Art Department...
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Performing Arts Bldg, 102P
(661) 664-3031
(661) 665-6555 (fax)


Graduating artists from California State University,
Bakersfield leave with an extensive education in the area of
their selected concentration that enables them to pursue
careers as fine artists, sculptors, museum curators,
photographers and teachers.

The CSUB Art Department offers a wide variety of
instruction and activities in the visual arts. The curriculum
includes courses in various media (drawing, painting,
photography, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics) as well
as historical studies and the philosophies that have inspired
the world's artists, both past and present Most courses are
open to CSUB students regardless of their declared major.
The department offers the following curricula:

  • BA in Art with emphasis in Studio Art or Art History
  • Minor in Studio Art
  • Minor in Art History
  • Interdisciplinary minor in Film and Modern Art (see
    page 116 of catalog)


The CSUB Art Department's orientation towards students is
to encourage not only insights into their own work, but also
to encourage a perspective that furthers insights into the
diversity of the professional art world.


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Studio Art
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Requirements for the Major in Art with an emphasis in
Studio Art:

  1. ART 201 and 202
  2. ART 210, 212 and 213
  3. One course selected from ART 303-308
  4. One course selected from ART 309-310
  5. One additional course selected from ART 303-310
  6. Four courses selected from ART 403-410 and 477
  7. ART 483 and 484
  8. ART 490 and 491
  9. All students majoring in Art must complete one of the
    following options:

    1. A special minor
    2. A minor consisting of at least 20 quarter units
    designated by another discipline
    3. One of the interdisciplinary concentrations or
    minors (see "Interdisciplinary Concentrations and
    Minors" on page 116)

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Art History
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Requirements for the Major in Art with an emphasis in Art
History:

  1. ART 201 and 202
  2. ART 210, 212 and 213
  3. One other course in Studio Art
  4. Two courses in a single foreign language; if students
    plan to apply for graduate school in Art history, they
    should opt to take French or German.
  5. One course selected from ART 381, 382 or 383
  6. One course selected from ART 384, 385 or 386
  7. One course selected from ART 387, 388 or 484
  8. ART 483
  9. One additional course selected from ART 381-390,
    ART 484 or ART 478
  10. ART 492
  11. All students majoring in Art must complete one of the
    following options:

    1. A special minor
    2. A minor consisting of at least 20 quarter units
    designated by another discipline
    3. One of the interdisciplinary concentrations or
    minors (see "Interdisciplinary Concentrations and
    Minors" on page 116)

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Minor in Art
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For a Minor in Studio Art, students must take four five-
unit courses, three of which must be upper division. For a
Minor in Art History, students are strongly recommended
to complete ART 201 and ART 202, and two upper
division courses. Students wishing to complete a Minor in
Art with a mixture of Studio Art and Art History
courses should consult with a member of the Art faculty.


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Teaching Credential--Single Subject
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Students wishing to complete the single-subject
examination waiver requirements for the California
Single Subject Credential in Art should consult with the
department chair or an appropriate Art faculty advisor
regarding the appropriate courses. The California
Commission on Teacher Credentialing is in the process
of certifying programs according to a new set of
standards, so students and advisors must consult
carefully. After completing the Subject Matter
Preparation Program in Art, qualified students may then
pursue a single subject credential.


Lower Division Core Requirements

  1. Art 201 Survey of World Art to A.D. 1400
  2. Art 202 Survey of World Art, A.D. 1400-Present
  3. Art 210 Three-Dimensional Form
  4. Art 212 Two-Dimensional Design
  5. Art 213 Beginning Drawing

Total (25 units)

Upper Division Core Requirements

  1. Art 300 Theories of Art
  2. Art 304 Painting
  3. Art 310 Ceramics
  4. Comm 386 Computer Graphics
  5. Art 401 Principles of Art Education
  6. Art 402 Crafts in Art Education
  7. Art 483 Modern Art, 1865-1970
  8. Art 484 Contemporary Directions in Art

Total (40 units)

Breadth Requirements

  1. One course selected from Art 305-309
  2. Three courses selected from Art 403-410, 444 or
    477
    (At least two of these must be in the same artistic
    medium)
  3. Art 490-491, Senior Art Project

Total (26 units)
Total units for waiver (91 units)


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