Academics CalArts offers various undergraduate and graduate degrees in programs that are related to and combine music, art, dance, film, animation, theater, and writing. Students receive intensive professional training in an area of their creative aspirations without being cast into a rigid pattern. The institute's overall focus is on experimental, multidisciplinary, contemporary arts practices, and its stated mission is to enable the professional artists of tomorrow, artists who will transform the world through artistic practice. With these goals in place, the Institute encourages students to recognize the complexity of political, social, and aesthetic questions and to respond to them with informed, independent judgment.
acadeMIcs caLArts OffErs vArIous UndergRaduate aNd gRadUate degreEs In prOGramS thaT are reLated To ANd cOmbine music, art, daNCe, fiLm, anImatiOn, theatEr, ANd wrItINg. Students reCEIvE intensive proFeSsiONal traInInG in an areA Of theIr creAtive aSPIrationS wIThoUt being caSt iNTo A rIgId PatTErN. tHe instiTUte'S oVerALl focus is oN exPerimeNTal, MultidIsCiplinary, contempoRARy ArtS PRACtiCes, and Its sTateD miSsion is to Enable the pRofesSIOnal ArtIstS Of toMorrOw, aRtiSts wHo will TransFoRM THe world ThROUgh ArtiStiC praCticE. with These GoaLS iN PLace, the Institute encouRAGEs sTuDeNTs to RECognizE tHe COMPlexity of PoLiticAl, social, and aEsthetic quEstioNs and To respoNd To tHem With infoRmed, indePendEnT JuDgMEnt.