Total credits: 120
Credits in the major: 60
You officially begin the major by enrolling in VPA 300: VPA Major ProSeminar where you work with the instructor to create your Individual Learning Plan (ILP). By completing the required Core Curriculum described below, you will fulfill all seven of your Major Learning Outcomes (see list which follows.) You conclude the major by completing your Capstone, a publicly presented project that displays your cumulative learning in the major. [Learn more at CSUMB.EDU/capstone].
Major Requirements and Learning Outcomes are identified below. In order to graduate, students must also meet all general education and university requirements.
Core Curriculum
- VPA 300: VPA Major ProSeminar (to be taken Junior year)
- VPA 302: VPA Visiting Artist Series (twice)
- VPA 307: Diverse Hist Contemp Art or VPA 308: Ways Of Seeing
- VPA 310: Mixed Media
- VPA 313: Regional Art History for GWAR (GE A4) requirement
- VPA 320S: Museum Studies or VPA 306S: Digital Public Art
- VPA 309: Materials & Methods (Senior spring)
- VPA 405: Senior Capstone (fall and spring semesters, Senior year)
Additional Requirements
Following completion of the VPA Core Curriculum, students select an additional 26 units of VPA coursework at either the upper- or lower-division level in order to complete the required 60 units in the major.