Department: Institute

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CSOC309Arts Pedagogy: Approaches to TeachingThis course will develop fundamental skills in course planning and classroom management for arts learning and working with today's diverse student populations. Students will learn methods for inclusive pedagogy, approaches to curriculum development t...
ICOM101Media & Web DevelopmentThis course provides an introduction to the process of modern web development. Each student will learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and how to combine them into a functioning portfolio website. Students will learn how to work with rich med...
ICOM111Intro to Sound ProductionThis course provides a basic understanding of working with a digital audio workstation. Students will learn proper gain staging, where and how distortion enters recordings, how to set levels and panning, effective sub group mixing, and an introductio...
ICOM121Coding Music FundamentalsThis course extends previous graphics related programming experience into the audio domain. ChucK, a strongly-timed computer music language will be the focal language of the class, with opportunities to communicate to physical computing platforms lik...
ICOM301Digital FabricationThis course teaches students modern skills in digital design. Students will learn how to express their ideas using CAD software in 2D and 3D forms. Mathematical measurements and scaling will be addressed throughout the assignments. Students will also...
IDAR201Videomaking for Digital ArtistAn Exploration of principles of holistic filmmaking and the practice of integrating a variety of skills and disciplines. Concepts explored in lecture include mise-en scene (the meaning of props, characters, light setting, etc); cinematography (dynami...
IDAR202Demystifying DesignA Crash Course in Graphic Design, Visual Culture, and Basic Design Application Through a set of online lectures in design history and culture, as well as weekly hands-on assignments and in-person discursions, this workshop is designed to give you a b...
IDAR399Independent Proj: Digital ArtsUnder the direction of a specific faculty member, students complete projects defined in a contractual agreement made at the beginning of the semester.
IDAR400Blockchain, NFTs, and Crypto CurrenciesThis course provides an overview of blockchain technologies and how they can use it to make a living as an artist in the new digital age. NFTS and crypto currency will be discussed and how artists can use them and how to make self made business's out...
IDAR419Immersive Experience DesignThis class is taught by a Director at Meow Wolf. Together they will take you through real life experiences of working in the field and create a premise for students to get prepared to work in this industry professionally. Students will work in groups...
IDAR490Digital PortfolioThis course is a the final requirement for the Digital Arts Minor to be taken at as a BFA 4. This course requires you to assemble a digital portfolio webpage showcasing all your work from CalArts combining your creativity using technology. Online lec...
IDAR600Blockchain, NFTs, and Crypto CurrenciesThis course provides an overview of blockchain technologies and how they can use it to make a living as an artist in the new digital age. NFTS and crypto currency will be discussed and how artists can use them and how to make self made business's out...
IDAR619Immersive Experience DesignThis class is taught by a Director at Meow Wolf. Together they will take you through real life experiences of working in the field and create a premise for students to get prepared to work in this industry professionally. Students will work in groups...
IDAR699Independent ProjectUnder the direction of a specific faculty member, students complete projects defined in a contractual agreement made at the beginning of the semester.
IIDS102Themed Events Development PracticumThis course will focus on the two largest internal events CalArts produces: Halloween and Drag Ball. Both of these events, requiring a well developed theme, and artistic and managerial participation from all areas of the school, are funded by the ins...
IIDS402Halloween Design and Production TeamCalArts' annual Halloween event has grown from a party with some bands to a themed story telling experience centered around the main dance party in Main Gallery. In this class, we will create as story for the event that will be carried through arriva...
IIDS403Startup IncubatorThis course is designed to help CalArts students develop their entrepreneurial ideas into real life startups. We will cover legal, finance, marketing and how to get your company up and running. We will bring in guest lectures who are business gurus t...
IIDS404Calarts Expo Production TeamThis course is for team members involved in the design, production, and implementation of the CalArts Expo Production. Students should communicate with the Associate Provost for Creative Technologies to learn more about this opportunity
IIDS406Graduation Design and Production TeamThis course is for team members involved in the design, production, and implementation of CalArts Graduation Production. Students will apply to the course through a form to register, and therefore interested students should speak with their mentor...
