These pathways serve as tools, not prescribed programs of study. Before enrolling, you can use them to get a feel for what you can do in this program. After enrolling, you and your advisors can use them as a starting point for building your personalized outcomes-based ILP.

This pathway, intended as a reference, shows a productive route to graduation in four years.  Your actual pathway may not look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses, such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan, in consultation with your advisors

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
First Year Seminar FYS 100: First Year Seminar3
Total:3

University Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
Community ParticipationAny approved course4
Creative/Artistic Expression VPA 316: Photography as Art4
Democratic Participation SBS 212: Social/Polit/Histories/US4
Engcom A VPA 210: The Artist & SocietyC
Engcom BAny approved course4
EthicsC
Literature and Popular Culture VPA 307: Diverse Hist Contemp ArtC
Mathcom MATH 100: Quantitative Literacy4
Science ContentAny approved course4
Science Methods LabAny approved courseC
Science Methods LectureAny approved course4
U.S. Histories SBS 212: Social/Polit/Histories/USC
Vibrancy ActivityAny approved course4
Vibrancy TheoryAny approved courseC
Total:32

Upper-division General Education

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity VPA 307: Diverse Hist Contemp Art4
GWAR VPA 313: Regional Art History4
Language 2Any approved course4
Language 3Any approved course4
Language 4Any approved course4
Tech/Info CST 101: Technology Tools4
Upper Division Service LearningAny approved course4
Total:28

Major Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
MLO 1 Historical and philosophical analysis VPA 324: Museum Conservation & Display4
MLO 2 Individual and aesthetic exploration VPA 316: Photography as ArtC
MLO 3 Community issues analysis VPA 324: Museum Conservation & DisplayC
MLO 4 Organizational and collaborative skillsC
MLO 5 Production skills VPA 316: Photography as ArtC
MLO 6 Critical and evaluative skillsC
MLO 7 Distribution skillsC
Total:4

Major Core Courses

Major Concentration Courses

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
VPA 197: Independent Study4
VPA 208: Power of Image4
VPA 302: VPA Visiting Artist Series2
VPA 309: Materials & Methods
VPA 405: Senior Capstone4
Total:14

Total: 129 units