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Take Classes and Programs Online!

• Do you need a flexible schedule to accommodate job and home responsibilities?
• Would you like to earn college credit without leaving your home or workplace?
• Can you work well at your own pace and still meet deadlines?
• Are you self-motivated?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, online courses or online programs at CCAC may be a great option for you.

CCAC's Virtual Campus features 18 degree programs and 15 certificate and diploma programs that can be completed entirely online through the Virtual Campus. All online courses cover the same content as on-campus or hybrid classes and are taught by CCAC faculty. Activities such as group study sessions or field trips may be a part of some courses. Some courses require proctoring online. Please consult the syllabus of each course for details.

Online Degrees

CCAC's online learning program currently features 18 degree programs and 15 certificate and diploma programs that can be completed entirely online through the Virtual Campus.

Virtual Advising

Join an advisor from the comforts of home through Zoom! When you join the Zoom session, you will be placed into the waiting room. When an advisor becomes available, they will bring you into the meeting. A camera is not necessary but will help with your experience.

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CCAC offers students online options that make information about your studies accessible and easy to use.

Blackboard Access & Information

Blackboard is CCAC's course management system used for internet, hybrid and technology-supported courses. Blackboard is accessed through the internet; therefore, there is no software to install or download to your computer.

Examity Online Proctoring

Examity is an online proctoring solution that gives students the flexibility to take exams remotely. It provides teachers, schools and students with the tools they need to prevent cheating and to preserve integrity.*

What is Examity?

Examity is an online proctoring solution that gives students the flexibility to take exams remotely. It provides faculty, schools and students with the tools they need to prevent cheating and to preserve integrity. Your faculty may use this tool to either live or auto proctor your exams. The faculty member will detail this requirement in the syllabus. This could mean that you have to scan the area you are choosing to complete the test.

How do I get started using Examity?

The first step is to set up a profile. It takes less than five minutes. If the exam does not require a live proctor, you are ready to take your exam. Your Examity link in Blackboard contains a resources section that contains quick guides.

If your test requires a live proctor, test-takers have to schedule an exam with Examity. On test day, test-takers' identities are authenticated by the proctor. As soon as the validation process—which will include a room scan—is complete, test-takers can begin their exams. After the final question, test-takers simply submit their exams.

Examity Requirements

There are minimal system requirements to use Examity. Please click here for more information and to perform a system check to make sure you are ready for exam day. Examity requires the Chrome browser.

If the COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (CCAC) or your instructor permits you to use Examity at a noncollege location, you should make every effort to choose a location that meets any and all CCAC guidelines. If the location you choose is a home or personal environment, you agree to allow your activity and surrounding workspace to be recorded by video and audio and then analyzed by the proctor and the instructor of the course. Note that CCAC and Examity understand students have a legitimate interest in preserving the privacy of their personal space. Examity does not share proctor videos with other students taking the same exam. Examity will never sell student data and follows strict protocols for securing and retaining data generated during exams.

Click here for help getting started with Examity and FAQs

Learn more about Examity

View Examity's test requirements

* If the COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (CCAC) or your instructor permits you to use Examity at a noncollege location, you should make every effort to choose a location that meets any and all CCAC guidelines. If the location you choose is a home or personal environment, you agree to allow your activity and surrounding workspace to be recorded by video and audio and then analyzed by the proctor and the instructor of the course. Note that CCAC and Examity understand students have a legitimate interest in preserving the privacy of their personal space. Examity does not share proctor videos with other students taking the same exam. Examity will never sell student data and follows strict protocols for securing and retaining data generated during exams.

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Meet Your Virtual Campus Staff

Millie rodriguez, ms.

Academic Dean, Virtual Campus

• 412.237.3137
• [email protected]
• Office of College Services

Dwight Bishop, EdD

Director of Online Learning

• 412.237.3119
• [email protected]
• Office of College Services Room 117
• M-F 8:30AM - 4:30PM

Justin Busch, PhD

Instructional Technologist

• 412.237.2223
• [email protected]
• Office of College Services Room 118

Ross Donehue

Instructional Designer / Instructional Technologist

• 412.237.2230
• [email protected]
• CCAC West Hills Center, N2005

Tawanda B. Wright, MS

Support Specialist, Virtual Campus

• 412.237.3002
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CCA’s blend of theory and practice inspires students at every level to make work that matters. Select your status to learn about the application process, requirements, and deadlines, as well as contact information should you need any support along the way.

Tour our campus and discover why California College of the Arts is the right place for you.

A creative community unlike anywhere else

Learn your craft and hone your skills on our single, residential campus

California College of the Arts is located in the urban Potrero Hill neighborhood. Here, you’ll find the Nave, a sunlit corridor in our main building surrounded by student studios that are the hub of CCA’s critique culture. Nearby are our student residence halls, Founders Hall and Blattner Hall, as well as the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts.

View inside our studios, student center, makerspaces, and more.

Find the freedom to explore

The confluence of our prime location, our diverse creative community, and our interdisciplinary curriculum focused on socially engaged projects is what makes life at CCA so unique. Here in San Francisco, we’re connected to the contemporary art scene, as well as industry partners we work with to build design-led technological solutions.

Our campus offers state-of-the-art facilities and a stimulating environment to inspire students’ creativity. Come see for yourself. Experiencing CCA firsthand is the best way to determine why you belong at the top art and design school in the country.

You can take a self-guided virtual tour , make a one-on-one appointment with an admissions advisor, or attend a virtual admissions event from wherever you’d like.

Campus Tours

Schedule a campus tour or take our virtual tour.