IIDS407The Fine Art of Radical GardeningAs a collective, we will be creating a permanent on-campus garden from building the beds and soil to planting the seeds. The course will be taught by environmental artist Fritz Haeg, who created a community garden at Calarts in 2005 centered around c...
IIDS408Creative Career Job Search StrategiesLearn how to pursue jobs, gigs, internships, apprenticeships, and other professional opportunities efficiently and effectively. Develop fluency with platforms and search strategies to maximize your time management and results. Build a toolkit to arra...
IIDS409Your Brilliant Idea As Fundable Project!Develop your brilliant idea(s) into a clear, strong, fundable, producible project proposal with help from specialists in grant writing, budgeting, feasibility, and production. Strongly encouraged for students seeking CalArts support for spring projec...
IIDS411Funding Strategies for Artists'Funding Strategies for Artists' will help any artist, at any phase of their career, understand best practices in how to identify relevant funding sources, apply for and secure funding for their personal or creative goals. The first part of the class...
IIDS412Decolonization, Indigenization, and Your...Art Practice Fueled by the climate crisis and BLM, social and environmental justice movements have gathered momentum over the past few years, with calls to decolonize and Indigenize various sectors of society increasing in volume and urgency. Wor...
IIDS413The Real DealThe Real Deal: Managing a Creative Business covers a wide range of entrepreneurial and managerial strategies, structures, standards, and nuanced soft skills required of anyone leading or living a creative life. Built from lived experiences, perspecti...
IIDS416Solar Punk and HacktivismA course in discussing and developing artistic ideas and projects in relation to Solarpunk and Hacktivism. This class will discuss optimistic "futuring," imagining creative solutions for the world's problems using art, data, and our imagination. S...
IIDS417Makeover My BrandIn the dynamic and competitive landscape of the modern creative industry, the ability to craft and communicate a unique and authentic brand identity is an indispensable skill for both emerging and established artists and creatives. This course is des...
IIDS502Themed Events Development PracticumThis course will focus on the two largest internal events CalArts produces: Halloween and Drag Ball. Both of these events, requiring a well developed theme, and artistic and managerial participation from all areas of the school, are funded by the ins...
IIDS602Halloween Design and Production TeamCalArts' annual Halloween event has grown from a party with some bands to a themed story telling experience centered around the main dance party in Main Gallery. In this class, we will create as story for the event that will be carried through arriva...
IIDS603Startup IncubatorThis course is designed to help CalArts students develop their entrepreneurial ideas into real life startups. We will cover legal, finance, marketing and how to get your company up and running. We will bring in guest lectures who are business gurus t...
IIDS604Calarts Expo Production TeamThis course is for team members involved in the design, production, and implementation of the CalArts Expo Production. Students should communicate with the Associate Provost for Creative Technologies to learn more about this opportunity
IIDS605Artist As EducatorArtist as Educator: Pedagogy, Planning, and Practice. Participants will learn how to effectively and ethically engage with the diverse communities of K-12 students-including English Learners and students with special needs-as artists and educators....
IIDS606Graduation Design and Production TeamThis course is for team members involved in the design, production, and implementation of CalArts Graduation Production. Students will apply to the course through a form to register, and therefore interested students should speak with their mentor...
IIDS607The Fine Art of Radical GardeningAs a collective, we will be creating a permanent on-campus garden from building the beds and soil to planting the seeds. The course will be taught by environmental artist Fritz Haeg, who created a community garden at Calarts in 2005 centered around c...
IIDS608Creative Career Job Search StrategiesLearn how to pursue jobs, gigs, internships, apprenticeships, and other professional opportunities efficiently and effectively. Develop fluency with platforms and search strategies to maximize your time management and results. Build a toolkit to arra...
IIDS609Your Brilliant Idea As Fundable Project!Develop your brilliant idea(s) into a clear, strong, fundable, producible project proposal with help from specialists in grant writing, budgeting, feasibility, and production. Strongly encouraged for students seeking CalArts support for spring projec...
