Breadth of Arts Electives
Breadth of Arts Electives
CT Students must take three Breadth of Arts elective courses as part of their major curriculum. At least one of the three Breadth of Arts elective courses must be upper-division (numbered 100 and above). Courses relevant to the requirement, but not listed here (including graduate seminars), may be proposed to fulfill this requirement via petition to creative@ucsc.edu.
Students are encouraged to take courses in their preferred artistic media.
Approved Courses that Fulfill Breadth of Arts Electives
| ID | Course Title | Credits |
| ART 10D | 2D Foundation | 5 |
| ART 10E | 3D Foundation | 5 |
| ART 10F | 4D Foundation | 5 |
| ART 20L | Introduction to Drawing | 5 |
| ART 80E | Environmental Art in the Expanded Field | 5 |
| ARTG 80G | Visual Communication and Interaction Design | 5 |
| ART 80T | Digital Tools for Contemporary Art Practice | 5 |
| ART 101 | Introduction to Computer Programming for the Arts | 5 |
| ART 104 | Digital Video | 5 |
| ART 106O | 2D Animation | 5 |
| ART 113 | Illustrating Stories: Fantasy and Documentary Narratives | 5 |
| ART 125 | Environmental Art Studio | 5 |
| ART 135 | Digital Painting | 5 |
| ART 145 | Vector Art and Illustration | 5 |
| ART 172 | Public Art: Memory, Landscape, and Artist as Activist | 5 |
| ARTG 80H | Critical History of Digital Games | 5 |
| ARTG 91 | Introduction to Game Art Production | 5 |
| ARTG 131 | 3D Game Art Production | 5 |
| ARTG 132 | 3D Character Rigging and Animation for Video Games | 5 |
| FILM 80A | The Film Experience | 5 |
| FILM 80M | Understanding Media | 5 |
| FILM 80S | Special Topics in Film and Digital Media | 5 |
| FILM 80T | Technothrillers | 5 |
| FILM 80V | Video Games as Visual Culture | 5 |
| FILM 80X | Sex in the Cinema | 5 |
| MUSC 20A | Global Music Theory and Musicianship | 5 |
| MUSC 58 | Songwriting Craft and Practice | 5 |
| MUSC 74 | Beginning Spontaneous Composition and Improvisation | 5 |
| MUSC 77 | Raga Jazz: Application of Indian Music to Western Instruments | 5 |
| MUSC 80C | History, Literature, and Technology of Electronic Music | 5 |
| MUSC 80H | The Hollywood Musical | 5 |
| MUSC 80K | Sound in Art, Science, and the Environment | 5 |
| MUSC 80L | Artificial Intelligence and Music | 5 |
| MUSC 80M | Film Music | 5 |
| MUSC 80N | Music of the Grateful Dead | 5 |
| MUSC 80O | Music, Politics, and Protest | 5 |
| MUSC 80R | Music in the Digital Age | 5 |
| MUSC 80V | The Music of the Beatles | 5 |
| MUSC 81A | Survey of Rap and Hip Hop Music | 5 |
| MUSC 81E | Music and Resilience in Latin America | 5 |
| MUSC 81J | Jazz Mirror of Global Interconnection | 5 |
| MUSC 81L | Music in Animated Film | 5 |
| MUSC 101H | Music of Insular Southeast Asia | 5 |
| THEA 10 | Introduction to Theater Design and Technology | 5 |
| THEA 14 | Drawing | 5 |
| THEA 18C | Drafting-Computer Aided | 5 |
| THEA 80A | Introduction to African American Theater | 5 |
| THEA 80B | Rock ‘n’ Roll Design | 5 |
| THEA 80C | Monsters | 5 |
| THEA 80D | Commercial Design 1900 to Present | 5 |
| THEA 80L | Muppet Magic: Jim Henson’s Art | 5 |
| THEA 80M | Chicano/a Teatro | 5 |
| THEA 80N | Walt Disney | 5 |
| THEA 80P | Pixar – Story Matters | 5 |
| THEA 80S | Theater Arts Education and the Community | 5 |
| THEA 80Q | Introduction to Queer Theater | 5 |
| THEA 80R | Bollywood Dance and Culture in India and Indian Diaspora | 5 |
| THEA 80U | Everybody Dance Now! | 5 |
| THEA 80X | The Performance of Story in Theater and Film | 5 |
| THEA 80Y | American Musical Theater | 5 |