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2026-2027 General Catalog

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2026-2027 General Catalog

Art Studio, BFA, Sample Four-Year Plan

First Year: 32 Units

Fall Semester (16 Units)

ARTS 101 - Art Fundamentals Unit(s): 3
ARTS 102 - Fundamentals of Three Dimension Design Unit(s): 3
ARTH 160A - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
(Meets Lower Division GE Area 1B: Critical Thinking)
Lower Division GE Area 1C: Oral Communication
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 5A: Physical Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (16 Units)

ARTS 105 - Media Art Fundamentals Unit(s): 3
ARTS 202 - Beginning Drawing Unit(s): 3
ARTS 204 - Beginning Life Drawing Unit(s): 3
ARTH 160B - Humanities Learning Community Unit(s): 4
(Meets Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts)
Lower Division GE Area 1A: English Composition
Credits / Units: 3

Second Year: 33 Units

Fall Semester (18 Units)

Arts Lower Breadth 200s Credits / Units: 6
Lower Division GE Area 5B: Life Sciences
+
Lower Division GE Area 5C: Lab
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities
Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

Arts Lower Breadth 200s , Credits / Units: 3
Arts Upper Emphasis 300s , Credits / Units: 3
Arts Upper Breadth 300s , Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 3A: Arts
OR
Lower Division GE Area 3B: Humanities
, Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
, Credits / Units: 3

Third Year: 27 Units

Fall Semester (12 Units)

Arts Upper Emphasis 300s , Credits / Units: 3
Arts Upper Breadth 300s , Credits / Units: 3
Upper Art History 400s , Credits / Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area 6: Ethnic Studies
, Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (15 Units)

Arts Upper Emphasis 400s , Credits / Units: 6
Arts Upper Breadth 400s, , Credits / Units: 3
ARTH 466
, Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
, Credits / Units: 3

Fourth Year: 35 units

Fall Semester (17 Units)

ARTS 465 - B.F.A. Seminar Unit(s): 1-4
ARTS 466 - BFA Portfolio Artists’ Practices Unit(s): 3
ARTS 491 - Visiting Artists’ Lecture Series Unit(s): 1
Arts Upper Emphasis 400s , Credits / Units: 6
Upper Art History 400s , Credits / Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area 3: Arts and Humanities
Credits / Units: 3

Spring Semester (18 Units)

ARTS 465 - B.F.A. Seminar Unit(s): 1-4
Upper Division GE Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
, Credits / Units: 3
Arts Upper Emphasis 400s , Credits / Units: 3
Arts Upper Breadth 400s , Credits / Units: 6
Upper Art History 400s, Credits / Units: 3
Elective , Credits / Units: 2

Total Units: 120