Art, Art History and Museum Studies 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 ^[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 - Mathematics as a Liberal Art with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND MATH 3 - Support for Mathematics as a Liberal Art Units: 1 )^[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, students must complete ENGL 103 in semester 2. Adjust spring courses in consultation with an advisor.

^[2] Credit earned for math support course (MATH 3) does not count toward GE, major or graduation units. Students who are pursuing a double major or a minor should discuss recommended GE Area B4: Math course choices with an advisor.

Semester 2 (15 Units)

GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking Courses
Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies
/ DCG Domestic Units: 3
Major (Core) ART 103B - Renaissance to Contemporary Art Units: 3
Major (Core) ART 105C - 2D Foundations Units: 3

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

Major (Core) LD Art History Elective #1 ^[3] Units: 3
Major (Core) LD Art History Elective #2 ^[3] Units: 3
American Institutions /GE Area D: Social Science
U.S. History
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences
(Take a course that has a lab activity) Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3

^[3] Complete two LD Art History Electives: ART 104B, ART 104C, ART 104F, ART 104G, ART 104H, ART 104I, ART 104J, ART 104K, ART 104N

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Major (Core) ART 105D - 3D Foundations Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
American Institutions
U.S. History
Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (15 Units)

Major UD Art History Elective #1 ^[4]Units: 3
Major and UD GE C: ART 305 - Museums and the Politics of Display Units: 3
Major (Language) [4] Units: 4
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 2

^[4] 15 units upper division art history courses

^[5] one year of a language other than English at the college level (French, German, and Spanish are recommended).

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Major (Concentration): ART 356 - Museum and Gallery Practices Units: 3
Major UD Art History Elective #3 ^[4]Units: 3
Major (Language) ^[3] Units: 4
Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science
Units: 3
Elective Units: 2

Year 4

Semester 7 (15 Units)

Major UD Art History Elective Course #4 Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Semester 8 (15 Units)

Major UD Art History Elective #5 Units: 3
Major and GWAR: ART 410W - Art History Seminar Units: 4
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 2