Creative Writing

Exhibit a range of literacies—including reading and writing, digital, media, and cultural—necessary for the generation and revision of texts across current forms and genres relevant to print, digital, and other media platforms.

Cultivate and sustain a highly disciplined creative practice around writing, where narrative development, poetic exploration, and/or visual, aural, or hybridized experimentation and language-work form the core (or part) of the student’s practice; Incorporate curiosity, research, flexibility, and play into an ongoing practice, and create works suitable for publication, exhibition, serialization, etc.

Possess a strong sense of voice; recognize the conceptual, historical, and intellectual underpinnings of their work and its connection to potential audiences, including an understanding of the tools and processes used in editing, publishing, production, and distribution to relevant platforms and marketplaces, and a capacity to work with relevant processes and software, using industry-appropriate terminology, processes, and collaboration tools relevant to professional settings.

Work independently and collaboratively on projects; Manage multiple ongoing projects and timelines, including research and professional outreach; Present and defend work in relation to professional audience or industry (gallery/curatorial writing, publishing, content creation on print or digital platforms, creative teams, etc.).

Foundation Year

A time to explore

In your Foundation Year, you’ll be immersed from day one in media and making of all kinds from drawing, design, and sculpture, to digital tools, video, and performance. It’s a year of discovery, a time to explore new ways of thinking and making, meet new friends, and get to know your new community.

Thesis

Preparing for graduation

Your senior year is an exciting time of tranistion from student to working artist or designer. The focus of your senior year is conceiving a thesis project of your own design and producing it with the support of faculty, your peers, and a mentor who works with you one-on-one.

Areas of Study

Freedom to focus

PNCA offers ten undergraduate majors, all of which offer you choices in your electives and liberal arts courses. This means that whatever your major, you have the freedom to focus many of your course choices around your particular area of interest. We've outlined the following Areas of Study to give you a sense of the scope of courses available at PNCA.

Liberal Arts

Fortify your intellectual foundation

Liberal Arts courses round out your education, helping you become a more thoughtful, well-rounded artist or designer. Explore widely or select your courses to focus on one of what we call Areas of Study.