IIDS611Funding Strategies for Artists'Funding Strategies for Artists' will help any artist, at any phase of their career, understand best practices in how to identify relevant funding sources, apply for and secure funding for their personal or creative goals. The first part of the class...
IIDS612Decolonization, Indigenization, and Your...Art Practice Fueled by the climate crisis and BLM, social and environmental justice movements have gathered momentum over the past few years, with calls to decolonize and Indigenize various sectors of society increasing in volume and urgency. Wor...
IIDS613The Real DealThe Real Deal: Managing a Creative Business covers a wide range of entrepreneurial and managerial strategies, structures, standards, and nuanced soft skills required of anyone leading or living a creative life. Built from lived experiences, perspecti...
IIDS616Solar Punk and HacktivismA course in discussing and developing artistic ideas and projects in relation to Solarpunk and Hacktivism. This class will discuss optimistic "futuring," imagining creative solutions for the world's problems using art, data, and our imagination. S...
IIDS617Makeover My BrandIn the dynamic and competitive landscape of the modern creative industry, the ability to craft and communicate a unique and authentic brand identity is an indispensable skill for both emerging and established artists and creatives. This course is des...
IIMC299Independent StudyUnder the direction of a specific IM faculty member,students pursue research and study defined at the beginning of each semester. Permission of Instructor only. Independent Study is a semester-long agreement developed between a student and a facu...
IIMC352Transforming Reality: From 3D Scan to ARTransforming Reality: From 3D Scan to AR is a workshop class designed for artists who want to explore the potential of 3D scanning in their art-making practice. In this class, students will learn how to take physical objects and transform them into d...
IIMC353Technology as Measurable SpaceIntroduction to mechanical activity that provides a framework for contemporary art practices modifies the temporality of the object in the space: The Time factor influences the attitude of the object that moves in space with repeated temporal cadence...
IIMC399Independent StudyUnder the direction of a specific IM faculty member,students pursue research and study defined at the beginning of each semester. Permission of Instructor only. Independent Study is a semester-long agreement developed between a student and a facu...
IIMC446Code As NatureMulti digital software explorations, network communications, and immersive environments for interactive media. Code as Nature is a studio workshop that introduces a variety of contemporary artworks, computational software, networking strategies, an...
IIMC448Machine Deep DreamingThis class explores artistic experiments with emerging technologies related to Artificial Intelligence and more specifically a subset of AI called Machine Learning. We will look at hands-on approaches to working with these Machine Learning models by...
IIMC449Sonic Vectors and Digital TerritoriesHow can sound create various webs between self and surrounding through reimagining all objects as potential sonic performers? Sounds can operate by forming deep links and various conjunctions into weaving the individual into the surrounding sonic env...
IIMC452Useless Software"Useless Software" is a graduate level studio course that explores the history and practices of creative coding by engaging with computation, poetry, non-functional glitchy software, and web based digital image production. This course offers students...
IIMC490Computation ReconsideredHow can computation be reconsidered within the critical context of an art practice? Within the digital realms of computation, what ways can artists rethink and engage with "physical" space and touch. This class will explore the basics of programming...
IIMC499Independent StudyUnder the direction of a specific IM faculty member,students pursue research and study defined at the beginning of each semester. Permission of Instructor only. Independent Study is a semester-long agreement developed between a student and a facu...
IIMC500Conversations on Media and CultureThis class is required for all MFA1 Integrated Media students. There are limited openings for graduate students from other programs across the institute. This class is an advanced visiting artist seminar focusing on topics in cross-disciplinary pract...
IIMC510IM Research & Practice SeminarThis is a required class for the Integrated Media MFA1 students. In this class we will review the use of technology as a means for creating and understanding multidisciplinary art practices in the 21st Century. Through the use of interactive lectures...
IIMC552Transforming Reality: From 3D Scan to ARTransforming Reality: From 3D Scan to AR is a workshop class designed for artists who want to explore the potential of 3D scanning in their art-making practice. In this class, students will learn how to take physical objects and transform them into d...
