BA in Applied Arts & Media
Turn your craft into a profession.
At Antioch University's Santa Barbara campus, you can use your valuable technical expertise to work towards completing your bachelor’s degree in one of our Applied Studies programs. Expand on your practical knowledge and advance your career by applying your previous technical and vocational training in design, hospitality, culinary arts, auto mechanics, medical trades, and more, toward the completion of an undergraduate degree.
This degree is offered by Antioch University's Santa Barbara Campus.
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts & Media degree is ideal for people with technical skills in art, design, and media fields such as makeup design, video editing, and post-production, or set design, who want to understand the context and business side of their industry more fully. The major focuses on preparing students to use the arts in today’s media-rich environment. In this program, you’ll view art from a historical and cultural perspective while exploring how the use of art and media has evolved into a platform central to effective marketing and communication. You’ll gain crucial skills and problem-solving strategies specific to the arts and media fields that will make you a more effective professional.
Additional Information
The average time to complete this degree is 1-2 years, depending on the number of credits transferred into AUSB.
Students need 180‐200 quarter units to graduate from Antioch University Santa Barbara’s Bachelor of Arts Program. You will need to meet the learning goals and complete the curriculum specific to your major, as well as certain undergraduate degree requirements. A minimum of 30 semester or 45 quarter credits must be completed with Antioch University Applied Studies degree requirements include the following (earned through AUSB enrollment and/or transfer):
- Nine (9) units directly related to your degree
- 60 or more upper-division units (almost all of our courses are upper-division)
- Foundational courses to establish context and familiarize you with the skills you’ll use as you progress academically
- Eight (8) units of experiential, non-classroom learning such as internships, self-directed independent studies or prior learning, to associate academics with real-life applications
- Six (6) units of interdisciplinary, hybrid seminars focused on topics such as leadership, business communications, cultural contexts, justice and equity, or technology in society
Faculty Spotlights
Frank Rust
Adjunct Faculty
Jacquelyn Toth
Adjunct Faculty
Jeff K. Phillips
Adjunct Faculty
David San Jose, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Admissions
Eligibility
All applicants to the undergraduate programs must have completed at least 24-semester units or 36 quarter units to be eligible for admissions.
Quarter Start Dates
| Quarter | Final Application | Classes Begin |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | March 15 | March 31 |
| Summer | June 15 | July 1 |
| Fall | September 15 | September 30 |
| Winter | December 15 | January 2 |
How to Apply - Bachelor's degree application checklist:
- Review the program requirements (eg. fees, transcripts, and essays)
- Complete the online application
- Application fee payment (via the online application) or fee waiver. Contact Admissions to request a fee waiver at [email protected].
- Official transcripts from all current and previously attended colleges or universities. Unofficial transcripts are accepted to get your admission review process started, and can be uploaded in the online application or emailed to [email protected].
- High school transcript or proof of GED completion if applying with less than 90 quarter units (60 semester units) of transferable credit
- Admission essay (see below)
Admissions Essay
Guidelines: Double-spaced, 12pt Times or Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins, top right header on every page (in all capital letters): first and last name, BACHELOR'S PROGRAM, page number.
Instructions: In two pages please respond to the following essay prompt:
Looking forward, describe your educational, career, and personal goals and how the completion of your bachelor's degree at AUSB can help you accomplish those goals.
Optional: If you feel your GPA does not represent your academic ability briefly explain what specific factors contributed to your GPA, and how have those factors changed so that you can be successful in our undergraduate studies programs at AUSB today?
Please note: The essay portion of your admission application is strongly considered and you are encouraged to follow all instructions closely. Essays should demonstrate your best writing quality. It is expected that you complete this essay (including any form of editing and revisions) without the assistance of anyone else; any essay submission that does not follow this guideline is considered fraudulent.
Transfer Credits and Prior Learning
Transfer Credits
Prospective students with at least 36 quarter credits (equivalent to 24 semester credits) of college credits from an accredited institution can apply to complete their degree in one of Antioch’s Bachelor’s degrees. Our undergraduate programs accept a maximum of 120 quarter credits/80 semester credit lower-division credits that can be transferred toward your degree program. Antioch will accept 135 quarter credits (90 semester credits) of lower-division and upper-division learning that can be transferred toward your degree. The formal evaluation of previously earned transfer credits starts during the admission process. For more information regarding the specifics of transfer credits, please talk with your admissions counselor.
*Note: See specific articulation agreements for any exceptions to these parameters
Prior Learning Credits
Undergraduate students can earn up to 45 university quarter credits (30 semester credits) for demonstrating college-level learning gained outside of school, such as through work experience, professional training, military training, or personal experience. Demonstration of prior learning involves showing evidence of the student’s knowledge of the topic and situating that knowledge within an academic context. Earning academic credit for prior learning activities may accelerate a student’s time to degree completion and significantly reduce tuition costs. Antioch offers a workshop and course to support students interested in earning credit through prior learning.
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Cost & Financial Aid
| Credits | Status |
|---|---|
| 12-15 units | Full time |
| 9-11 units | Three-quarters-time |
| 6-8 units | Half-time |
| price per quarter unit: $535 | |
| Bachelor's degree students must be enrolled as half-time or greater to receive financial aid. | |
Please note: Additional fees for all AUSB programs may include (but are not necessarily limited to) charges for materials, late registration, enrollment maintenance, graduation, transcripts, tuition payment plan, late registration, and returned checks.
Financial Aid
A majority of AUSB students finance their education through some form of financial aid. You may not be sure which federal, state, public and private aid packages – such as loans, scholarships and grants—are right for you. Our staff is here to help you, so you can focus on what’s most important: beginning your academic program at AUSB.
How to apply for financial aid
Undergraduate-to-Graduate Pathway
Eligible applicants can apply to a graduate program at the same time as they apply to their undergraduate program through AUSB's Undergraduate-to-Graduate Pathway Program. Those accepted receive grants toward undergraduate and graduate program tuition. Extra admissions requirements may apply. Talk to your admission counselor or [email protected] to learn more.
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