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Community & Museums

Admission into the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, Community & Museums Option is by application and is competitive.

Students must retain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher in Studio Art, Art History, and Art Education, and a cumulative GPA of 2.5.  

The following is a listing of required Art Education and College of Education courses for the Community and Museums Option.

Art and Visual Culture Education Courses:

Course #

Course Title

Availability

ARE 230

(3 credits)

Foundations in Art and Visual Culture Education

Fall & Spring

ARE 420

(3 credits)

Community, Culture, and Art Education

Fall or Spring 

ARE 425

(3 credits)

Theory and Practice in Art Museum Education

Fall or Spring

ARE electives

(9 units)

 

Choose from courses not taken: ARE 431, 434, 440, 460, 469, 476, 496A

Semester varies

ARE 393

(3 credits)

Internship

Fall or Spring

ARE 493

(6 credits)

Internship

Fall or Spring

 

General Education*

First Year Experience

(21 units)

Additional Art and Art History Courses
  • University composition (6 units)
  • Foundation mathematics (3 units)
  • Tier I Traditions & Cultures (6 units)
    Tier I Individuals & Societies (6 units)
  • Tier I Natural Sciences (6 units)
  • Tier II Humanities (3 units)
  • Tier II Individuals & Societies (3 units)
  • Tier II Natural Sciences (3 units)
    *One course must include
    Gender/Race/Class/Ethnicity
    /Non-Western focus

Required (15 units): 
ART 100A - Mapping (2)
ART 100B - Space (2)
ART 100E - Surface (2)
ART 119 - Contemporary Art & Theory (3)
ARH 201 - Survey Western Art I (3)
ARH 202 - Survey Western Art II (3)

Students choose 3 courses from the following 5 options (6 units)
ART 100C - Gaze (2)
ART 100D - Experience (2)
ART 100F - Amalgam (2)
ART 100G - Propaganda (2)
ART 100J - The Body (2)
  • 2D studies (6 units at 200 level)
  • 3D studies (6 units at 200 level)
  • Art History upper division (3 from ARH 300-390, 400-490, 496H; 3 units from ARH 400-490, 496)
  • Studio Art, upper division, area focus (9 units from one studio division: 2D, 3D, Photo, or Visual Communications)

Professionalism

Students approach their work with the highest degree of professionalism, specifically in terms of coursework, as well as personal and professional dispositions and conduct in internship settings.

 

Also explore the Teaching Option courses of study section.