on story development and character performance and less time on the Visual Effects portions of the pipeline.  Thus, it helps to go with the Visual Effects major instead to get more training in rigging, lighting, rendering, compositing, etc. if you want to focus your career on Visual Effects.

For international students, Bournemouth's tuition fees and housing costs for an international student run an estimated $28K-29K per year.  Total.  So the same price as for many Virginia schools for in-state students, partly because the housing cost is lower versus UK schools in London.  Bournemouth is in a smaller coastal college town in south England.  The total cost does not include food, which they would get on their own, but it includes everything else.  And the biggest benefit in getting a degree in the UK is that you can finish in 3 years, not 4.  College degrees in the UK are 3 years and are specifically focused on your field of study, without the year of "making you more rounded" by requiring courses you just finished taking in high school like in the US.  You can add a 4th year, in between your 2nd and 3rd year, to have a school-year-long internship at a company in your industry.  You pay a small fee to stay enrolled as a student for that year, and are earning money at your internship, so hopefully break even or pay just a little overall for that internship year.  So you can 1) finish in 3 years or 2) finish in 4 with work experience under your belt to help you in job applications.

Needless to say, Bournemouth is one of her top choices she's thinking of for college.  They offer 3-week precollege courses in the summer to try out various majors, and we are strongly considering her doing their program before her senior year.  It'll be pricey...around $4,500-$5,000 for roundtrip airfare, 3 weeks of courses and room/board on campus.  But, after weighing this versus just a college visit, we've decided it's vital in deciding to go to school in a foreign country.  She'll be there for almost a month on her own, and will get a sound taste of what the culture will feel like, what the student population will be like, etc.  That way she can make a more informed decision if she is accepted.  One of us will drop her off and mini-vacation, the other will pick her up and mini-vacation.

Anyway, it's a hidden gem to us Yanks, and thought I'd give folks a heads-up if your child is thinking of a major along those lines.[/quote]

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