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[?].