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37 Master's degrees offered by the university
Experimental Animation
In the MFA Experimental Animation Program at California Institute of the Arts CalArts, students are provided with a comprehensive foundational background and are encouraged to seek out poetic, lyrical, structural and other modes of experimentation with the materials and forms of the moving image.
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.
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.
Strings
As part of the InstrumentalArts family, Strings studies surveys Western musical repertoire, from the medieval to the modern, and continues forward, emphasizing contemporary styles, diverse musical cultures, improvisation, digital media and interdisciplinary performance. This programme is offered at California Institute of the Arts CalArts.
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
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.
Jazz
Founded by the late jazz giant Charlie Haden as a creative alternative to academic jazz studies, California Institute of the Arts CalArts Jazz studies emphasizes small ensemble performance and improvisation, training students to become highly versatile performers, improvisers and composers.
Music Technology
The Music Technology: Interaction, Intelligence & Design (MTIID) Specialization at California Institute of the Arts CalArts enables students to build both strong traditional and contemporary musical skills while mastering a variety of technologies for the creation of sonic and multimedia art.
Scene Design
Focusing on the development of the skills and knowledge needed for professional scene designers, the Scene Design Program at California Institute of the Arts CalArts fosters the designer’s multifaceted contribution to a project beyond providing a visual background.
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.
Collaborative Keyboard
Collaborative Keyboard studies from California Institute of the Arts CalArts prepares advanced students for careers in various collaborative keyboard disciplines.
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.
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.
Film Directing
Students in the Film Directing Program from California Institute of the Arts CalArts are intensely diverse in identity and perspective; over 70% of our community comes from outside the United States, from such countries as Iran, Iceland, China, Taiwan, Colombia, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil (among many others)
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.
Composition and Experimental Sound Practices
Nationally and internationally renowned for its contributions to contemporary music, Composition and Experimental Sound Practices studies from California Institute of the Arts CalArts facilitates the development of students’ artistic voices through mastery of a broad range of theories, techniques and creative tools.