Anyone here doing photography/ film at a uni college

im looking to go into photography next year, and was wondering if anyone had some insight/ experiences with it?

I did the media arts program at the University of Montana when it was only a minor. Now that it is a major it is way bad ass. Missoula also rocks for all sorts of out door adventures.
http://www.umt.edu/mediaarts/

It will definitely be better than a degree you have to write all the time for. It still is alot of work though, and you almost certainly ahve to take art History, which tends to be a tough course, but content is pretty interesting

I am doing Media/Theater Arts, Motion Picture/Video at Montana State.  The program is super good, but really competitive.  This year of the freshman class of 180, only the top 47 go on to the sophomore year.  They also have a good photography program, but it is the same deal with competitiveness.  Bozeman is dope town for skiing also.

I am. I'll be going to visit The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, as well as The School of Visual Arts in NYC next weekend. Although i really like the program at Bowling Green State Univ and its only a few hours away.

photography and videography are integrated into my program. its alright...

I'm a film production major at California Lutheran University, with an emphasis in visual effects and directing. I've taken a number of cinematography courses; what kind of insight are you looking for, n-o?

i dunno, im just wondering what its like, what portfolios are like and shit.. what you would in general say about the courses and such... like are they as good as you expected better? worse?

I don't know if you're on facebook, ok it may sound lame, but go on facebook, try to find a group that is from the program that you're in and add ppl as friends that are in this, and talk about it with them. My friend did that, and it helps sooooo much. Facebook is lame, but for this, its useful

I just started working on my professional portfolio. One of my classes this year is entirely devoted to building a high quality portfolio/reel. Here's an example of one of my friends' reel from last year. He's graduated now and working for Mechnology Visual Effects Studio.

http://robles.clunet.edu/~bcampana/reel/compreel07.html

In terms of classes, some have been incredibly helpful, others have been fairly useless. A lot depends on the quality of the teaching. But class quality aside, the networking has been amazing. I've gotten jobs with MTV and Discovery Channel from one of my cinematography professors, and I have an internship now at Warner Bros that i got from another film instructor. The goal, in many of my classes, has been to ensure that I'll get a good job in the industry when I graduate in two years.

Woah, that video was awesome.