Graduate Program in Design at California College of the Arts

The mission of CCA's Graduate Program in Design is to prepare students to engage and shape the evolving field of design in meaningful and satisfying ways. The program offers concentrations in communication design, industrial design and interactive design within a broader context of transdisciplinary vision and practice. The program is distinguished by its emphasis on research, strategy, entrepreneurship and futurism as tools for designers to enter the professional world at the highest levels.

Spring 2010

Contemporary Issues, Sec. 1 Karen Fiss
Thesis: Studio, Sec. 1 Maria McVarish
Thesis: Studio, Sec. 2 Martin Venezky & Jon Sueda
Thesis: Studio, Sec. 3 Paul Montgomery & Wendy Ju
Sound, Music and Technology Guillermo Galindo
Cinema for Design Research Rachel Strickland
Thinking Objects Jon Meyer
Advanced Typography Scott Thorpe & Brett MacFadden
Strategy, Etntrepreneurship, & Ethics, Sec 1 Christopher Ireland
Contemporary Issues, Sec. 2 Karen Fiss
Contemporary Issues, Sec. 3 Peggy Weil
Media Matters, Sec 1 Geoff Kaplan & Ignacio Valero
Faraway, So Close Wendy Ju & Scott Minneman
Dislocation, Relocation Colin Owen & Paul Montgomery
Thesis: Writing, Sec. 1 Leslie Roberts
Thesis: Writing, Sec. 2 Barry Katz
Thesis: Presentation Brenda Laurel & Jeremy Mende
Strategy, Etntrepreneurship, & Ethics, Sec 2 Christopher Ireland
Media Matters, Sec 2 Geoff Kaplan & Ignacio Valero