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37 Master's degrees offered by the university
Collaborative Keyboard
Collaborative Keyboard studies from California Institute of the Arts CalArts prepares advanced students for careers in various collaborative keyboard disciplines.
Film and Video
We offer a master degree ion Film and Video at California Institute of the Arts CalArts. During the course of three years, graduate students are expected to achieve technical expertise, to gain historical and critical perspective in their area of focus and to produce a substantial body of work.
Photography and Media
The Photography and Media Program at California Institute of the Arts CalArts centers on graduate critiques, seminars and independent studies with faculty, as students devote the majority of their time to creating a distinctive body of work.
Harp
Harp studies at California Institute of the Arts CalArts , part of the InstrumentalArts offerings, enables harpists to explore a full range of repertoire, ensemble performance opportunities and supplemental coursework in support of their métier
Directing
At California Institute of the Arts CalArts, in addition to MFA Directing-specific seminars and labs, students participate extensively in the Acting Program as well as in the Programs in Experience Design and Production.
Acting
The Acting Program from California Institute of the Arts CalArts offers classically centered training with an eye toward the future, and is designed to prepare emerging artists for the performance challenges of the 21st Century.
VoiceArts
The VoiceArts Specialization at California Institute of the Arts CalArts is uniquely designed for creative artists whose primary means of expression is the voice—for those who wish to develop both their unique artistic voice and their vocal mechanism.
Interactive Media for Performance
The Interactive Media for Performance Specialization in the CalArts School of Theater at California Institute of the Arts CalArts trains visionary artists to create interactive tools and moving imagery for live and time-based artwork.
Stage Management
The Stage Management specialization at California Institute of the Arts CalArts trains qualified students for careers as creative managers in a variety of professional performance environments.
Creative Writing
All MFA Creative Writing students at California Institute of the Arts CalArts are expected to attend closely to questions of form and aesthetics, as well as to the historical and critical contexts of literary work.
Performer-Composer
California Institute of the Arts CalArts’ unique Performer-Composer studies reflects the increasing demand for flexible musicians who are able to integrate composition with performance practice.
Brass
Brass studies at California Institute of the Arts CalArts is unique and innovative, with a curriculum designed to further develop the role of brass instruments in the present and looking toward the future.
North Indian Music
The North Indian Music MFA Specialization at California Institute of the Arts CalArts trains students to become fluent and skilled performers through in-depth, hands-on training under the direction of internationally esteemed faculty.
Graphic Design
The two-year MFA Graphic Design curriculum at California Institute of the Arts CalArts focuses on the advanced exploration of form, methodology and practice, informed by a consciousness of the following contexts: contemporary practice, craft, audience, theory and history, and the constantly shifting media environment.
Technical Direction
Generating a tangible world from abstract ideas, drawings, and conversations, the Technical Direction Program at California Institute of the Arts CalArts prepares students to work in collaborative design, fabrication, and technical management.
World Percussion
The MFA Program in World Percussion from California Institute of the Arts CalArts is designed to enable students to acquire the multiple skillsets that will empower them to stake out their own, unique, career pathways to success.
Choreography
The MFA in Choreography at the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at California Institute of the Arts CalArts is an opportunity accelerator for dance artists pursuing careers as creators and educators.