Art Institute of California - Orange County

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The Art Institute of California - Orange County, or AICOC, is a college located in Santa Ana, California that is part of The Art Institutes system of educational institutions. It is accredited as a branch of The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools to award the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Associate of Science (A.S.) degrees.

[edit] Academic Programs

The school offers B.S. degrees in the following career-preparatory programs:

Advertising
Culinary Management
Game Art & Design
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Interactive Media Design
Interior Design
Media Arts & Animation

A.S. degrees are available for:

Graphic Design
Interactive Media Design
Culinary Arts.

A B.S. degree program will also be made available for Visual & Game Programming beginning in 2007.

[edit] Student Life

AICOC has a year-round academic schedule operating on the quarter system, so that there are four quarters in an academic year. Therefore, if a student follows the suggested curriculum, he or she will be able to complete a Bachelor degree program in 12 quarters (3 years) or an Associate degree program in 6 quarters (1.5 years).

Student housing is available to all students, and consists of furnished apartments in complexes located within five miles of campus. The student housing complexes feature laundry facilities, a fitness center, pools and spas.

According to the website's Fact Sheet, AICOC had 1,800 students enrolled Fall 2004 Quarter, with a student-to-instructor ratio of 20:1.

In August 2003, the school opened 50 Forks, "a restaurant open to the public that's operated by senior-level culinary students, overseen by professional chef faculty, as a final passage prior to graduation".[1]

AICOC hosts several student clubs and organizations, and notably, several school-sponsored events, such as an "Up All Night" event which occurs every October during finals week. The school also hosts the Orange County chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).