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.]] The School of Visual Arts, or '''SVA''', is an . CURRICULUM SVA is a fully accredited college that requires the completion of a four-year, 128 Credit course for a Bachelor Of Fine Arts degree. This includes 70 accumulated credits' worth of studio classes (where the Curriculum requires the creation of some type of art), 32 accumulated credits of Humanities And Sciences courses, 12 accumulated credits of Art History courses, and 14 discretionary credits. As of 2005, the Undergraduate Degree s offered at SVA are Advertising , Animation , Cartooning , Computer Art , Film & Video , Fine Arts , Graphic Design , Illustration , Interior Design , and Photography . In ; Art Therapy; Computer Art ; Design; Illustration as Visual Essay; and Photography , Video and Related Media. In the fall of 2005 , the college opened its eighth graduate program, an MFA in Art Criticism and Writing. Graduate courses in Illustration as Visual Essay and Video & Related Media are also available. {Link without Title} LOCATION AND CAMPUS The school has two neighborhood, on the East Side; and in the Chelsea neighborhood, on the West Side, with a number of buildings catering to classes in different departments. Main Building The Main Building is located at 209 East 23rd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, and features, in addition to classrooms, administrative offices. The upper floors are mostly designated for film courses, and the building features an amphitheater. The building’s lobby and two adjoining rooms also serve as a museum space for exhibits and public events. Humanities Building The school does not own this entire building, which is located at 380 Second Avenue, but only three of its floors, including the second, where the school’s library and some classrooms are located, the fifth floor, where animation studios are located, and the eighth floor, where offices and classrooms designated for Humanities and Sciences classes are located. Photography Building Located at 214 East 21st Street, this building is where classrooms and studios used for Photography classes are located, as well as the school’s Radio Station , WSVA, and some administrative offices. One of this buildings lesser known features is that it also houses the cartooning studio, on the third floor. Fine Arts Building This building, located from 133-141 West 21st Street, between 7th and 6th Avenues, contains most of the studios serving drawing and painting classes, particularly for freshmen. It also features classrooms for courses in interior design, computer art, and art history. In more recent years it has also come to house the Computer Art Department on the second and third floors. Sculpture Building Located at 30 West 17th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, this building is used for sculpture classes on the ground floor and lower level. {Link without Title} INSTRUCTORS AND NOTABLES The school’s teaching staff is composed of professionals within the various fields to which the students’ aspire. For example:
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