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More than 30 years after leaving CCS I’m still using the methods I first discovered: be open to all the possibilities, plan a path and start simply, take time to evaluate, edit, and repeat.  The College of Creative Studies provided an environment of experimentation and a creative community where learning by doing was the culture.  I’m so fortunate that I found CCS.

Four undergraduate students receive prestigious national awards for academic, service, and research excellence.

The Literature major at the College of Creative Studies was the signature program at the onset of the College some 50 years ago. Several years ago the major was re-launched as Writing & Literature, and Kara Mae Brown came to CCS in 2015-2016 to become its Program Coordinator as well as a Lecturer in the UCSB Writing Program and the CCS Writing & Literature Program.

The Goldwater Scholarship Program recognizes students who have the potential to become leaders in research...

UCSB hosts an open house of visual and performing arts

Botanist and author Hope Jahren gives a free talk on campus about her bestselling memoir “Lab Girl,” the 2018 UCSB Reads selection

Visiting Artists Colloquium series opens with a presentation by Los Angeles-based artists Petra Cortright and Marc Horowitz

In honor of National Poetry Month, UCSB celebrates its own creators of verse

College of Creative Studies' unique course CCS TV Musical sees students write, compose and produce an original musical