OT: Higher Education

[AgentZero]

So, rather belatedly, I've decided to head on back to college/university & give the whole higher learning thing another try. I'm interested in getting a degree of some kind in some sort of multimedia/graphic design course, something that focuses mainly on basically drawing pretty pictures & animations with the helpful assistance of a computer. Problem is, I don't actually know what any of those courses are called.
Is there anyone out there who knows what sort of thing I should be looking for, or if theres some sort of generic entry level courses you have to take first? And are those sorts of courses generally offered by 'normal' universities or does one have to look for a specialist school?