Are you looking for a Maya-specific school here in Mpls.?

If so, you are out of luck.

MCAD only teaches Lightwave at the moment, tho rumor has it Maya is going to be adopted there.
(the rumor has been around for more than 5 years tho...)


I think the closest thing you'll get to actual Maya-specific study here would be either at:

AII - https://www.aim.artinstitutes.edu/index.asp?ref=1

They have 2 different BA's you could go for, however only the Animation program includes Maya studies, but DOES NOT focus on Maya specificly on a course-by-course basis.

The second would be:

Brown Institute www.brown.edu

They only have ONE class in their WHOLE computer science
degree program that touches upon Maya....or animation for that matter:
https://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs195-9/


Then there is:
https://www.msbcollege.edu/msci/msciintro2.html

Its ironic that BOTH of thier graphics-related programs do not even mention 3d animation at all.


So, are you SURE that Minneapolis is where you want your animation education dollar to go?

If you are moving from Chicago to Mpls, I would HIGHLY suggest you look at going to a pro animation school such as:

https://mmd.uoregon.edu/main.html

or

https://www.fullsail.edu/index.cfm/fa...uter_Animation

....then of course there is Gnomon.

Sorry to burst your bubble man, but Minneaplis is NOT the place to go for jobs and/or education for animation/3d graphic/vfx.

Hope I helped you aviod a costly mistake.