Sample Planners
Sample planners
Please find sample two- and four-year academic planners for the Creative Technologies major below.
We welcome students from all different backgrounds to the Creative Technologies program. As such, the sample planners below are just a starting point. Please reach out to the Creative Technologies advisor at creative@ucsc.edu to discuss your individual situation. We are here to help you build a plan that works for you – whether you are a readmission student, a student interested in part-time study, or more.
Students in Creative Technologies develop fluency in the languages and tools of contemporary media, arts, and design technologies.
Frosh planner
Please note this sample planner assumes full-time study.
Year 1
Fall Quarter
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Choice of GE (5 credits)
College 1 (5 credits)
Total credits: 15
Winter Quarter
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Composition – Writing 1 (5 credits)
Total credits: 15
Spring Quarter
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Composition – Writing 2 (5 credits)
Total credits: 15
Year 2
Fall Quarter
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Major Qualification: Introductory arts course in theory or history (5 credits)
American History and Institutions (5 credits)
Total credits: 15
Winter Quarter
Choice of GE (5 credits)
Major Qualification: Practice-based, “maker”/production-oriented arts course (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 15
Spring Quarter
Choice of GE (5 credits)
5 credit class
5 credit class
Total credits: 15
Year 3
Fall Quarter
CT 1A/1B (2 credits)
CT 10 (5 credits)
CT 11 (5 credits)
Lower Division or Upper Division Breadth of Arts Elective (5 credits)
Total credits: 17
Winter Quarter
CT 1A/1B (2 credits)
CT 20 (5 credits)
5 credit class
Lower Division or Upper Division Breadth of Arts Elective (5 credits)
Total credits: 17
Spring Quarter
CT 1A/1B (2 credits)
CT 100 (5 credits)
CT 120 (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 17
Year 4
Fall Quarter
CT 101 (5 credits)
Upper Division CT Special Topics (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 15
Winter Quarter
CT 110 (5 credits)
CT 125 (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 15
Spring Quarter
Upper Division Breadth of Arts Elective (5 credits)
CT 195 (5 credits)
Total credits: 10
Transfer planner
Please note this planner assumes full-time study.
Year 1
Fall Quarter
CT 1A/1B (2 credits)
CT 10 (5 credits)
CT 11 (5 credits)
Lower Division or Upper Division Breadth of Arts Elective (5 credits)
Total credits: 17
Winter Quarter
CT 1A/1B (2 credits)
CT 20 (5 credits)
5 credit class
Lower Division or Upper Division Breadth of Arts Elective (5 credits)
Total credits: 17
Spring Quarter
CT 1A/1B (2 credits)
CT 100 (5 credits)
CT 120 (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 17
Year 2
Fall Quarter
CT 101 (5 credits)
Upper Division CT Special Topics (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 15
Winter Quarter
CT 110 (5 credits)
CT 125 (5 credits)
5 credit class
Total credits: 15
Spring Quarter
Upper Division Breadth of Arts Elective (5 credits)
CT 195 (5 credits)
Total credits: 10
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