It's been eight years since I graduated the school, so I really can't say what it's like there now, or what the acceptance standards are like for the bachelor degree program. I know that the art department has moved into the 'art campus' which is around the corner, down the street, and behind NOA's building (Nintendo of America) - so it's not even in the same place that I went to when I went there. The building that is shared with NST (Nintendo Software Technology) is where I attended classes, but I think it's just the programmers who have classes there now.


I know that for the first few years of the 4-year program, there was a very heavy emphasis on traditional art as a foundation, but the guy who ran the art department at that time sort of blew it and got fired when the first graduating class had shit work, overall. I have no idea what shift in focus they took after that point.


I'd recommend finding some people who are actually in the art degree right now and ask their opinion on it.
You can check out the gallery here -
Find anyone whose posted art to there more recently than I attended the school, and ask their opinion.

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