Art, Art Education Concentration, B.A. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show the courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements in 4 years. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

The General Education and All-University Requirements in this MAP are in effect for students entering Cal Poly Humboldt with the catalog year of 2023-24. Refer to your degree audit for details on your major and GE catalog year.

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Year 1

Fall: Semester 1 (15-17 units)

GE Area A: Written Communication: ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 ^[1] OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area B: Mathematics: MATH 103 - Mathematics as a Liberal Art Units: 3 OR (MATH 103I and MATH 3 ) ^[2]
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning Units: 3
Major / GE Area C: Arts ART 103A - Prehistoric to Medieval Art Units: 3
Major / GE Area C: Arts ART 105B - Fundamentals of Drawing Units: 3

^[1] If ENGL 102 is selected, you will need to complete ENGL 103 in semester 2.

^[2]Credit earned for math support course (MATH 3) does not count toward GE, major or graduation units.

Spring: Semester 2 (15 Units)

GE Area A: Oral Communication: COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
GE Area A: Written Communication: ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[3]
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies / DCG Domestic Units: 3
Major ART 103B - Renaissance to Contemporary Art Units: 3
Major ART 105C - 2D Foundations Units: 3

^[3] If ENGL 104 was taken in semester 1, take another GE course in place of ENGL 103

Year 2

Fall: Semester 3 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science Units: 3
American Institutions / GE Area D: Social Science U.S. History Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ART 106 - Painting I Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ART 122 - Life Drawing I Units: 3

Spring: Semester 4 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration) ART 108 - Digital Media I Units: 3
Major (Core) ART 105D - 3D Foundations Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
American Institutions U.S. and California Government Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3

Year 3

Fall: Semester 5 (15 Units)

GE Area B: Life Sciences Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area C: Arts / Major (Art History) ART 301 or ART 302 or ART 303 or ART 304 or ART 305
Major (Concentration) ART 251 - Photography I Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ART 290 - Ceramics I Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ART 357B - Curriculum and Development Through Art Education I Units: 3

Spring: Semester 6 (15 units)

Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #1 Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
DCG Non-domestic / Major (Concentration) ART 303 - Global Contemporary Art Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ART 357C - Curriculum and Development Through Art Education II Units: 3

Year 4

Fall: Semester 7 (15 units)

Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Major (Concentration): UD Studio Art Elective #2 Units: 3
Major ART 497S - Service Learning and Art Education I Units: 3

Semester 8 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration) and GWAR: ART 498SW - Service Learning and Art Education II Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #3 Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3