Experience the
Art of Change
A justice-focused online major in arts, media, and design
Creative Technologies emphasizes the study of creativity in digital environments. Digital arts/design environments are powerful and exciting spaces for the pursuit of justice, freedom of inquiry and imagination, and for the cultivation of knowledge, democracy, and stronger communities. The first online undergraduate major program in the UC system, our curriculum is designed to frame media literacy and interdisciplinary arts spaces in the environment of digital and web communication, while mitigating some of the residency-based barriers that UCSC Arts students experience in their educational paths. It also combines courses from many arts genres and arts disciplines, allowing its students to pursue arts and design training without being stuck “in the box” of traditional arts genres or disciplines—instead, they move freely between those practices to gain more contemporary, collaborative, and multimedia arts experience.
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Explore the Creative Technologies curriculum.
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Justice, access, equity, diversity, and inclusion
Admissions
Creative Technologies is a non-screening major. Therefore, transfer students can apply regularly via the UC application and choose “Creative Technologies” as their primary major choice for UC Santa Cruz. Due to the sequential nature of the curriculum, Creative Technologies transfer students must begin in fall quarter.
Questions?
Email creative@ucsc.edu
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