The Visual Arts program at UCSD is one of the more well respected programs of its nature and, due to the presence of leading New Media theorist Lev Manovich, is very amiable to new media and video game study.
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Solidly grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, the visual arts at UCSD are deeply rooted in the concepts of research and development. The Visual Arts Department, one of the most highly ranked art programs within a university in the country, offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) across painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, computing in the arts, film, video, photography and criticism; as well as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in art history and a Ph.D./M.A. degree in art and media history, theory and criticism. The Visual Arts program is uniquely situated within one of the greatest research institutions in the country. Its interdisciplinary ethos and tradition of innovation and risk-taking underlie the educational environment at UCSD. While students may choose to focus within one particular area, they are encouraged to push the boundaries of their chosen medium and to reach across media-specific boundaries into new forms of art making.
The program has a strong new media component. The Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts Major (ICAM) is the fastest growing area of interest on campus. As well as equipment within the department, students have access to resources and opportunities through the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA)–the oldest arts research unit in the University of California system. CRCA facilitates the invention of new art forms that arise out of the developments of digital technologies, with current areas of interest that include interactive networked multimedia, virtual reality, computer-spatialized audio, and live performance techniques for computer music and graphics.