Art Studio majors will need to take appropriate courses in related fields to complete the University’s 64 upper-division unit requirement. Two versions of the major checklist are shown below, depending on when you declared the major. Consult your advisor to confirm which requirements apply to you.
Art Studio Major, Current Version (72–73 Units)
Lower-Division Requirements (28–29 Units)
Choose Five (5) Lower-Division Art Studio Courses (25 Units)
- ART 1, Introduction to Studio Practice
- ART 2, Beginning Drawing
- ART 5, Beginning Sculpture
- ART 7, Beginning Painting
- ART 8, Beginning Ceramics
- ART 9, Beginning Photo
- ART 11, Beginning Printmaking
- ART 12, Beginning Video
Choose One (1) Lower-Division Art History Course or Art Studio Lecture Course (4 Units)
- ART 10D/F, Introduction to Art Appreciation
- ART 24, Introduction to Experimental Media
- ART 30, Introduction to Contemporary Visual Culture
- AHI 1A, Ancient Mediterranean
- AHI 1B, Medieval and Renaissance
- AHI 1C, Baroque to Modern
- AHI 1D or 1DV, Arts of Asia
- AHI 1E, Islamic Art
- AHI 5, Introduction to Visual Culture
- AHI 10, Twenty Monuments
- AHI 25, Introduction to Architectural History
Upper-Division Requirements (44 Units)
Choose Approximately Eight (8) Upper-Division Courses in the Practice of Art (40 Units)
- ART 101A, Intermediate Painting
- ART 101B, Intermediate Painting: Figure
- ART 101C, Intermediate Painting: Watercolor
- ART 101D, Intermediate Painting: Installation
- ART 101E, Intermediate Painting: Reinterpreting Landscape
- ART 102A, Advanced Painting: Studio Projects
- ART 102C, Advanced Painting: Selected Topics
- ART 103AN, Intermediate Drawing
- ART 103BN, Intermediate Drawing: Figure
- ART 103C, Intermediate Drawing: 3 Dimensions
- ART 105A, Advanced Drawing: Studio Projects
- ART 110A, Intermediate Photography: Analog, B&W
- ART 110B, Intermediate Photography: Digital
- ART 110C, Intermediate Photography: Photographic Lighting
- ART 110DA, The Photobook
- ART 110DB, The Photobook
- ART 111A, Advanced Photography
- ART 111B, Advanced Photography: Digital Imaging
- ART 112, Sound for Vision
- ART 113, Interdisciplinary Art
- ART 114A, Intermediate Video: Animation
- ART 114B, Intermediate Video: Experimental Documentary
- ART 114C, Intermediate Video: Performance Strategies
- ART 117, Advanced Video and Electronic Arts
- ART 125A, Intermediate Printmaking: Relief
- ART 125B, Intermediate Printmaking: Intaglio
- ART 125C, Intermediate Printmaking: Lithography
- ART 125D, Intermediate Printmaking: Screenprinting
- ART 125E, Intermediate Printmaking: Post-Digital Print Media
- ART 129, Advanced Printmaking
- ART 138, Artist’s Book
- ART 142A, Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture: Industrial Production
- ART 142B, Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture: Material Study
- ART 142C, Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture: Ceramics and the Painted Surface
- ART 142D, Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture: Special Topics
- ART 143, Advanced Ceramic Sculpture: Studio Projects
- ART 151, Intermediate Sculpture
- ART 152A, Advanced Sculpture: Studio Projects
- ART 152B, Advanced Sculpture: Material Explorations
- ART 152C, Advanced Sculpture: Concepts
- ART 152D, Advanced Sculpture: Metals
- ART 152E, Advanced Sculpture: Site Specific Public Sculpture
- ART 152F, Advanced Sculpture: Figure
- ART 152G, Advanced Sculpture: Scale: The Miniature and Gigantic
- ART 171, Mexican and Chicano Mural Workshop
- ART 190, Seminar in Art Practice
- ART 195, Expanded Field: Artist Lecture Series (1)
- ART 147, Theory and Criticism of Photography
- ART 148, Theory and Criticism of Painting and Sculpture
- ART 149, Introduction to Critical Theory
- ART 150, Theory and Criticism of Electronic Media
Variable Unit Courses
- ART 192, Internship (2–12)
- ART 198, Directed Group Study (1–5)
- ART 199, Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1–5)
- ART 194HA, Honors Project
- ART 194HB, Honors Project
Choose One (1) Upper-Division Theory or History Course (4 Units)
From Art History, Theatre and Dance, Design, Music, or Cinema and Digital Media courses.
