ArtCenter College of Design was established in 1930 in downtown Los Angeles. Fred R. Archer organized the photography department in 1935. During the second world war, ArtCenter ran a technical design program in connection with the California Institute of Technology. In 1947, the post-war growth in students caused the school to grow to a larger area in the building of the ancient Cumnock School for Girls in the Hancock Park neighborhood. The University began awarding Bachelor's and Master's degrees in arts in 1949 and was fully authorized by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1955. In 1965, the University amended its name to the Art Center College of Design. The school grew its programs by including film program in 1973. The institution operated ArtCenter Europe in Switzerland from 1986 to 1996. The ArtCenter was awarded Non-Governmental Organization status by the UN Department of Public Information. The University administers undergraduate and graduate courses in a comprehensive variety of art and design fields, as well as free programs for children and high school students, and continuing education for adults. It is one of the rare institutions to offer a degree course in Communication Design. The college emblem is an orange circle, also recognized as the ArtCenter "Dot," which has been a component of the school's status since its initiation. While art and design schools aren't normally involved in standard undergraduate rankings, ArtCenter has been approved by several national magazines. The University's junior and graduate industrial design programs are consistently ranked number one by DesignIntelligence.U.S. News and World Report also places Art Center's Art, Industrial Design and Media Design Practices programs among the top 20 graduate schools in the U.S.