Visual Communications at Washington University in St. Louis?

taxguy
Mon, 05 May 2008 20:14:51 +0000

MY daughter initially expressed interest in Wash U because she too didn’t want to just associate with art majors. She ended up going somewhere else ( University of Cincinnati). Thus, what I will say is from a parent who looked into their program and NOT from a student. I just wanted to make this clear from the outset.

Be advised: Wash U’s program is VERY different from what your daughter is getting at MICA in several ways:

First, Wash U had two years of foundation, at least that was their program two years ago.

Secondly, there were a LOT fewer courses in Communication/Graphic Design than that offered at MICA. The reason was that WASH U really wants kids to double major. Thus, your daughter probably won’t get nearly the same in-depth training in Communication Design that she would have gotten at MICA. I only found this out accidentally when I complained to an admission officer at Wash U about their paultry offerings in design. If you check out their course offerings, you will see this for yourself. It is somewhat of a secret.

In return, however, she will get more broad based art training and can take a major in some other area.

I guess you have to weigh the pros and cons of what I have presented here and see if it fits her needs. One possible alternative is to take courses at Hopkins,which your daughter can do and study in their library.