Art History
- AHI 100–189B, all upper-division Art History courses
- AHI 190A–L, Undergraduate Proseminar in Art History
Cinema and Digital Media
- CDM 113, Community Networks and Social Media
- CDM 156, Epic Television
- CDM 163, Art and Cinema
- CDM 166, Topics in U.S. Film Genres
- FMS 120, Italian American Cinema
- FMS 121, New Italian Cinema
- FMS 129, Russian Film
- FMS 142, New German Cinema
- FMS 176A, Classic Weimar Cinema
- FMS 176B, Postwar German Cinema
- TCS 155, Introduction to Documentary Studies
- TCS 158, Technology and the Modern American Body
- TCS 159, Media Subcultures
- TCS 160, Ghosts of the Machine: How Technology Rewires Our Senses
Design
- DES 127A, Sustainable Design
- DES 142A, World Textiles: Eastern Hemisphere
- DES 142B, World Textiles: Western Hemisphere
- DES 143, History of Fashion
- DES 144, History of Interior Design
- DES 145, History of Visual Communication
Music
- MUS 105, History and Analysis of Jazz
- MUS 106, History of Rock Music
- MUS 110A, The Music of a Major Composer: Beethoven
- MUS 110B, The Music of a Major Composer: Stravinsky
- MUS 110C, The Music of a Major Composer: Bach
- MUS 110D, The Music of a Major Composer: Mozart
- MUS 110E, The Music of a Major Composer: Haydn
- MUS 110F, American Masters
- MUS 115, History of Film Music
- MUS 121, Topics in Music Scholarship
- MUS 122, Topics in Analysis and Theory
- MUS 124D, History of Western Music: Middle Ages and Renaissance (4)
- MUS 124B, History of Western Music: 1600–1750 (3)
- MUS 126, American Music
- MUS 127, Music from Latin America
- MUS 129A, Musics of the Americas
- MUS 129B, Musics of Africa, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent
- MUS 129C, Musics of East and Southeast Asia
- MUS 129D, Folk Musics of Europe
Theatre and Dance
- DRA 111S, Representation and Identity in Culture and Cinema
- DRA 114, Theatre on Film
- DRA 115, Advanced Study of Major Film Makers
- DRA 150, American Theatre and Drama
- DRA 154, Asian Theatre and Drama: Contexts and Forms
- DRA 155, Representing Race in Performance
- DRA 155A, African American Dance and Culture in the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean
- DRA 156D, Theatre History through Shakespeare
- DRA 156A, Performance Analysis
- DRA 158, Performance Studies Seminar
- DRA 159 and 159S, Contemporary Experimental Performance, Theatre and Drama
Art Studio Major, Pre-Fall 2022 Requirements (68 Units)
Lower-Division Requirements (24 Units)
Choose Four (4) Lower-Division Art Studio Courses (16 Units)
- ART 2, Beginning Drawing
- ART 5, Beginning Sculpture
- ART 7, Beginning Painting
- ART 8, Beginning Ceramics
- ART 9, Beginning Photo
- ART 11, Beginning Printmaking
- ART 12, Beginning Video
Choose Two (2) Lower-Division Art History Course or Art Studio Lecture Course (8 Units)
- ART 10, Introduction to Art Appreciation
- ART 24, Introduction to Experimental Media
- ART 30, Introduction to Contemporary Visual Culture
- AHI 1A, Ancient Mediterranean
- AHI 1B, Medieval and Renaissance
- AHI 1C, Baroque to Modern
- AHI 1D or 1DV, Arts of Asia
- AHI 1E, Islamic Art
- AHI 5, Introduction to Visual Culture
- AHI 10, Twenty Monuments
- AHI 25, Introduction to Architectural History
Upper-Division Requirements (44 Units)
Choose Nine (9) Upper-Division Courses in the Practice of Art (36 Units)
- ART 101, Intermediate Painting
- ART 102A, Advanced Painting: Studio Projects
- ART 102B, Advanced Painting: Figure
- ART 102C, Advanced Painting: Selected Topics
- ART 103A, Intermediate Drawing: Black and White
- ART 103B, Intermediate Drawing: Color
- ART 105A, Advanced Drawing: Studio Projects
- ART 105B, Advanced Drawing: Figure
- ART 110A, Intermediate Photography: Analog, B&W
- ART 110B, Intermediate Photography: Digital
- ART 111A, Advanced Photography
- ART 111B, Advanced Photography: Digital Imaging
- ART 113, Interdisciplinary Art
- ART 114A, Intermediate Video: Animation
- ART 114B, Intermediate Video: Experimental Documentary
- ART 114C, Intermediate Video: Performance Strategies
