Collins College

Collins College in Phoenix AZ. It's not just a school. It's a creative boot camp for the non-conformist. With design, technology and media training that's industry-driven for an information technology career in today's global marketplace. You can learn by doing while experiencing career-focused education in the following programs:

• Visual Communications
• Graphic Design
• Interior Design
• Animation
• Game Design
• Media Arts
• Digital Video/Television & Cinema Production
• Motion Graphics & Visual FX
• Film & HDTV
• Personal Computer/Network Technology
• Network Technology
• Management
• Applied Technology Management

Animation is an artful blend of creative vision and information technology. Computer animators work in 3-D, bringing their characters and imagination to life through realistic subtleties and motion. You can learn how to cultivate a critical thought process as it relates to space and time. First, you can develop drawing and rendering skills, and then you can combine them with writing and storytelling in the digital realm. Finally, you can move on to advanced character modeling, achieving the skills and knowledge necessary to enter this exciting field. You can also graduate with a demo reel that can help you land your first job.

Computer modeling and animation may be explored through industry-current programs, such as Alias/Wavefront® Maya?, Macromedia® Flash? and discreet® 3ds max?. Adobe® After Effects® and Premiere® can be part of the student?s experience in post-production.

Similar to our standard management program, this degree program focuses on acquiring a breadth of proven organizations skills, while adding an applied technology focus. Supervisory, interpersonal, communication and leadership skills are woven in with production and operations management, providing technical individuals with the opportunity to gain managerial skills in order to move up to managerial positions within their technology-oriented companies.

Collins College Game Design program offers a way to do both! In our Bachelor of Arts Game Design Degree (BA), our curriculum is designed to equip you with game essentials like C++, Java, 3ds max and AI (Artificial Intelligence) so you can make your quest-driven concept a game reality. Your education in Game Design will take you from game research and planning, character development and storytelling, all the way through level design, modeling programming and project management. It takes more than imagination to be a game designer, and we can help you to take your ideas from concept to completion and beyond. Get in the game with Collins College Video Game Design training.

Collins College can also accept BA candidates with AA degrees in game design-related fields and/or general education courses from other schools with appropriate official transcripts for credit transfer consideration.

Graphic Design is a harmonious blend of communication, commerce and art. It?s used to sell products and services by way of branding, advertising and packaging. You can learn how to become a visual problem solver as you refine and perfect your design skills in typography, color theory, digital production, empirical design and art direction through real world applications. Best of all, you can graduate with a portfolio of print media creative work that can help you land your very first job in the graphic design field.

Furniture and accessories aren?t the only things that make a room. Learn to combine form with function to transform public and personal spaces into habitats people will love to be in. Experiment with the impact that color, light, texture and balance have on interior environments. Use architectural drafting and computer-aided design to transform concepts into beautiful, yet practical surroundings. You can also gain knowledge of building systems, regulations, and current business practices to prepare you for your internship and professional career.

Gain supervisory, interpersonal, communication and leadership skills while learning about the core areas of management in information technology careers. You can analyze business operations from a management perspective, utilize business computer applications and software to create and develop business documents and reports, and make decisions using research, business statistics and decision support systems tools. You can also discuss theories and concepts related to human behavior in an organization, as well as apply supervision skills for effective management of individuals and teams.

Express your ideas in the intriguing world of celluloid and videotape. After learning the ins and outs of screenwriting, pre- and post-production and non-linear editing, plus exploring lighting and audio for video and field production, you can demonstrate your talent in the form of videos you create from concept to final, edited composition. You should be prepared for an entry-level career in television production, industrial video or production for Web casting.

After successfully completing our associate?s degree program, you can advance your knowledge in the broadcast field and learn to tell a great story behind the lens of a camera. This practical, real-world curriculum focuses on the creative, technical and business aspects of the industry. You?ll explore lighting, audio for video, television studio production and nonlinear editing. You will work with industry-current programs like discreet® flame®, smoke® and combustion®, and refine your skills on Avid Xpress® and move up to Avid®|DS HD. All with the goal of cultivating the knowledge, skills and experience to produce effective commercial presentations.

After successfully completing our associate?s degree program, you can advance your knowledge in the broadcast field and learn to tell a great story behind the lens of a camera. This practical, real-world curriculum focuses on the creative, technical and business aspects of the industry. You?ll explore lighting, audio for video, television studio production and nonlinear editing. You?ll work with industry-current programs like discreet® flame®, smoke® and combustion®, and refine your skills on Avid Xpress® and move up to Avid®|DS HD. All with the goal of cultivating the knowledge, skills and experience to produce effective commercial presentations.

After successfully completing the associate?s computer networking degree program, you can further your training by achieving the Bachelor of Science Degree in Network Technology also offered at Collins College. Receive training in wireless technologies, SQL Server? and configuration on the enterprise and how to manage projects in the IT industry. Gain experience in creating large-scale network design, managing and executing these projects. Get the caliber of training you need to advance in your career in Network Technology.

Collins College can also accept BS candidates with AS degrees in network technology related fields and/or general education course from other schools with appropriate official transcripts for credit transfer consideration.

What do you know about current information technology? Collins College is among the top schools to offer an Associate of Science in Personal Computer and Network Technology, providing you the knowledge and skills essential in the computer/ network technology field. This computer networking degree program offers a foundation of core classes in personal computer and local area network set-up, configuration upgrade, diagnosis and repair. These are concepts and technical skills necessary for entry-level professionals in the computer/ network technology field.

Are you looking to change the face of communication, one brochure, one magazine ad, or one billboard at a time? Collins College's Associate of Arts Visual Communications Degree (AA) can get you ready to enter this exciting and continually changing field. In this program you can develop traditional and computer-driven design skills from project conceptualization to production techniques.

A track-choice offered in the latter portion of the visual communications degree program gives you the opportunity to specialize in order to pursue a multimedia/web design/programming or graphic design career. Which is your preference?

Do you want to make an impact with your portfolio or interactive CD-ROM? Our Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communications Degree (BA) can help you build on what you have learned. It begins the process of refining your skills into those of a highly trained designer. This upper division visual communication bachelor degree emphasizes integrating technology and visual communication in multimedia projects and web design/programming.

If you prefer print communication to multimedia, then our Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design Degree is the right visual communications path for you. Our graphic design program will help you refine and perfect your design skills in typography, color theory, digital production, empirical design and art direction with ?real world? applications for inclusion into a professional portfolio