RCAH

each RCAH student works with an adviser to create a program that's uniquely his or her own...one that includes RCAH courses, general education courses that satisfy university requirements, electives, language study, and community engagement activities.

During the first year, RCAH students take four introductory core courses and a first-year seminar. During the second year, they may take three RCAH courses that focus on independent research, creative activity, and hands-on community engagement. In their fourth year, students complete a capstone experience that may take the form of a senior thesis or senior seminar.

RCAH regularly invites some of the world’s leading writers, artists, and performers to campus each year. Students have talked with novelist Margaret Atwood about the creative process and the spark of inspiration, explored the rich musical traditions of Cuba with members of the Grammy-nominated band Tiempo Libre, made books by hand with California book artists Harry and Sandra Reese, questioned the boundaries between the personal and political with performance artist Tim Miller, learned to see the world with new eyes in workshops led by Yorùbá photographer Malick Sitou, and challenged traditional ideas of public art with Edgar Heap of Birds, Cheyenne-Arapaho installation artist.

Click on a link at right to learn more about specific aspects of the RCAH major.