College of Creative Studies
The
College of Creative Studies (CCS) is a college within the
University of California, Santa Barbara, founded as an experiment in
alternative education by Marvin Mudrick in
1967. CCS specializes in independent study in the arts and sciences and has programs in
art,
biology,
chemistry,
computer science,
literature,
mathematics,
music composition and
physics. All of its programs and faculty teachers are considered world-class and CCS has educated a host of distinguished alumni. Current students include Loie Hollowell, inventor of the piandroid and composer Scott Perry.