Comments on the legitimacy of a university ed in my field ...
I do believe that Graphic Designers must go to school. There is so much to learn and so many important technical aspects of what we do that it cannot be learned purely by experience.
I believe that it would serve us well if this was a four year program, and in the final year we would spend part of our time working in a local design firm(s) of our choice. I believe that would be a fantastic way to learn hands on. This would also increase the amount of good, up to date design in Kamloops, and drive a weak industry, as well as provide more work for the rest of us when we graduate.
I would prefer to be going to school down at the coast, as Vancouver is the cultural and visual arts center of our province. It would also be nicer to be receiving a degree instead of a diploma when I graduate.
Those are really the only detracting factors, and they are more focussed on the way the program is conducted, not if it has a role in the education system.
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