- ART 117, Advanced Video and Electronic Arts
- ART 121, Reinterpreting Landscape
- ART 125A, Intermediate Printmaking: Relief
- ART 125B, Intermediate Printmaking: Intaglio
- ART 125C, Intermediate Printmaking: Lithography
- ART 125D, Intermediate Printmaking: Serigraphy
- ART 129, Advanced Printmaking
- ART 138, Artist’s Book
- ART 142A, Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture: Mold Work
- ART 142B, Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture: Clay, Glaze, and Kiln
- ART 143A, Advanced Ceramic Sculpture: Studio Projects
- ART 143B, Advanced Ceramic Sculpture: Issues in Contemporary Ceramics
- ART 151, Intermediate Sculpture
- ART 152A, Advanced Sculpture: Studio Projects
- ART 152B, Advanced Sculpture: Material Explorations
- ART 152C, Advanced Sculpture: Concepts
- ART 152D, Advanced Sculpture: Metals
- ART 152E, Advanced Sculpture: Site Specific Public Art
- ART 152F, Advanced Sculpture: The Figure
- ART 152G, Advanced Sculpture: Scale: The Miniature and the Gigantic
- ART 171, Mexican and Chicano Mural Workshop
- ART 190, Seminar in Art Practice
- ART 195, Expanded Field: Artist Lecture Series (1)
- ART 147, Theory and Criticism of Photography
- ART 148, Theory and Criticism of Painting and Sculpture
- ART 149, Introduction to Critical Theory
- ART 150, Theory and Criticism of Electronic Media
- ART 192, Internship
- ART 198, Directed Group Study
- ART 199, Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates
Choose Two (2) Upper-Division Theory or History Courses (8 Units)
From Art History, Theatre and Dance, Design, Music, or Cinema and Digital Media courses.
Art History
- AHI 100–189B, all upper-division Art History courses
- AHI 190A–L, Undergraduate Proseminar in Art History
Cinema and Digital Media
- CDM 113, Community Networks and Social Media
- CDM 156, Epic Television
- CDM 163, Art and Cinema
- CDM 166, Topics in U.S. Film Genres
- FMS 120, Italian American Cinema
- FMS 121, New Italian Cinema
- FMS 127, Film Theory
- FMS 129, Russian Film
- FMS 142, New German Cinema
- FMS 176A, Classic Weimar Cinema
- FMS 176B, Postwar German Cinema
- TCS 155, Introduction to Documentary Studies
- TCS 158, Technology and the Modern American Body
- TCS 159, Media Subcultures
- TCS 160, Ghosts of the Machine: How Technology Rewires Our Senses
Design
- DES 127A, Sustainable Design
- DES 142A, World Textiles: Eastern Hemisphere
- DES 142B, World Textiles: Western Hemisphere
- DES 143, History of Fashion
- DES 144, History of Interior Design
- DES 145, History of Visual Communication
Music
- MUS 105, History and Analysis of Jazz
- MUS 106, History of Rock Music
- MUS 110A, The Music of a Major Composer: Beethoven
- MUS 110B, The Music of a Major Composer: Stravinsky
- MUS 110C, The Music of a Major Composer: Bach
- MUS 110D, The Music of a Major Composer: Mozart
- MUS 110E, The Music of a Major Composer: Haydn
- MUS 110F, American Masters
- MUS 110G, The Music of a Major Composer: Handel
- MUS 115, History of Film Music
- MUS 121, Topics in Music Scholarship
- MUS 122, Topics in Analysis and Theory
- MUS 124A, History of Western Music: Middle Ages to 1600 (3)
- MUS 124B, History of Western Music: 1600–1750 (3)
- MUS 126, American Music
- MUS 127, Music from Latin America
- MUS 129A, Musics of the Americas
- MUS 129B, Musics of Africa, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent
- MUS 129C, Musics of East and Southeast Asia
- MUS 129D, Folk Musics of Europe
Theatre and Dance
- DRA 111S, Representation and Identity in Culture and Cinema
- DRA 114, Theatre on Film
- DRA 115, Advanced Study of Major Film Makers
- DRA 150, American Theatre and Drama
- DRA 154, Asian Theatre and Drama: Contexts and Forms
- DRA 155, Representing Race in Performance
- DRA 155A, African American Dance and Culture in the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean
- DRA 156D, Theatre History through Shakespeare
- DRA 156A, Performance Analysis
- DRA 158, Performance Studies Seminar
- DRA 159 and 159S, Contemporary Experimental Performance, Theatre and Drama