Art, Art Studio 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

Semester 1 (15-17 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 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 - Mathematics as a Liberal Art with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND MATH 3 - Support for Mathematics as a Liberal Art Units: 1 ) ^[1]
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
GE Area E: Lifelong Learning Units: 3

^[1]Credit earned for math support courses (MATH 3) do not count toward GE, major or graduation units.

Semester 2 (15-17 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 ^[2]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
Major (Core) ART 103B - Renaissance to Contemporary Art Units: 3
Major (Core) ART 105C - 2D Foundations Units: 3
American Institutions/GE Area D: Social Science
U.S. and California Government
Units: 3

^[2]If ENGL 104 was taken the previous semester, take an elective, other GE or major course in place of ENGL 103.

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking Courses
Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
(Take a course that double-counts for DCG Domestic) Units: 3
American Institutions
U.S. History
Units: 3
Major (Core) ART 105D - 3D Foundations Units: 3
Major (Concentration) LD Studio Art Elective #1 Units: 3

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Major (Concentration) LD Studio Art Elective #2 Units: 3
Major (Concentration) LD Studio Art Elective #3 Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences
(Take a class with a lab activity) Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area C ART 301 - Topics in Western Art History Units: 3 OR ART 302 - Topics in Global Art History Units: 3
Major (Concentration) LD Studio Art Elective #4 Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #1 Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #2 Units: 3

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Major / DCG Non-Domestic ART 303 - Global Contemporary Art Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #3 Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #4 Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science
Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #5^[3] Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

^[3]One of the UD Studio Art Elective courses must be a level III/Portfolio course)

Semester 8 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration) and GWAR: ART 437W - Professional Practices in Art Units: 3
Major (Concentration) UD Studio Art Elective #6^[3] Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3