Overview

Creative problem solving and ingenuity are engaged with fields such as furniture design, concept design, special effects and production design for film, display and exhibition design, fabrication, and sculpture.

The 3D Media - Fiber, Metal or Wood course at California State University Long Beach offers three different tracks: Wood, Metals and Jewelry, and Fiber.

Key Facts

Wood:

Creative problem solving and ingenuity are engaged with fields such as furniture design, concept design, special effects and production design for film, display and exhibition design, fabrication, and sculpture.

Metals and Jewelry:

Metals and Jewelry focuses on the exploration, development, and use of metals in the creation of functional and non-functional art ranging from small-scale jewelry to architectural-scale metalwork.
Metalsmithing, enameling, holloware, electroplating, anodizing, electroforming, and additional processes are explored by the programme.

Fiber:

Fiber is explored as a broad contemporary, cross-disciplinary practice.
Coursework covers textile concerns such as hand construction, loom woven and computer-aided structure, both printed and dyed surface design, book arts and papermaking, fiber sculpture methods, and other mixed media.
Value is placed on fiber's unique place within a historical and contemporary worldview.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Writing about Visual Art

Global Art Scenes

Artists in Their Own Words

Enameling

Jewelry Casting

Architectural Metalwork and Blacksmithing

Sculptural Metalwork

Axis: Woodturning and Metal Spinning

History of Furniture and Decorative Arts

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-02 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

132 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Long Beach, United States

Disciplines

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Other requirements

General requirements

All first-year student applicants must submit the following items:

File a CSULB application through Cal State Apply by the deadline

Have earned a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA or "B'" grade according to the CSULB GPA scale.

Fulfil CSULB's English Language Requirement

Have completed at least 1 year of high school mathematics. Applicants to STEM majors must have at least 3 years of high school mathematics.

Provide scores for at least 5 subjects completed. In addition, please provide scores for at least 2 "A/AS" subjects completed.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18972 USD / year

≈ 18972 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

6450 USD / year

≈ 6450 USD / year

Additional Details

If you are not a resident of California, you must add $444.00 for each unit of credit you take to your tuition total.

Living costs

Long Beach

United States

1400 - 2000 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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