KayJKay
No, they're not, it has national accreditation, not regional,
They're both. AI, the one I'm at especially, is nationally accredited, and regionally accredited by ACICS and ACCSCT. respectively
KayJKay
which means credits may or may not transfer.
For fine art schools, they'd transfer, gen-ed courses would transfer. Art class credits wouldn't transfer to say, a business, law, or journalism course.
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KayJKay
Every artist I know working in the industry cringes when they hear AI, and some of those people are graduates. Those that graduated and have made it made it because they worked tirelessly in and outside of school. They knew the school wasn't going to work in their favor.
Funny, I go to galleries and portfolio shows all the time, and I hear the exact opposite.
Especially from employers. Specifically those in the animation, graphic design, and advertising fields.
EDIT: The Importance of Free lance is covered in every art course and school.
KayJKay
That doesn't make you wonder? With a dropout rate of 66%?
It did, until I started to ask why. Most of the students drop a class, or out of school due to financial issues, long commutes, or personal issues. There's not been one student in my tenure there that has dropped out because the school is 'shitty', which is what you seem to be implying.
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Depending on the course, 3-6 hours may be short or too long. I cannot really comment on "that's an appropriate amount of time" on a class if I don't know how long each class was.
1 hour 50 minutes for Gen-Ed courses, with required tutor time from professors they must spend with students who need help, and 3 hours to 6 hours depending on the specific art class.
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Unfortunately, this isn't a"looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck therefore it must be a duck!" case. AI got a lot of flack awhile ago for not having that process, and thus changed their ways to make them seem more legitimate.
Actually, they got flack for a fraudulent Student Aid receipt in '10.
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If you don't see how awful of a practice this is, then I don't know what to say.
It's required practice in Ohio.
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KayJKay
And this is where people should see AI for what it is.
Who said it was a fine art school? The OP specifically said they wanted to go in to school to learn about Animation. And unless she goes to Full Sail, there's few Animation schools that are nationally recognized that can top Ai.