IIMC553Technology as Measurable SpaceIntroduction to mechanical activity that provides a framework for contemporary art practices modifies the temporality of the object in the space: The Time factor influences the attitude of the object that moves in space with repeated temporal cadence...
IIMC590Computation ReconsideredComputation Reconsidered is a series of hands-on workshops exploring building multi-channel video installations, video art, and sound installations through building our own custom systems and tools for real time graphics and video editing. Together t...
IIMC599Independent StudyUnder the direction of a specific IM faculty member,students pursue research and study defined at the beginning of each semester. Permission of Instructor only. Independent Study is a semester-long agreement developed between a student and a facu...
IIMC635Algorithmic Practices IThere is a long history of algorithmic processes in art. We will approach our study through the history of Fluxus and conceptual art, as well as trace the lineage of generative art methods. In addition, there will be a focus on using rules, chance, s...
IIMC646Code As NatureMulti digital software explorations, network communications, and immersive environments for interactive media. Code as Nature is a studio workshop that introduces a variety of contemporary artworks, computational software, networking strategies, an...
IIMC648Machine Deep DreamingThis class explores artistic experiments with emerging technologies related to Artificial Intelligence and more specifically a subset of AI called Machine Learning. We will look at hands-on approaches to working with these Machine Learning models by...
IIMC649Sonic Vectors and Digital TerritoriesHow can sound create various webs between self and surrounding through reimagining all objects as potential sonic performers? Sounds can operate by forming deep links and various conjunctions into weaving the individual into the surrounding sonic env...
IIMC652Useless Software"Useless Software" is a graduate level studio course that explores the history and practices of creative coding by engaging with computation, poetry, non-functional glitchy software, and web based digital image production. This course offers students...
IIMC653The Implicit BodyThis graduate-level studio course investigates the collisions and entanglements between technology and the human body, providing students with the opportunity to create immersive and interactive installations and performances that unfold through move...
IIMC670IM Project DevelopmentThis course is required for all MFA2 Integrated Media students. Open to Integrated Media students only. Project Development is designed to allow the student concentrated studio time to continue their pursuit of advanced creative and technical practic...
IIMC690Integrated Media Studio/CritiqueThis is a required class for the Integrated Media MFA2 students. Studio/Critique is framed by an experimental, interdisciplinary and non-traditional approach to art-making while employing various combinations of digital and electronic media (sound an...
IIMC699Independent StudyUnder the direction of a specific IM faculty member,students pursue research and study defined at the beginning of each semester. Permission of Instructor only. Independent Study is a semester-long agreement developed between a student and a facu...
IIMC799Independent StudyUnder the direction of a specific IM faculty member,students pursue research and study defined at the beginning of each semester. Permission of Instructor only. Independent Study is a semester-long agreement developed between a student and a facu...
IINT298Intern - Work ExperienceThis internship is an on-site (in-person, hybrid, or remote, depending on the job offer) work experience directly related to the student's program or career interest. It is completed during the fall, spring or summer semester and can be paid or unpai...
IINT398InternshipThis internship is an on-site (in-person, hybrid, or remote, depending on the job offer) work experience directly related to the student's program or career interest. It is completed during the fall, spring or summer semester and can be paid or unpai...
IINT598Intern - Work ExperienceThis internship is an on-site (in-person, hybrid, or remote, depending on the job offer) work experience directly related to the student's program or career interest. It is completed during the fall, spring or summer semester and can be paid or unpai...
IINT698InternshipThis internship is an on-site (in-person, hybrid, or remote, depending on the job offer) work experience directly related to the student's program or career interest. It is completed during the fall, spring or summer semester and can be paid or unpai...
ISCE150Career Designs for ArtistsCareer Designs for Artists provides students from all artistic disciplines with practical tools for navigating the systemic structures of capitalism and the arts industries, as well as insights into building their careers after graduation with regard...
ISCE550Career Designs for ArtistsCareer Designs for Artists provides students from all artistic disciplines with practical tools for navigating the systemic structures of capitalism and the arts industries, as well as insights into building their careers after graduation with regard...
