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PARENT'S GUIDE TO ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY DEGREES

UAT Students

A significant degree of change

WHEN YOUR STUDENT GRADUATES FROM UAT, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT?
HOW WILL HE OR SHE HAVE GROWN?

They will have gained a body of knowledge about the world they live in—history, culture and communication. They will learn how to think, analyze information and apply knowledge to create solutions.

They will possess a deep and comprehensive understanding of technology; not just how to best work with contemporary technology, but how to adapt and utilize technology as it advances and transforms. They will possess the tools to become more than just a technician. They will be prepared to create, innovate and provide leadership in their chosen field.

They will have memories and friends that will last for the rest of their lives, each one more meaningful and vivid because of the shared passion for technology.

They will be prepared to build a life, a career and a future on their terms—doing what they enjoy, performing at a high degree in the highest levels of technology and industry.

In summary, your student will arrive at UAT as a somewhat scattered, but technology-crazed adolescent; maybe a whiz at math, but no so great at goal setting and organization. When he or she graduates from UAT, your student will be a poised, responsible, competent adult who has mastered technology to the point that they can innovate in areas in which they were once only users. They will know how to work effectively as part of a team to complete complex projects. They will be prepared to contribute to society and industry in major ways. No longer a child, clearly, but making you more proud than ever.

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STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO: 13:1

Incoming Freshmen*

Average Class Size: 15*
Average Incoming GPA: 3.0*
Average SAT Score: 1579*
Average ACT Score: 26*

Percent of students receiving a UAT Scholarship: 31.68%**
Percent of students receiving any scholarship: 64.76%**
Average Scholarship amount: $2,212.50/academic year**

*Information based on data obtained from UAT’s Fall 2012 class.
**Information represents students that started at UAT Fall 2012.

UAT HEROES

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Profession:
Alumnus:
Major:
Home State:

Rick Ravenell
Composite Artist, Los Angeles, CA
Class of 2007
Game Animation and Digital Video
Hawaii

Rick graduated from UAT in 2007 with a double major in Animation and Digital Video. Before that, he attended a university in Hawaii where he majored in traditional art. When asked why he made the move to Arizona to attend UAT, Rick said, “I knew art was what I wanted to do, I just wanted to do it with a computer.”

With this goal in mind, Rick set out to look for the best animation and digital video schools in the country. When he came across the UAT website, he read through some information and ordered a new student packet. That was all it took. Rick found where he belonged and made his decision.

Through the usual mix of hard work, networking with alumni contacts, good timing and a little luck Rick landed a position on the Avatar visual affects team. Since his work on Avatar, companies such as Encore Hollywood and Sabertooth Interactive provide Rick a steady stream of projects involving digital workflows (DiTV) and visual effects for episodic television, MOWs, commercials, music videos and feature films.

Major Highlight

Digital Video (BA)

21st Century audiences expect 21st Century content. Students earning UAT’s digital film production degree apply new technological solutions in digital filmmaking to the age-old challenge of storytelling to achieve true contemporary relevance in digital video production. This film production…

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Jacob Parks
US Federal Government (classified)
Class of 2011
Network Security and Technology Forensics
California

Jacob Parks was 18 years old on his first day at UAT. By the time he graduated in summer 2011, less than two years later, he was 19 and embarking on the type of life that movies are made about.

Jacob now has a job with the federal government (they asked him not to say more about it than that). He has two degrees—a Bachelor of Science in Network Security and a B.S. in Technology Forensics. And, Jacob, who grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., is most likely going to be living and working somewhere on the East Coast.

While Jacob’s story is awesome, he isn’t the first UAT student to get snapped up by the federal government a few months before graduation.

One of the reasons the government heavily recruits from UAT is because it’s a Center of Academic Excellence for its Information Assurance coursework. That’s a hard-to-come-by designation from the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

Major Highlight

Network Security (BS)

As technology continues its speed-of-light evolution in commerce and culture, the theft and corruption of information expands as well. UAT’s Network Security degree prepares students to design networks using diagrams and documentation that secures cyber communication within…

Faculty Highlight

Russ Rogers

I am the CEO for Security Horizon and have been working in the information…

Al Kelly

Professor teaching both on campus and online who has been involved in the Information…

Notable Alumni

Stefan Dieckmann
Programmer
Luma Studios
Major: Game Programming

Within a year of his graduation from UAT, Stefan is already an experienced, multi-talented veteran in the game business. He says, “I came out of UAT already knowing how to work as a part of a team with other developers, artists and programmers, which is the way the industry works. Other classes such as public speaking and portfolio building gave me some valuable presentations skills, which help me during meetings when I have to voice any design ideas I have.”

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Rick Ravenell
VFX Artist
Freelance
Major: Game Animation and Digital Video

Rick is a freelance composite artist and 2007 graduate of UAT. Companies seek him out frequently and present him with new projects because he was crucial in saving earlier projects from disaster. “When you love what you do like I love what I do, it doesn’t feel like work. It feels like hanging out with friends,” says Rick.

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Holly Sheppard
Environment Artist
Rainbow Studios
Major: Game Art and Animation

“In a way, Rainbow Studios is like my experience at UAT. I’m given a lot of opportunity to expand and learn. I’m definitely enjoying my time in art production and still feel like there is more to learn, but eventually I may consider a director role on a game.”

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Stefan Dieckmann
Programmer
Luma Studios
Major: Game Programming

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Rick Ravenell
VFX Artist
Freelance
Major: Game Animation and Digital Video

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Holly Sheppard
Environment Artist
Rainbow Studios
Major: Game Art and Animation

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“What I like about UAT is that it’s the school I would have gone to as a kid, if I could have, because I’d find people like me.”

—Ed Fries
Cofounder of Xbox, former VP of Microsoft Game Studios and founding developer of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word

WHERE DO UAT GRADUATES WORK?

Rudy Polo

Network Engineer

General Dynamics Signal Solutions Inc.
Stephanie Stafford

Art Director

R&R Partners
Matt Kuraja

Software Engineer

Unicon
Rashad Fambro

Software Engineer

Harris Corporation
Carlos Gabaldon

Software Development Manager

Go Daddy
Chris Lakso

Senior Consulting

Legal Technology Consulting

Jason Reiss

Software Level Designer

Gearbox
Lori Barber

Website Manager

Health and Fitness Provider Network
Bert Regeer

Application Systems Analyst/Programmer 1

iPhase3
Cory Van Note

Designer; Vice President and Creative Director

EdOptions; Hunger Interactive
Holly Sheppard

Environment Artist

Rainbow Studios
Jonathan Gardner

Software Engineer

Research Network Inc.