This pathway is one example of how you might complete all the requirements for your degree in an order that makes sense. Your own unique situation and a number of other factors may mean your actual pathway is different. Don't worry, there is flexibility built into the curriculum. You'll want to work closely with an advisor and use the academic advisement report to take all that into account and develop a pathway that's customized for you.

In the meantime, use this example as a starting point for choosing classes or discussing your plans with an advisor. Your advisor is your best resource when it comes to figuring out how to fit all the courses you need, in the right sequence, into your personal academic plan.

Courses by Requirement

Degree requirements are considered a guideline for graduation, and cannot replace the feedback of an academic advisor. Learn more about degree requirements at CSUMB.

Course units may only be counted once, when a course meets multiple requirements, the letter 'C' means that the completed course units were counted elsewhere.

First Year Seminar

RequirementCourseUnits
FYS: First Year Seminar FYS 100: First Year Seminar4
Total:4

General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
A1: Oral & Written Communication VPA 210: The Artist & Society4
A2: Oral&WrtnCom/CritThink/EthicsAny approved course4
A3: Oral&WrtnCom/CritThink/EthicsAny approved course4
B1: Physical ScienceAny approved course4
B2: Life Science ENVS 201: Intro to Environmental Science4
B4: MathAny approved course4
C1: Arts VPA 308: Ways Of Seeing8
C2: Humanities FYS 100: First Year Seminar4
C3: World LanguageAny approved course8
D1: Social SciencesAny approved course4
D2: U.S. Histories & Democratic PartAny approved course4
D3: Lower Division Service LearningAny approved course6
D4: Upper Division Service Learning VPA 320S OR VPA 306S4
E: Health & Well BeingAny approved course4
Total:66

Major Learning Requirements

Click on each MLO to see which courses fulfill that requirement.

RequirementUnits
Core Curriculum30
MLO 1 Historical and philosophical analysis4
MLO 2 Individual and aesthetic exploration8
MLO 3 Community issues analysis4
MLO 4 Organizational and collaborative skills0
MLO 5 Production skills12
MLO 6 Critical and evaluative skills4
MLO 7 Distribution skills4
Total:66

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Any approved course2
VPA 209: Day of the Dead Workshop2
VPA 215: Beginning Drawing4
VPA 305: Media Culture4
VPA 321: Museum Collections Practices4
Total:16