CCS is a specialized college, but the education you receive is broad. The Liberal Arts curriculum required for all BFA students will provide you with the fundamental knowledge and communication skills that will be essential to your success throughout your lifetime. Classes in art history, English, history, philosophy, speech, social science, math and natural science will foster intellectual growth, develop your critical thinking skills and help you write and speak more effectively. Upon graduating, you will be an educated person, as well as a proficient professional.

We emphasize the Liberal Arts for another important reason: they’re the springboard to deeper creativity. You can’t make art or design in a void. By stimulating your curiosity and providing a historical, social and intellectual context for your ideas, the Liberal Arts will widen your outlook, raise your awareness of the connections between individuals and cultures, and provide you with new tools to articulate your personal vision. If you want to pursue professional careers in art history or art therapy, the Liberal Arts curriculum provides courses that can lead to a minor in these areas. And because all students participate in Liberal Arts classes regardless of their individual majors, you’ll be exposed to new, interdisciplinary ways of thinking.

The Liberal Arts Program also offers you the opportunity to embark on four weeks of travel and study abroad. In 1997, after completing a preparatory art history course, students traveled to Portugal and Spain. Their tour included visits to the Azulejo (Tile) Museum, the Islamic Palace of Alhambra, Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia Church, the Picasso and Miro museums and the Prado.

LIBERAL ARTS
Psychology of Perception
Non-Western Arts
Optics, Color and Light
The Impact of Revolutions: New Arts, New Science, and New Futures
The Fairy Tale The Pursuit of Meaning
Math and the Imagination
Technoculture Exploration of Disney Themes
The Experience of War
The Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright


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