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To say the least, it has been an unusual few months here at UCSB, with postponed finals and a compressed winter quarter due to the Thomas Fire and the tragic slides. While campus remained safe, the broader Santa Barbara community was left reeling and the recovery will be slow. 

If you are still on the fence about attending the CCS 50th Anniversary Social, check out the top five reasons to participate!

Third-Year CCS Biologist Anshika Bagla explores the Gulf of California.

The CCS congratulates Komal Surani, 2nd year CCS Writing and Literature major for being selected as one of this the week's Poetry Super Highway featured poets.

The College of Creative Studies Gallery at the University of California Santa Barbara is pleased to present the exhibition “The Future Can Only Be Told in Reverse”, opening February 14, 2018

Hank Pitcher (CCS Art ’71) was one of the original 50 students when the College of Creative Studies (CCS) opened its doors in Fall 1967. He joined the CCS Art faculty upon his graduation in 1971 and has remained with the College ever since.

From an early age, Mark had two loves: mathematics and games. As he excelled through high school math, playing any game he could find along the way, he looked for a college that would challenge him academically

The College of Creative Studies has long adhered to the belief that no research or creative activity is complete until communicated.

I had a series of remarkable classes in my freshman year of CCS Literature, including “Malaise, Melancholy and the Production of Art”, taught by Jacob Berman.

Deans, students, and staff will come and go; new CCS buildings may even come and go, but the home inside CCS will continue to morph around its central principles of creation and discovery.