Apr 15, 2026

DRAFT 2026-2027 Academic Catalog

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DRAFT 2026-2027 Academic Catalog

Art Minor

View information for the Department of Art , including Learning Objectives for the department and its programs.

Requirements

To qualify for this academic minor, students must complete the required number of units with a minimum GPA of 2.0 (C).

(24 units)

1. Complete four of the following Foundation prerequisites:

(12 units)

a. Complete three of the following courses for 9 units:

ART 1010 - Foundation Drawing 3 unit(s)
ART 1030 - Foundation Printmaking Option A 3 unit(s) or ART 1035 - Foundation Printmaking Option B
ART 1040 - Foundation Digital Media 3 unit(s)
ART 1100 - Foundation Painting 3 unit(s)
ART 1200 - Foundation Sculpture 3 unit(s)

b. Complete one of the following for 3 units:

ART 2515 - Art History Survey - Ancient 3 unit(s)
ART 2520 - Art History Survey - Modern 3 unit(s)
ART 2525 - Art History Survey - Non-Western 3 unit(s) or
ART 2526 - Art History Survey - Islamic 3 unit(s) or
ART 2527 - Art History Survey - Asian 3 unit(s)

2. Choose three courses from the following areas:

(9 units)

a. Painting

ART 3005 - Drawing Human Figures from Observation 3 unit(s)
ART 3010 - Drawing Human Figures from Memory 3 unit(s)
ART 3020 - Drawing: Original Form 3 unit(s)
ART 3030 - Intermediate Drawing 3 unit(s)
ART 3200 - Painting from Observation 1 3 unit(s)
ART 3202 - Painting from Observation 2 3 unit(s)
ART 3210 - Painting from Unconscious I 3 unit(s)
ART 3212 - Painting from Unconscious II 3 unit(s)
ART 3220 - Painting: Original Form 3 unit(s)
ART 3230 - Painting the Human Figure 4 unit(s)
ART 4210 - Modern Painting 4 unit(s)

b. Graphic Arts

ART 3100 - Relief Printmaking 3 unit(s)
ART 3110 - Intaglio 3 unit(s)
ART 3120 - Lithography 4 unit(s)
ART 3130 - Serigraphy 4 unit(s)
ART 3142 - Intaglio Color Printmaking 4 unit(s)
ART 3152 - Mono-Printmaking 3 unit(s)
ART 3162 - Color Lithography 4 unit(s)
ART 3530 - Illustration 3 unit(s)
ART 3605 - Text and Image 3 unit(s)

c. Sculpture

ART 3300 - Multi-Media: Assemblages and Construction 3 unit(s)
ART 3320 - Carving 3 unit(s)
ART 3330 - Metal Casting 4 unit(s)
ART 3340 - Figure Sculpture 3 unit(s)
ART 3350 - Ceramic Sculpture 3 unit(s)
ART 3360 - Construction Sculpture 3 unit(s)
ART 3370 - Sculpture in Context 3 unit(s)
ART 3380 - Public Sculpture 3 unit(s)
ART 3615 - Consumer Objects: Mold Making and Casting Art 3 unit(s)
ART 3714 - 3-D Digital Modeling and Rendering 3 unit(s)
ART 3830 - Visual Art and Ecology 3 unit(s)
ART 4970 - New Genre Art 3 unit(s)

d. Video and Time-Based Media

ART 3500 - Graphic Design 3 unit(s)
ART 3620 - Experimental Videography 3 unit(s)
ART 3621 - Narrative Video 3 unit(s)
ART 3622 - Documentary Videography 3 unit(s)
ART 3624 - Digital Video Compositing 3 unit(s)
ART 3626 - Visual Storytelling for Video and Animation 3 unit(s)
ART 3640 - Digital Photography 3 unit(s)
ART 3660 - Publication Design 3 unit(s)
ART 3700 - Computer Art 3 unit(s)
ART 3712 - 2-D Character Animation 3 unit(s)
ART 3720 - Interactive Media 3 unit(s)
ART 3730 - Game Design Basics 3 unit(s)

3. Choose one of the following courses:

(3 units)

a. Art History (Upper Division)

ART/GEND 4080 - Women and Gender in the History of Art II: Global and Transnational Contexts 3 unit(s)
ART 4500 - Art, Museums, and Society 3 unit(s)
ART 4515 - Art of the Classical World 3 unit(s)
ART 4520 - Art of the Medieval World 3 unit(s)
ART 4525 - Italian Renaissance 3 unit(s)
ART 4530 - Northern Renaissance Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4535 - Art of the Baroque Age 3 unit(s)
ART 4536 - Colonial Latin American Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4538 - 18th-Century Art: Rococo and Neoclassicism 3 unit(s)
ART 4540 - Modern Art, 1800-1870 3 unit(s)
ART 4545 - Modern Art, 1870-1970 3 unit(s)
ART 4547 - Twentieth Century Latin American Architecture unit(s)
ART 4548 - Global Modernisms 3 unit(s)
ART 4549 - Latin American Modernism 3 unit(s)
ART 4550 - Art of the Post Modern Era 3 unit(s)
ART 4552 - Contemporary Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4555 - American Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4556 - Contemporary Latin American Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4560 - Pre-Columbian Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4562 - Islamic Art 3 unit(s)
ART 4565 - African Art 3 unit(s)