BAI Illustration Certificate

Beginning in the Fall of 2017, BAI will be offering a certificate program. When starting BAI, we imagined it as a topnotch college-level illustration department --- but without the college. We believe that our combination of faculty and curriculum are on par with, or surpass that of any art school illustration department. And now, students wanting to take a full load of classes that approximate the level of illustration education one might get at a quality art college can do so at BAI.

Each course at BAI now has a certain number of credits assigned to it: 3 for core classes and 2 for electives. There would be a total of 30 credits needed to complete the certificate—18 credits of core classes and 18 credits of elective classes. Students who are interested in pursuing a certificate will be advised as to what combination of courses they should take to get an education that we believe is the equal of the illustration education they would get in a four-year program. There no proscribed timetable for completing the classes. A student can finish the certificate as quickly as he or she completes the necessary courses. There is no penalty, however, for taking a longer amount of time to complete the certificate requirements. Upon completion of the required course, BAI will award a certificate indicating that our goals for that student have been met.