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• Deleted Member

  
   

  August 18, 2011 1:48 AM PDT

  Hi I am signing up for classes, how many Crit. Studies classes do you recommend taking your 1st semester? or per semester?

   

  I'm still figuring out what to do and how to do this :/

• Thomas Roisland

  

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  August 20, 2011 2:20 PM PDT

  Sorry Ambar I don't know. I can only add either Twentieth-Century Modernism or Research Studio at the moment. Is that it for critical studies? Plus I can only add one of them otherwise it says that "you have tried to enroll for too many units". Seems like 'Writing Arts: 20th C. Art & Society' is already built into my schedule (mandatory) and counts as a critical studies. Someone please explain to me, hehe, I'm from Norway and not used to this system ><
• Amanda Candler

  

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  August 20, 2011 8:13 PM PDT

  *feels like she is a broken record* ALL OF THIS INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CALARTS WEBSITE!
  
  All freshman are required to take a Writing Arts and Foundation class their first year. Depending on your last name in the alphabet will determine which one you take first semester and you will automatically be enrolled in the second for Spring unless you have transfer credits.
  http://calarts.edu/academics/undergraduate-general-studies/course-requirements
  Depending on how soon you would like to finish your critical studies, that's how you should choose how many to take. Keep in mind that you still have to take ALL of your PRELOADED Character Animation classes! When you get to school, meet with Patty Lopez in the Registrar's office and she can help explain it to you.
• Thomas Roisland

  

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  August 21, 2011 4:54 AM PDT

  Okay cool!! How many other character animation classes are there for freshmans? can we add more than the ones preloaded?
• Amanda Candler

  

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  August 21, 2011 6:34 AM PDT

  I would not recommend adding more that the required critical studies classes, maybe ONE more. When it comes to Animation classes, you are going to be pretty packed! I added two extra classes- Acting for Animators (excellent) and History of Character Animation (VERY EXCELLENT!) History counted as an Other Metier critical studies class. This is something that will come up a LOT when you get here. Make sure you meet with Patty at least once so she can explain it in a clear way.
  
  (By the by, Thomas- my roommate, Vincent who says he knows you from CSSSA says hi!) XD
• Thomas Roisland

  

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  August 21, 2011 8:17 AM PDT

  Thanks for great advice Amanda :) I will look into those. Wow you're rooming with Vincent? yea I know him from csssa for sure. Awesome :D say hi to him from me too :D tell him it will be great to see him soon!
• Amanda Candler

  

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  August 22, 2011 9:07 AM PDT

  Yeah, Vincent and I are crashing with a mutual friend for about a month.
  Will tell him hi for you!
• Thomas Roisland

  

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  August 23, 2011 5:10 PM PDT

  That's awesome. Thanks Amanda :D
• Dan Stevenson

  

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  September 24, 2011 10:10 AM PDT

  Could you take online classes at a community college to be used as transfer credits towards your critical studies courses?

   

• Deleted Member

  
   

  September 24, 2011 10:16 AM PDT

  Dan Stevenson said:
  

  Could you take online classes at a community college to be used as transfer credits towards your critical studies courses?

   

  Yes! Before going to CalArts I recommend you take ENGLISH AND MATH. Also language classes transfer, Cultural Study classes transfer, Psychology sutff like that but I would email Crit. Studies to make sure but Yes, take English and Math DEFINITELY. 

   

  Also, art classes can transfer as studio classes. But, there is a limit to how many hours can transfer, I took 1 1/2 yrs of Comm College and I still have way more space so I'm going to be going to summer school at my community college.

   

• Amanda Candler

  

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  September 24, 2011 11:09 AM PDT

  Call the Registrar's office and check the requirements. So many students go and take a bunch of classes at community college then get pissed off when they get here and some of them didn't transfer like they thought they would. Be safe, not sorry.
  But yes, take math, sciences, history, a computer class if you haven't already, ENGLISH!!! LOTS of English!