Our admissions staff offers guided tours of our campus every week. All visitors must register in advance. We are unable to accommodate walk-in guests or unaccompanied visitors on campus at this time. Schedule a tour using the link below or contact [email protected] if you have questions.

If you aren’t able to visit in person, take a self-guided virtual tour on your own time. Then schedule time to meet with an admissions counselor via Zoom, or phone; we’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have.

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What to expect on a campus tour

A CCA student ambassador or admissions counselor will guide you on your campus visit. Preregistration is required for all campus tours and tour capacity is limited to 20 guests or fewer. We encourage all campus visitors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The tour lasts approximately 50 minutes and takes visitors through our light-filled main building, home to the Nave, painting and illustration classrooms and studios, Hybrid Lab, furniture bench room, wood and metal shops, design and architecture studios, and computer labs; our student residence, Founders Hall; and a preview of our campus expansion project—an extension of our main campus with all-new state-of-the-art facilities, adaptable maker spaces, galleries, and more—opening by the time the next class of students arrives.

All tours include a Q&A session with an admissions counselor who will provide information about our programs, financial aid opportunities, portfolio requirements, and application process, and who will answer any other questions you might have.

Graduate students in their Dogpatch studio space.

Graduate tours

Rather than stick to one siloed path of study, we tend to work across multiple disciplines, pulling inspiration from the Bay Area. You’ll see these hybridity principles and creative adjacencies on full display during your tour of our campus in San Francisco.

You’ll explore the main building, where graduate students often work as teaching assistants; graduate student housing in the new, nearby Founders Hall ; individual graduate program studios, including the graduate design studio and the graduate architecture studio; the writers’ studio and its Japanese-inspired garden, idyllic for writing; and the Graduate Center, home to the graduate computer lab, VCS program spaces, exhibitions catalogs, library, and more. At the end of your tour, we recommend you visit the prestigious CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, where graduate students go to view exhibitions and participate in gallery events.

Explore off-campus graduate studios

Our MFA in Fine Arts program offers individual studio spaces in the American Industrial Center in San Francisco’s thriving Dogpatch neighborhood. Request an appointment with admissions staff to learn more about this space.

Group tours

Our campus tours (excluding residence hall visits) can accommodate your group of up to 20 students. These tours are for groups of high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors or college transfer students only.

To help maintain lower population density on campus and prioritize the use of spaces for our students and faculty, we have limited capacity for group tours at this time. Group tours are by request, and subject to availability and capacity limitations. We encourage all tour attendees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

To request a group tour, please email [email protected] with information about your group size and interests. We require three weeks advance notice for all group tours. We’ll contact you via email upon receipt of your request to further assist in scheduling your group tour.

Admissions events

Visit our campus during an admissions event! During the year, we offer opportunities for prospective or admitted students to visit our campus, such as Undergraduate Open House, San Francisco’s National Portfolio Day, and CCA’s Admitted Student Day. Please note: these events require advance registration.

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• Undergraduate virtual workshops
• Graduate admissions events
• National Portfolio Day events

Virtual Tour

Look inside labs, studios, and more, 📍 welcome home, chimeras.

Explore CCA's creative campus from wherever you are. As you tour shops, studios, and residence halls, you'll hear stories from those who know CCA best—our students and faculty—and experience the spaces where we gather and create. It's the closest you can get to our home without leaving yours.

Ready to see for yourself?

For prospective undergraduate students

Take a quick spin around campus in our Meet CCA Tour (left), or explore the full Chimera experience in our Undergraduate Tour (right).

For prospective graduate students

Tour CCA's 60 shops and studios. You'll see first-hand why San Francisco is the best place to earn a prestigious graduate degree. View the graduate experience .

Portfolio Reviews

Get advice before you apply, a portfolio should make a big impression, our admissions counselors can help.

When you apply for admission to CCA, whether you’re enrolling as an undergraduate student or a graduate candidate, you’ll have to submit a portfolio of work that demonstrates your creative achievement and potential.

This portfolio helps us make admissions decisions, as well as decisions regarding scholarship recipients, award amounts, financial aid, course placement, and more. In short, you want your portfolio to rise to the top of the stack. We’re happy to help you refine your portfolio so that it shows the best of your abilities, while also providing everything we need to see.

CCA admissions staff offers undergraduate portfolio reviews by Zoom only. To request an appointment, use the appropriate link below to put something on our calendars, call +1 800-447-1ART, text +1 415-610-7004, or email [email protected] .

• Undergraduate portfolio reviews

Graduate admissions counselors cannot offer feedback on your portfolio work, but are happy to answer technical questions about portfolio requirements, our program options, or the application process. Use the link below to request an appointment to speak to a graduate admissions counselor by phone or Zoom.

• Graduate portfolio reviews

National Portfolio Day

Meet cca at an npd event.

Connect with CCA representatives and admissions counselors by attending an undergraduate or graduate National Portfolio Day (NPD). Attend NPD for insights on your application portfolio from CCA’s admissions team and learn about CCA’s programs and application process.

Find an upcoming NPD event

Other portfolio resources

Portfolio tips from our admissions counselors

Five tips for a better art and design school portfolio

Four frequent portfolio mistakes you can easily avoid

Maps & Directions

Get the quickest routes to campus.

View the campus map

CCA is located at 1111 8th Street in San Francisco, between Hooper and Irwin.

Limited parking is available along streets adjacent to our campus with a four-hour time limit.

Public transportation

Our campus is accessible by BART with Muni bus connections at Civic Center station or 16th Street station or by Muni with nearby stops for the 19, 22, and 55 bus lines.

Explore campus galleries

View upcoming exhibitions

Learn about admissions

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