C1: Arts

Students shall take no more than four lower-division courses with the same subject prefix as their major to fulfill their general education requirements.

Approved Courses

  • CST 209: Introduction to Animation (2 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • CST 226: Digital Photography (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • CST 227: Intro Digital Graphic Design (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • CST 302: Communication Design History (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • CST 328: Digital Art and Design (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • FYS 142: Youth, Power, and Protest (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • HCOM 226: Afro Cuba Hip Hop (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • HCOM 227: Multicultural Poetry (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • HCOM 230: Environmental Creative Writing (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • HCOM 231: Latina/o Creative Wrtg Wrkshp (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • JAPN 215: Cool Japan Today (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • JAPN 314: JPN Visual Culture & Media (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • LS 133: Arts: Heritage-Innovation (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • LS 233: Arts in the School & Comm (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • MPA 220: Gregorian Chants to Hip-Hop (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • MPA 233: Expressive Arts (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • MPA 239: Contemporary Musical Theatre (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • MPA 241: Introduction to Theatre (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

  • MPA 335: Reflections on America (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • MPA 365: Survey of Global Music (1 to 4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • SL 230S: Building Community: the Arts (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • TAT 211: Picturing the Environment (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • TAT 220: Horror in Film (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

  • TAT 228: Cinematic History 1849-1960 (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • TAT 231: Movie Mania (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • TAT 232: Power of Film (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • TAT 329: Contemporary Media History (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • VPA 205: Intro to Art Appreciation (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • VPA 308: Ways Of Seeing (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

CSU General Education Alignment

  • Arts: CSU GE Area C1

Outcomes

The arts outcomes of area C develop students’ understanding and appreciation of cinema, creative writing, dance, media arts, music or theater. Course activities may include participation in individual aesthetic, creative experiences; however Area C excludes courses that exclusively emphasize skills development.

  1. Students demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between ideas and expression in works of art.
  2. Students articulate how diverse cultural identities and other social contexts influence the creation and experience of works of art.
  3. Students demonstrate the ability to engage in critical analysis and develop aesthetic sensibilities through the study of emerging, contemporary and/or enduring works of art. Students demonstrate an understanding of techniques that artists use to elicit emotional and intellectual responses in their audiences.
  4. Students demonstrate contextual and critical understanding of the role of the arts in their lives.