BACHELOR OF ARTS REQUIREMENTS
Total units required for BA degree: 120 Maximum units accepted in transfer: 60
BA  History and Theory of Contemporary Art No more than 24 units may be transferred into studio and general electives combined. No more than 27 units of liberal arts accepted in transfer. No more than 9 units of art history accepted in transfer. BA  Urban Studies No more than 36 units may be transferred into liberal arts, art history, and urban studies combined. No more than 24 units may be transferred into studio and general electives combined. All entering students are required to take a Writing Placement Examination upon matriculating.
Liberal Arts Requirements
33 units
Urban Studies
Liberal Arts Requirements
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Liberal Arts Requirements
33
Urban Studies Requirements
45
Media and Cultural Geography
3
Urban Theory
3
Critical Studies Electives
9
City Studio Practicum
3
English Composition A*
3
English Composition B*
3
Art History, Theory, & Criticism Requirements
Humanities 200
3
Global Art History
3
Humanities 201
3
Modernity and Modernism
3
Science
3
Contemporary Art Now
3
Mathematics
3
Dialogues in Contemporary Art
6
Social Science
3
Art History Electives
18
3
Studies in Global Culture
3
Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium
Critical Studies Electives
15
Critical Theory A
+
3
Thesis Colloquium
3
3
Critical Theory B+
3
Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium
Art History Requirements
9
Elective
3
Thesis Colloquium
3
Global Art History
3
Modernity and Modernism
3
Contemporary Art Now
3
Studio Requirements
12
Contemporary Practice
3
Elective in any studio discipline
9
All BA students must complete the liberal arts requirements for their degree. * Writing Placement Examination required upon matriculation. +
History and Theory of Contemporary Art
Studio Requirements
12
Contemporary Practice
3
Elective in any studio discipline
9
General Electives
21
Urban Studies Electives
General Electives
Must be taken at SFAI.
Total
21
21
120 Total
120
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