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

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

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

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

  • CART 230CART 230: The Art of Storytelling (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

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

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

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

  • CST 209CST 209: Introduction to Animation (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2012

  • CST 226CST 226: Digital Photography (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2013

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

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

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

  • FYS 142FYS 142: Youth & Protest in the Arts (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2013

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

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

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

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

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

  • JAPN 313JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • VPA 308VPA 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.