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COA offers a vibrant curriculum in Arts & Design. The college's inspirational oceanfront campus, set amidst a local community with a rich cultural heritage, provides an excellent setting for students pursuing visual and performing arts, music, architecture, and design.
Students focusing in Arts & Design usually choose a set of foundational courses providing them with a base of skills, techniques, and aesthetic and design principles. Studio courses are project and problem centered: the COA faculty guide students through experiences that develop technical and creative skills. Projects stimulate and refine the aesthetic vision of each individual student. The college also offers a wide variety of intermediate and advanced classes to prepare students interested in graduate or professional work in Arts & Design or related fields. Students frequently develop further advanced skills by creating independent study projects in which they work one-on-one with a faculty member.
The arts provide a unique vehicle for addressing and expressing issues in society, culture, and the environment. The expressive qualities of the arts, their ability to make a sophisticated analysis of fundamental problems, and their ability to encapsulate the values of every era, make the role of the artist an excellent option for students concerned about the environment and social problems. Through Arts & Design, students develop the technical and aesthetic skills necessary to express themselves and their insights through music, visual media, and designed environments.
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