IWNT200Dance MeditationUsing the medium of dance, participants will discover the connection between breath and movement as well as investigate the cognition between trance states of meditation with a focus on the chakras. This process is aided by improvisational movement a...
IWNT219Personal FinanceThe focus of "Adulting: Personal Finance" is to build a foundation of personal money management skills for after graduation. By the end of the four day workshop, students will know how to: 1. Create a Monthly/Yearly Budget (plan for savings and ret...
IWNT220Experimental Play LaboratoryTechnology is blurring the boundaries that have traditionally separated artistic disciplines resulting in the proliferation of mixed- media projects throughout the art world. Many of the emerging technologies, such as machine learning, projection map...
IWNT224Working From the Concept of "the Meadow"Taisha Paggett, instructor Auto-archiving and new meadows of togetherness Working from the concept of "the meadow" - a speculative geography of possibility- and "solitary togetherness," this workshop utilizes somatic and contemplative practices, map...
IWNT225Cluster I TechInterdisciplinary student collaboration + guest artist discussion of anti-politics and abolitionism, creating a gender-neutral Alexa, and a museum residency during a pandemic. This course will examine political, cultural, social, and practical aspec...
IWNT226Ideas in IterationIn thinking about representation and abstraction this course will focus on how our translations between idea language, body language, and art language create impact and understanding. We will look at how these modes of translation enhance or inhibit...
IWNT227The Psychology and Ritual of PerformingWhat makes a compelling performance? What is the mental state of performing? How does a performer prepare their mind and body for the act of performing? What is the role of vulnerability in performance? What is the role of perfectionism in performanc...
IWNT228Funding Strategies for Artists'Funding Strategies for Artists' will help any artist, at any phase of their career find and secure funding for their personal or creative goals. The first part of the class helps students learn how to search for grants, identify fit between funding...
IWNT229Self-Care Amidst a PandemicHow have we-as individuals and as a collective society-coped with the pandemic throughout the last two years? Between unrivaled layoffs and pay reductions, remote work, travel bans, political divisiveness, elevated/more visible racism, isolation, and...
IWNT230Soc Sculp:toward an Eco-Conscious FutureThis three-day, immersive workshop introduces students to the concept of "social sculpture," a phrase coined by Joseph Beuys the idea that society is an art work that we all can shape. And invites them to conceive the first stages of their own work i...
IWNT231Wires in MotionThis class will serve as an introduction to the implementation of motion sensor technology into interactive art-making. This course will break down motion sensor types and their everyday functions in order to repurpose them for interactive dance perf...
IWNT232Chance Procedure in the Performing ArtsA practical investigation into chance procedure operations, inspired by the creative processes of Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Led by Music and Dance School faculty with guest artist Daniel Squire - Trinity Laban faculty & internat...
IWNT255Performance, Presentation, and IdentityThis two week interdisciplinary workshop will examine identity in performance and presentation through the lens of code-switching, colonialism, systemic erasure, forced migration, resistence and liberation. Students will create characters based off o...
IWNT304System AestheticsAn exploration and hands-on analysis of the underlying systems and inherent interaction models imbued in technologically and scientifically influenced aesthetic experiences. Any experience and/or process can be distilled down to an underlying system...
IWNT315Gaga Open to the InstituteGaga is the movement research developed by Ohad Naharin. Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, arid agility...
IWNT321Expanded Reality for ArtistsAR, VR, XR, QR: current technology enables many concurrent, overlapping realities. How do we, as artists, contend with these technologies and their/our evolving relationship to space, experience and relationships? We will draw on art historical prece...
IWNT401Practices for Keeping TimePractices for Keeping Time combines seminar readings and discussions with time-based studio practices to study links between architecture and dance; the design and choreography of everyday life; and the divergent temporalities of nature, history, and...
IWNT402Geo-Based Sound DesignGeo-Based Sound Design Linking sound and media elements to place is a powerful way to expand your design work into the world. You will learn to use the soundwalk app Echoes.XYZ to construct site-specific soundworks anywhere in the world where there i...
