Now accepting applications!
Submit your application online by the priority deadline (Nov. 30th, 2020) or final deadline (March 17, 2021) to be considered.
Learn moreThe post-baccalaureate Science Illustration Certificate Program at California State University, Monterey Bay prepares students for a broad spectrum of successful freelance careers and staff positions. Our graduates have found jobs in a wide range of organizations, research institutions, museums, aquaria, botanical and gardens including:
- Smithsonian Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- California Science Center
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute (MBARI)
- National Geographic magazine
- Scientific American magazine
- National Audubon Society
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Aquarium of the Pacific
- New York Botanical Garden
- Denver Botanic Gardens
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
I’m actually still amazed by how much I learned over the span of ~10 months, and that I was able to become proficient enough to progress quickly from a student to freelancing professionally. This program opened doors for me in all sorts of unexpected places and embracing science illustration was one of the best choices I have ever made.~Sarah Chen, Class of 2011
