Admissions
Digital Arts 3 Year Diploma Program
The Digital Arts 3 Year Diploma Program is a supplemental curriculum to the FSU BFA in Animation and Digital Arts. As such, students must apply through the FSU BFA program to gain entrance. Once accepted into the FSU BFA program, students are automatically admitted into the DDI Digital Arts 3 Year Diploma Program. No separate application is required. Note that the application to the FSU BFA in Animation and Digital Arts is in itself a two step process.
Admission Requirements for the FSU Bachelor of Fine Arts – Animation and Digital Arts Program
Motion Picture Arts is a limited access program. Admission is highly selective. Each class comprises no more than 100 students. Separate applications must be made to The Florida State University Office of Admissions and to The College of Motion Picture Arts. All applications are due by January 18, 2012.
- Go here to apply to The Florida State University.
- Go here to apply to the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts as a freshman.
- Go here to apply to the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts as a transfer student.
An applicant seeking to enter the College of Motion Picture Arts must meet the grade point average and test score requirements described by the University’s Office of Admissions. To learn more, visit http://admissions.fsu.edu/freshman/admissions/requirements.cfm.
The College of Motion Picture Arts will accept on-line applications for consideration of admission for Fall 2012 from August 1, 2011 through January 18, 2012 for freshman students and until July 1, 2012 for transfer students.
The application package for the FSU BFA in Animation and Digital Arts Program consists of the following items. If any of these items are not received by January 18, 2012, your application will be incomplete and will not be reviewed by the Admissions Committee:
- The Freshman or Transfer on-line application
- A résumé encompassing any/all of the following: education, employment, extra-curricular activities, creative endeavors, sports, hobbies, travel, and service work
- Three letters of recommendation (Please request these well ahead of the deadline so that your references have adequate time to prepare their letters. All letters must be received by January 18, 2012 for transfer students.)
- Unofficial copies of high school and college transcripts
- A statement of purpose: a 500 to 1,000 word essay that describes your creative influences, personal objectives, and future career goals – in short, your motivation for pursuing a career in digital media.
FSU BFA applicants may not submit portfolio items as part of the application.
Admission into the film major as a transfer student requires that no less than 30 hours of FSU’s liberal studies requirements be completed at FSU or through transferable credit from another institution prior to Fall admission into the College of Motion Picture Arts. A student may apply as a transfer to the College of Motion Picture Arts during the fall semester of his/her freshman or sophomore year in college but not during the junior or senior years in college.
Transfer students do not need to submit a separate application to DDI; enrollment in the DDI Digital Arts 3 Year Diploma Program is automatic for all BFA students. No transfers of credits can be made toward the completion of the DDI diploma; all credits for the program must be earned at DDI.
Freshman and transfer applicants who are being considered for admission into the program will be invited for mandatory interviews with the Motion Picture Arts Admissions Committee. Those selected to interview for Fall 2012 admission will be notified as far in advance as possible, but not less than 10 days prior to the interview session. We anticipate that interviews will take place during February and March 2012; specific dates have not yet been determined.
Digital Arts Essential Skills
Applicants for admission must be 18 years of age and provide evidence of a high school graduation diploma, general education degree (G.E.D) or its equivalent. In addition, each applicant will be evaluated upon the score obtained on a computer skills test administered by Digital Domain Institute, and submission of a portfolio, reel or other samples of work in digital, analog, film or other two or three dimensional media which indicate the student’s skills and abilities applicable to study and training in the digital arts.
The program is a limited access program. Additional requirements for admission are as follows:
- A student seeking to enter the program must offer an acceptable high school grade point average, usually above 3.0.
- A student seeking to enter the program must be able to comprehend oral and written instructions, policies, and procedures related to DDI, digital media production protocols, and the operation of digital media production equipment.
- A student seeking to enter the program must possess the ability to adequately communicate orally, in English, with others.
Upon acceptance, you will need to complete and sign the Enrollment Agreement Form and send in hard copy form to:
Admissions
Digital Domain Institute
560 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401