IWNT500Dance MeditationUsing the medium of dance, participants will discover the connection between breath and movement as well as investigate the cognition between trance states of meditation with a focus on the chakras. This process is aided by improvisational movement a...
IWNT502Serial Photography / Structuralist FilmSerial Photography / Structuralist Film Static Images, notably those that document the passage of time, are the foundation of cinematic art. Students will make serial photographs and short structuralist films using their magic phones.
IWNT504System AestheticsAn exploration and hands-on analysis of the underlying systems and inherent interaction models imbued in technologically and scientifically influenced aesthetic experiences. Any experience and/or process can be distilled down to an underlying system...
IWNT519Personal FinanceThe focus of "Adulting: Personal Finance" is to build a foundation of personal money management skills for after graduation. By the end of the four day workshop, students will know how to: 1. Create a Monthly/Yearly Budget (plan for savings and ret...
IWNT520Experimental Play LaboratoryTechnology is blurring the boundaries that have traditionally separated artistic disciplines resulting in the proliferation of mixed- media projects throughout the art world. Many of the emerging technologies, such as machine learning, projection map...
IWNT524Working From the Concept of "the Meadow"Taisha Paggett, instructor Auto-archiving and new meadows of togetherness Working from the concept of "the meadow" - a speculative geography of possibility- and "solitary togetherness," this workshop utilizes somatic and contemplative practices, map...
IWNT525Cluster I TechInterdisciplinary student collaboration + guest artist discussion of anti-politics and abolitionism, creating a gender-neutral Alexa, and a museum residency during a pandemic. This course will examine political, cultural, social, and practical aspec...
IWNT526Ideas in IterationIn thinking about representation and abstraction this course will focus on how our translations between idea language, body language, and art language create impact and understanding. We will look at how these modes of translation enhance or inhibit...
IWNT527The Psychology and Ritual of PerformingWhat makes a compelling performance? What is the mental state of performing? How does a performer prepare their mind and body for the act of performing? What is the role of vulnerability in performance? What is the role of perfectionism in performanc...
IWNT528Funding Strategies for Artists'Funding Strategies for Artists' will help any artist, at any phase of their career find and secure funding for their personal or creative goals. The first part of the class helps students learn how to search for grants, identify fit between funding...
IWNT529Self-Care Amidst a PandemicHow have we-as individuals and as a collective society-coped with the pandemic throughout the last two years? Between unrivaled layoffs and pay reductions, remote work, travel bans, political divisiveness, elevated/more visible racism, isolation, and...
IWNT530Soc Sculp:toward an Eco-Conscious FutureThis three-day, immersive workshop introduces students to the concept of "social sculpture," a phrase coined by Joseph Beuys the idea that society is an art work that we all can shape. And invites them to conceive the first stages of their own work i...
IWNT531Wires in MotionThis class will serve as an introduction to the implementation of motion sensor technology into interactive art-making. This course will break down motion sensor types and their everyday functions in order to repurpose them for interactive dance perf...
IWNT532Chance Procedure in the Performing ArtsA practical investigation into chance procedure operations, inspired by the creative processes of Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Led by Music and Dance School faculty with guest artist Daniel Squire - Trinity Laban faculty & internat...
IWNT555Performance, Presentation, and IdentityThis two week interdisciplinary workshop will examine identity in performance and presentation through the lens of code-switching, colonialism, systemic erasure, forced migration, resistence and liberation. Students will create characters based off o...
IWNT601Practices for Keeping TimePractices for Keeping Time combines seminar readings and discussions with time-based studio practices to study links between architecture and dance; the design and choreography of everyday life; and the divergent temporalities of nature, history, and...
IWNT602Geo-Based Sound DesignGeo-Based Sound Design Linking sound and media elements to place is a powerful way to expand your design work into the world. You will learn to use the soundwalk app Echoes.XYZ to construct site-specific soundworks anywhere in the world where there i...
IWNT615Gaga Open to the InstituteGaga is the movement research developed by Ohad Naharin. Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, arid agility...