Art History and Visual Culture, BA (2024-2025)

The following roadmap is a sample advising map to complete the degree program in four years. Please consult your MyPlanner and major advisor as you develop your individualized academic plan. Students must have completed 60+ units in order to enroll in SJSU Studies courses.

Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4

Year 1

Fall Semester (15 units)

GE Area A1 3 unit(s)
GE Area A3 3 unit(s)
GE Area E 3 unit(s)
World Language or Art Foundation Course 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

GE Area A3 3 unit(s)
GE Area C2 3 unit(s)
GE Area B4 3 unit(s)
GE Area F 3 unit(s)
World Language or Art Foundation Course 3 unit(s)

Year 2

Fall Semester (15 units)

GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s)
GE Area B1+B3 3 unit(s) *
ARTH 70A - Art History, Prehistoric to Medieval , ARTH 70B - Art History, Renaissance to Modern OR ARTH 70C - Arts of Asia 3 unit(s) (C1)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 2 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)
Complete the Upper Division Writing - Directed Self Placement

Spring Semester (15 units)

ARTH 70A - Art History, Prehistoric to Medieval , ARTH 70B - Art History, Renaissance to Modern OR ARTH 70C - Arts of Asia 3 unit(s) (C1)
GE Area B2+B3 3 unit(s) *
GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 2 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)

Year 3

Fall Semester (15 units)

ART 100W - Writing Workshop: Fine Arts
3 unit(s) (WID)
ART 101 - Digital Media Art OR ART 175 - Special Topics in Studio Art 3 unit(s)
ARTH 190B - Early Modernist Art OR ARTH 187A - Art of the Italian Renaissance, Fifteenth Century 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
ARTH 193A - Worlds of Art and Culture OR ARTH 193B - East Meets West in Art 3 unit(s) (V)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
Apply to Graduate

Year 4

Fall Semester (15 units)

ANTH 160 - Reconstructing Lost Civilizations
3 unit(s) (R)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

CA 172 - The Arts in U.S. Society , RELS 191 - Religion in America , RTVF 110 - Media and Culture OR WGSS 101 - Sex, Power, and Politics 3 unit(s) (S)
Capstone Requirement: ARTH 199 - Art History Capstone Seminar OR ARTH 277 - Seminar in Historiography 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)
Art History Selections from Emphases 1-3 3 unit(s)

Roadmap Notes

* Either B1 or B2 must be taken with a B3 - Laboratory .