Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
Art, B.A. - Roadmap
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Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Impacted Program
In Preparation for the Single Subject Teaching Credential
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Major
One Course Selected from Each Sequence Below
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Preparation for the Major
36 units- ART 259 - Introduction to Art History II
- PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology
- CFD 270 - Human Development Across the Lifespan
- PSY 230 - Developmental Psychology
- ART 100 - Drawing I
- ART 101 - Two Dimensional Design
- ART 103 - Three Dimensional Design
- ART 104 - Artists and Designers in Real Time
- ART 204 - Painting I
- ART 220 - Material Studies in Craft and Design
- ART 240 - Fundamentals of Digital Media
- ART 258 - Introduction to Art History I
Sequence 1. Design Arts
3 units- ART 340 - Digital Photography I
- ART 343 - Illustration I
- ART 344 - Design for the Internet I
- ART 440 - Digital Photography II
- ART 443 - Illustration II
- ART 444 - Design for the Internet II
- ART 448 - Sequential Media
- ART 521 - Tangible Interactivity for Art and Design
- ART 524 - Digital Fabrication for Art and Design
- ART 540 - Advanced Photographic Projects
- ART 544 - Emerging Technologies in Multimedia
- ART 346 - Introduction to Book Arts
- ART 403 - Life Drawing II
- ART 404 - Painting II
- ART 406 - Experimental Processes in Art
- ART 407 - Film Photography I
- ART 410 - Intaglio Printmaking
- ART 507 - Film Photography II
- ART 323 - Furniture and Wood I
- ART 325 - Ceramics I - Wheel Throwing
- ART 326 - Ceramics I - Handbuilding
- ART 331 - Jewelry and Metalwork I
- ART 416 - Sculpture II
- ART 423 - Furniture and Wood II: Joinery Techniques
- ART 425 - Ceramics II - Intermediate Wheel Throwing
- ART 426 - Ceramics II - Intermediate Handbuilding
- ART 431 - Jewelry and Metalwork II - Fabrication and Color
- ART 432 - Jewelry and Metalwork II - Process and Material
- ART 516 - Sculpture III
- ART 531 - Jewelry and Metalwork III - Fabrication and Color
- ART 532 - Jewelry and Metalwork III - Process and Material
This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.