Majors
Creativity (re)Imagined
Welcome to the Creative Age at Ringling College.
The world is entering what we’re calling The Creative Age. It’s an era where STEM skills are no longer sufficient; leaders of this age will know how to use existing technology and tools in new, creative ways to solve problems.
As a student at Ringling College, you will take risks, question norms, and rethink “the way things are.”
You will try new concepts that knock it out of the park, and you will experiment with ideas that just don’t turn out as planned. But either way, you will be supported and encouraged by an award-winning faculty of working creatives. You will create work with purpose and meaning. And you will push yourself to be stronger, better, and more powerful as an artist or designer.
Explore our thirteen creative disciplines—eleven BFA programs and two BA programs—to find your place on a campus designed for and bursting with creativity.
An Overview of Our Majors
Want an quick idea of what each major is about? Take a look – and click through for more details.
Get the tools, training, and experience to work on the business side of creative companies, manage a range of creative projects, and collaborate with diverse teams across industries.
Our Business of Art and Design major is all about:
- Managing Creative Industries
- Producing + Managing Production
- Creative Project Management
- Connecting Business + Creatives
- Leading + Working Across Discipline
Dream up new characters, stories, and worlds and bring them life!
Our Computer Animation major is all about:
- 3D modeling
- Animation
- Storytelling
- Storyboarding
- Concept Art
- Visual Development
- Lighting
- Character Design
- Feature Films
Craft narratives for any media that lure in your audience, provoke questions, and inspire dialogue!
Our Creative Writing major is all about:
- Storytelling
- Building Worlds
- Publishing
- Creating Characters
- Literary History
- Writing Across Disciplines
- Critical Thinking
- Communications
Take your narratives to the big screen as you discover the ins and outs of filmmaking.
Our Entertainment Design major is all about:
- Themed Entertainment
- Environments
- Experiences
- Attraction Design
- Branded Entertainment
Take your narratives to the big screen as you discover the ins and outs of filmmaking.
Our Film major is all about:
Storytelling
Screenwriting
Storyboarding
Critique
Directing
Filmmaking
Collaboration
Team Projects
Editing
Industry Grade Equipment
Discover your unique artistic voice and share that voice through our myriad studio arts programs.
Our Fine Arts major is all about:
- Pushing Boundaries
- Critical Thinking
- Independent Practice
- Drawing
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Printmaking
- New Media
Get ready to bring new characters and worlds to life!
Our Game Art major is all about:
- Building New Worlds
- Concept Art
- Character Design
- 3D Modeling
- Virtual Reality
- Game Development
- Level Design
- Creating Interactive Experiences
Design compelling, creative solutions in print, motion, and interactive media.
Our Graphic Design major is all about:
- Logo + Branding design
- Typography + Lettering Design
- Responsive Website + App Design
- User Interface + User Experience (UI/UX) Design
- Magazine, Book, + ePub Design
- Packaging + Exhibition Design
Share rich, visual stories using traditional Illustration techniques as well as new digital media.
Our Illustration major is all about:
- Storytelling
- Conceptual Thinking
- Expression
- Broad Use of Media
- Character Design
- Visual Communications
- Building New Worlds
- Bringing Images to Life
Apply design theory, sound design, and 2D animation concepts to create engaging, moving graphics.
Our Motion Design major is all about:
- 2D & 3D Animation
- Stop Motion
- Storyboards + Style Frames
- Graphic Design
- Visual Effects
- Audio + Video production
Capture and manipulate images that inspire!
Our Photography & Imaging major is all about:
- Digital + Analog Photography
- Learning to See Light
- Concept
- Vision
- Visual Storytelling
- Moving Images
Create stories and user experiences for VR.
Our Virtual Reality Development major is all about:
- Multiple perspectives
- Visual scripting
- Immersive Experiences
- Interactivity
- Unexplored Technology
- Viewer Control
- Concept Development
- Building Environments
- Presence
- Emergent Narrative
- Simulation Training
- Advancing Global Causes
Build a curriculum tailored to your specific creative interests with this self-directed, discipline-crossing major!
Our Visual Studies major is all about:
- Entrepreneurship
- Crossing Majors
- Analyzing Art + Design
- Critique
- Concepts
- Artistic Discernment
- Communicating About the Arts
We’re happy to answer any questions you may have, just send us an email at the addresses below.
Admissions Questions
(applying, portfolio, transfers, deadlines, events)
admissions@ringling.edu
General Questions
info@ringling.edu
Media Inquiries
(contact, releases, news)
Accessibility Inquiries
communications@ringling.edu
