Overview

About the programme

At the School of Visual Arts, we can’t be more serious when we talk about comics. In the 1940s we began as a training ground for some of the pioneers of the Golden Age of Cartooning. Now we’re in the midst of the New Platinum Age, one where multicultural influences, ambitious new formats and an ever-expanding audience have made this challenging medium one of the most exciting and cutting-edge art forms on the planet.

Whether you are preserving the old form or detonating tradition with a new one, you get the same grounding in technique at the Comics program at School of Visual Arts. Composition and design; perspective; drawing from "real life” and color theory. Plot development and the building of dramatic narrative tension are of equal importance, since cartooning is one-half written story. You will learn how to break down the sequential action that shows the story you are telling.

Our approach is quite different from the other college programs teaching comic art. Here, the intellectual and the technical are wed, just as the words and pictures in artworks produced by our award-winning students.

Our faculty reflects this aesthetic range, from Klaus Janson (Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil) to Gary Panter (Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Jimbo) to Becky Cloonan (Demo). The curriculum is rigorous. There is a focus on eye/hand training (perspective, page, layout, inking, etc), but there is also a focus on the theoretical, and discussion of how to take this medium into the new millennium.

An important industry executive recently called the School of Visual Arts “the Harvard of Cartooning,” and we cannot disagree.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Cartooning

Storytelling

Drawing

History of Cartooning

Art History: European (and American) Painting

Art History: Non-European Art Histories

Art History: Ancient and Classical Art

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-09-02 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Visual Arts Graphic Design View 2035 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Student insurance

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Accidents
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Other requirements

General requirements

Application online

Application Fee

Statement Of Intent

Portfolio -15-20 images or a Film Reel/2-Part Film Essay

High School Transcripts

Declaration and Verification of Finances

Recommendation Letters

Tuition Fee

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International

51400 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 25700 USD per semester during 48 months.
National

51400 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 25700 USD per semester during 48 months.
In-State

51400 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 25700 USD per semester during 48 months.

Living costs for New York City

1819 - 3968 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Bachelor's scholarship opportunities for Comics.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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