The Art Institute of California established at the Orange County is located at 3601 West Sunflower Ave. Santa Ana, CA. The Art institute of California is one amongst the 34 art Institutes housed in North America. The Art institute of California was especially designed for the students with creative skills and ever since then it has served for almost 35 years. It has more than 100 proficient faculty members.
The Art Institute of California runs various programs of creative arts including design, media arts and culinary arts and offers to its students, bachelor's degrees and associate's degrees in Advertising, Culinary Arts, Game Art & Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interactive Media Design, Interior Design, Media Arts & Animation and Visual & Game Programming. The Art institute of California also provides two diploma programs in Culinary Arts.
The institute features spacious and well lit classrooms and fully equipped studios, professional kitchens and Mac and PC computer labs. The art institute also offers to its students a well equipped library, student lounge and art supply store along with many other facilities.
In August 2003, a dining lab known as 50 Forks was started by the institute. It is run by the senior students and supervised by the school faculty. This restaurant is open to the public. The creative programs offered at this institute of art include:
- Advertising
- Baking & Pastry
- Culinary Arts
- Culinary Management
- Game Art & Design
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Interactive Media Design
- Interior Design
- Media Arts & Animation
- Visual & Game Programming
The institute offers degree program on annual basis, with quarterly exam system so that the students can work and gain experience along with pursuing the course. The Program Advisory Committee lays the structure of the Academic programs with the help of other members from the professional community. The curriculum of the institute is periodically evaluated by the faculty members and various professionals belonging to various industries in order to keep the academic programs updated and train the students for fresh jobs in their chosen program.
Degree offered at the institute:
- C = Certificate
- D= Diploma
- AS = Associate of Science
- BA = Bachelor of Arts
- BS = Bachelor of Science
