Hi Joshua welcome to AP and the wonderful world of photography. I completed my 2 year A/S photography course in 2002, it was great fun, good luck with that! As for a camera, well I would recommend anything thats all manual, its the best way to learn what youre doing. Learn how to use a camera first, then how to abuse one!
I've never tried one but the Pentax K1000 does seem to carry the label 'student camera', and theyre widely available, but there are several similar camera that also have the same lens mount(Pentax K mount) meaning there are lots of compatible lenses going cheap out there. Amongst my collection of cameras I have a quite capable (or it was!)if heavy cosina CT1 EX. Its completely manual and is built like a brick so if you drop it make sure your foot's not in the way! Theres also a similar camera by Vivitar out there, same lens mount,and of course there are the old russian favourites Zenith. These use a screw mount lens(M42) which again are widely available second hand and cheap. I have an old Zenith TTL, best off avoiding anything earlier as they dont have ttl metering(Through the Lens,which is how all modern cameras meter the scene). They have a more recent model called the 12 I believe. Very basic heavy cameras but great to learn on!(my first SLR was a Zenith TTL my brother gave me when i was a kid)