From the President

Are you ready to make a difference in the world?
California College of the Arts is a place for people who believe creative work can positively and powerfully affect our society. People who want to make art that matters.

An arts education has never been more relevant or more valuable. Today, creative people are recognized as necessary to help solve the world’s most pressing problems. And CCA students, alumni, and faculty are at the cutting edge of every creative field, working in industry and the community, and founding enterprises of their own.

CCA’s dedicated faculty—all of them practicing artists, architects, designers, and writers—will encourage you to explore your interests and passions. You will develop your own unique voice and style while engaging in dynamic, contemporary conversations about such crucial issues as innovation, sustainability, and social justice.

Our two campuses, both located in the lively, diverse, and forward-thinking San Francisco Bay Area, offer a dynamic setting for you to pursue your dreams. CCA is a place of promise and transformation, boundless energy and vision. I invite you to join us.

Stephen Beal
President

CCA's Undergraduate Programs of Study

California College of the Arts provides the perfect environment for undergraduate students to engage in making art that matters while pushing boundaries and building global community. The college offers the following undergraduate degrees: bachelor of arts in Architecture (BArch); bachelor of arts (BA); and bachelor of fine arts (BFA).

We've also recently added two minors—one in Visual Studies; the other in Writing and Literature—to the Humanities and Sciences undergraduate curriculum.

• Animation (BA)
• Architecture (BArch)
• Ceramics
• Community Arts
• Fashion Design
• Film
• Furniture
• Glass
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Industrial Design
• Interaction Design*
• Interior Design
• Jewelry / Metal Arts
• Painting/Drawing
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Textiles
• Visual Studies**
• Writing and Literature**

* Launches fall 2011

** Minor degree option available. Read "About the Minor" on each program's main page for additional information and curricular specifications.

Applying

See Undergraduate Applications for how to apply to each specific graduate program as well as to learn about events geared toward prospective undergraduate students.