Undergraduate Programs
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Whatever your creative path, you can follow it at Emily Carr University.
We offer three bachelor's degrees: Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Arts.
All of our degrees begin with a Foundation year.
You will receive a bachelor’s degree with a specific major when you graduate. In addition to your major, you are also able to graduate with a minor.
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For independent and fiercely creative students, Visual Arts at ECU offers exceptional freedom and choice.
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Develop your ceramics practice with traditional and modern methods.
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The ECU campus is LEED certified to the Gold level, meeting rigorous standards for sustainability.
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For visual artists who want to focus on painting, ECU's Painting program will immerse you in a studio culture to nurture your individual practice
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Veronica Waechter (BFA, 2018) completes the finishing touches on the doors to the Aboriginal Gathering Place. The doors, depicting the Raven, were designed by Yaxkasei William Callaghan (posthumous degree granted 2017).
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The Integrated Motion Studio is a large black box space that can support projects requiring motion capture or tracking and stereoscopic projection.
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For aspiring filmmakers and media artists alike, the Film + Screen Arts (FMSA) program is designed to provide you with the skills and frameworks you need to bring creative projects to life.
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Emily Carr is the only school in British Columbia to offer a bachelor’s degree in 3D and CG animation.
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ECU students work with staff, ECU faculty members Hélène Day Fraser and Keith Doyle, and Native Shoes co-founder Tom Claypool on creating new footwear by deconstructing and reassembling existing Native shoes at the Native Shoe Hack event, June, 2023.
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Emily Carr is home to over 20 distinct art, design and media production environments.
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At ECU, you'll be challenged to explore the “why” behind your practice and think about the impact you can have on the world at large.
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Multidisciplinary and innovative, the Photography major provides both knowledge and hands-on skills in a range of analogue and digital processes.
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Build creative skills while developing a deep understanding of how art forms connect and intersect.
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Focusing on experimentation, the Writing track offers an opportunity to create a writing practice in an interdisciplinary community and to make connections with your art and design practices.
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In the Drawing program, you'll work with a range of contemporary and traditional materials, and experiment with techniques, tools, media, papers, and other supports.
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Whatever your creative path, you can follow it at Emily Carr University.