California College of the Arts

Educational Resources

Libraries

The Oakland campus houses the Meyer Library and the San Francisco campus houses the Sharon Hanley Simpson library.

Museums & Art

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Stephen Oliver Art Center, Kent and Vicki Logan Center

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Mac

Campus Resources

• 238 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is not available to all students.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Services

Basic

health insurance

Remedial

reading

Counseling

career, personal, academic

Career

internships

Campus Safety

late night transport/escort service, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 17% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• In total, there are 3 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.

Extracurricular

• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: CCA Senior Fashion Show, Wattis Institute Lecture Series, Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center presentations, Architecture Lecture Series
• Student activities: literary magazine, student government, student film society, yearbook
• In total, there are about 18 organizations on campus.

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Emeryville
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): San Francisco
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 0% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors