Visual Communications at Washington University in St. Louis?

taxguy
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:37:28 +0000

Amptron2x and others: No one is denying the quality of the offerings at Wash U. Heck, I think Wash U is actually better in quality, dorms, and other factors than most ivys! My cousin is an alumni from there, keeps raving about the school; however, that isn’t the point.

Their art offerings in design and other areas, however, are rather paltry. They maybe good as far as they go, but they are limited because Wash U wants kids to be more broad based with multiple majors. Even in art, they had ( as of two years ago) two years of basic foundation courses, which maybe great if you want broad based art training.

The problem with this is that art and design are very competitive areas. Having more courses ,particularly in design, should provide better training in the area than have a lot fewer courses. Moreover, Wash U’s spartan offerings don’t even give the kids a choice.

I would think that the school would be ideal for those kids that want broad based art training, some training in a particular artistic discipline and access to other areas of interest because of their diverse interests.

I certainly can also see kids wanting to go to Wash U in order to meet kids in other disciplines. My daughter didnt’ want to just associate with only other art students,which is why she didn’t attend a stand alone art school.

I should note that this was based on my review of the program several years ago. Maybe their offerings have increased since I evaluated the art program.