About the course

Create stunning visuals and cultivate audiences’ emotional investment with the Bachelor of Science in Entertainment Design at ArtCenter. You bring the passion and imagination, we’ll provide the technological tools, industry expertise, and Hollywood connections. Craft conceptual worlds, spirited animated characters, immersive games, and high-flying theme parks using leading edge software, 3D and 2D techniques, and dynamic design principles. Launch your career with a robust portfolio and a stellar network of entertainment design professionals.

　　Learn from leading Hollywood concept designers, animators, and game designers in ArtCenter’s entertainment design major. These industry experts equip you with leading edge techniques and systems straight out of blockbuster films, AAA game studios, and Disney theme park design plans. In collaboration with invested peers and as an independent creative, you’ll develop your portfolio, establish broad theoretical and practical skills, and produce entertainment projects that ignite passion in your audiences.

　　In the entertainment design program, you’ll explore the demands and possibilities of creating media that engages people’s bodies, hearts, and minds. Fuse visual storytelling with multiple technologies using traditional and digital media practices. Prepare for career opportunities in just about any place that brings narratives to life, from major production companies to up-and-coming independent studios and from toy workshops to theme park design projects. Concentrate your studies in the concept, animation, or game design track with robust studio courses, and flesh out your appreciation for the world—and how it informs your art—in humanities and sciences electives. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 8 Semester(s)Fees: US$202,424

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	Pasadena
Spring (January), 2024	Pasadena
Fall (September), 2024	Pasadena
Fall (September), 2024	Pasadena
Spring (January), 2025	Pasadena
Spring (January), 2025	Pasadena
Summer (May), 2025	Pasadena
Summer (May), 2025	Pasadena
Fall (September), 2025	Pasadena
Fall (September), 2025	Pasadena
Spring (January), 2026	Pasadena
Spring (January), 2026	Pasadena

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Art Center College of Design

Transcripts must be sent in a sealed official envelope from each institution you have attended.

　　Students must have completed or anticipate completing high school or a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) prior to their enrollment.

　　Undergraduate applicants who have not completed a high school or bachelor's degree in which the language of instruction was English must take the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT) or I.E.L.T.S. A minimum score of 80 is required on the iBT and a minimum score of 6.5 on the I.E.L.T.S. We do not participate in electronic download of scores from I.E.L.T.S. and no school code is required.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

　　Overall IELTS band score

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 80.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at Art Center College of Design. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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