Overview: The educational facility is located in the United States of America (USA) and is one of the foremost educational hubs for students in the country. With two campuses the university makes its presence felt in two prominent cities of the USA. These cities are namely Santa Barbara and Ventura, both of which are located under the jurisdiction of the area of California (CA).
Established In: Brooks Institute - Santra Barbara.....Continuing reading was established in the year 1945.
Established By: The founder of the institute was a man names Ernest H. Brooks Senior. Mr. Brooks named the institute Brooks Institute. The institute although still known as Brooks Institute, is today more commonly recognized as Brooks Institute for Photography.
Specialty: Brooks Institute specializes in mass media related courses. It aims to train professionals in the fields associated with mass media and lays special emphasis on the art of photography. Doling out practical knowledge it uses state-of-the-art latest equipment to fulfill its vision of creating a generation of empowered media persons.
Study Centre: The institute has two study centres. While one is located in the Ventura area of California, the other one is located within the boundaries of Santa Barbara CA.
Hostel: Brooks Institute does not offer the students hostel facility on any form of on-campus residential facility. However, a large number of housing facilities are available around the campus. Student sharing apartments near the campuses of Brooks Institute are offered in association with Collegiate Housing Services (CHS). If necessary, the college also helps students find a roommate. The apartments are typically two-bedroom, with one or two bathrooms. They host four same-gender Brooks’ students each.
The CHS are present on campus during all the Registration days. They also make an appearance on Orientation days. Assistance in completing leases and settling into their new residences is offered to the new students. A housing list is posted by the university on the student portal for students wishing to secure housing on their own. The residences are furnished and inclusive of other basic utilities. Available at higher costs are limited number of private bedrooms. Individual leases tailored to Brooks Institute’s scholastic terms are given.
Infrastructure: Brooks Institute - Santra Barbara offers Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) in Professional Photography alongside Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography. A 30 studio campus, it houses 6 digital labs for student usage. Inclusive of The Mason Street Studio Facility, Cota Street Campus, Galley 27, the campus overlooks the Santa Barbara Harbor and Channel Islands.
Expensive photography equipment is available for the use of the students such as 35mm medium and large format film cameras with wide variety of digital lenses. Additionally, there are electronic flash location and studio lighting kits, digital video cameras and backdrops. The campus has private studios, classrooms, faculty offices and equipment in the Mason Street Facility. The blend of industrial design and bright colors ensures that the galleries and campus facilities blend with the artistic vision of the historic architectural building of the Barbara campus. Gallery 27 is a public gallery.
BFA in Film, MFA in Screenwriting, BS in Visual Journalism and BFA in Graphic Design are taught in the Ventura facility in Sycamore Village. Spread over 8 acres, the campus was formerly a motion picture studio. It hosts the Administrative Building, Library and Cafe. It also houses Sound Stage 1 and 2. Church, town courtyard and other building facades as film sets are found in the back lot. Several digital labs also dot the campus. State-of-the-art equipment is available as well. Macintosh computers, Espon ink-jet photo printers and other high-end equipment are present in the student workstations.
Faculty: While a large body of the in-house faculty are winners of prestigious awards, Brooks Institute - Santra Barbara faculty has a good grasp on teaching tools and is had the inept ability of helping translate their field experiences into valuable lessons that can be imparted as knowledge to the students. In a dynamic industry that employs media graduates, the faculty is abreast with new developments and thus the students gain a cutting-edge and fresh perspective on the subjects. Their knowledge is based on practical experience under the keen observation and guidance of faculty with extensive practical know-how. A myriad and varied ensemble of faculty members ensures that are exposed to every facet of the industry.
Accreditation: Brooks Institute has received national accrediting from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). In the United States the accreditation process is a little different than what is followed in the other countries of the world. Instead of a government body giving the accreditation, quality assurance of education in done by the independent private players who are in membership with the government of United States from time to time. Accreditation is necessary for every educational institution since it guarantees quality education being provided. It developed in the early 20th century in the United States.
Brooks Institute - Santra Barbara is a private for-profit institution. Proprietary education or also known by the name of Education Services Industry is the formal name for the Universities that call themselves – For-Profit Institutions of education. These for-profit educational institutions are run by the private players of the market for seeking profits and make education a profit making business. Brooks Institute is one of the Universities out of the many in the United States which is a for-profit education institution. Under these for-profit educational institutions, there can be two major branches of such. One of them are called as educational management organizations or EMOs. These educational management organizations are the ones that impart the primary and secondary education through running of primary along with secondary educational institutions. These educational management institutions use the public funds as a way to finance their operations in the school districts, local schools or the charter schools. The major sector of the for-profit educational institutions those are present in the United States in the K-12 sector run in the same way as the education management organizations or EMOs. Such types of EMOs have grown in large quantities in the 2000s. The other major part of the for-profit educational institutions which do not use the public funds for their operations are the ones that provide post-secondary education. These type of educational institutions run their businesses by collecting fees from each and every student that they enroll in their college. Another minor type of such profit-educational institutions which is very less in number are the K-12 schools. These schools run as businesses.....Reading in short