Graduate Course Guides
Course guides below are organized by program and matriculation year. Students should review their academic progress in Workday and use the course guide that corresponds to the academic year they started at CCA.
The guides on this page correspond to CCA's graduate programs. Please see Undergraduate Course Guides for equivalent guides for CCA's undergraduate programs.
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- Comics (MFA)
- Curatorial Practice (MA)
- Design (MFA)
- Design Strategy (MBA)
- Film (MFA)
- Fine Arts (MFA)
- Interaction Design (MDes)
- Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD)
- Master of Architecture (MArch)
- Visual + Critical Studies (MA)
- Writing (MFA)
- Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA)
- Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA)
- Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA)
- Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA)
Comics (MFA)
Curatorial Practice (MA)
Design (MFA)
Two-Year Degree
- 2024-2025 Design (MFA) Two-Year Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Design (MFA) Two-Year Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Design (MFA) Two-Year Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Design (MFA) Two-Year Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Design (MFA) Two-Year Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Design (MFA) Two-Year Course Guide
Three-Year Degree
Graphic Design Concentration
- 2024-2025 Design (MFA): Graphic Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Design (MFA): Graphic Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Design (MFA): Graphic Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Design (MFA): Graphic Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Design (MFA): Graphic Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Design (MFA): Graphic Design Concentration Course Guide
Industrial Design Concentration
- 2024-2025 Design (MFA): Industrial Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Design (MFA): Industrial Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Design (MFA): Industrial Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Design (MFA): Industrial Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Design (MFA): Industrial Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Design (MFA): Industrial Design Concentration Course Guide
Interaction Design Concentration
- 2024-2025 Design (MFA): Interaction Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Design (MFA): Interaction Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Design (MFA): Interaction Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Design (MFA): Interaction Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Design (MFA): Interaction Design Concentration Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Design (MFA): Interaction Design Concentration Course Guide
Design Strategy (MBA)
Film (MFA)
Fine Arts (MFA)
Interaction Design (MDes)
- 2024-2025 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide Green Path
- 2019-2020 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide Orange Path
- 2019-2020 Interaction Design (MDes) Course Guide Yellow Path
Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD)
- 2024-2025 Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) Course Guide
Master of Architecture (MArch)
- 2024-2025 Master of Architecture (MArch) Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Master of Architecture (MArch) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Master of Architecture (MArch) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Master of Architecture (MArch) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Master of Architecture (MArch) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Master of Architecture (MArch) Course Guide
Visual + Critical Studies (MA)
- 2024-2025 Visual + Critical Studies (MA) Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Visual + Critical Studies (MA) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Visual + Critical Studies (MA) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Visual + Critical Studies (MA) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Visual + Critical Studies (MA) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Visual + Critical Studies (MA) Course Guide
Writing (MFA)
Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA)
- 2024-2025 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Curatorial Practice (MA) Course Guide
Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA)
- 2024-2025 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA) Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Fine Arts (MFA) Course Guide
Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA)
- 2024-2025 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Dual Degree: Visual + Critical Studies (MA) and Writing (MFA) Course Guide
Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA)
- 2024-2025 Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA) Course Guide
- 2023-2024 Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA) Course Guide
- 2022-2023 Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA) Course Guide
- 2021-2022 Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA) Course Guide
- 2020-2021 Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA) Course Guide
- 2019-2020 Dual Degree: Design Strategy (MBA) and Design (MFA) Course Guide