Arts Minor

Lower Division Minor Requirements [8 units]

• One lower division GASP course
• One lower division ARTS course

Upper Division Minor Requirements [16 units]

• A minimum of four upper division ARTS or GASP courses

Program Learning Outcomes

Students participating in the Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) will be able to:

1. Describe visual and aural texts in technical and theoretical terms
2. Become familiar with multiple schools of thoughts in art history/visual studies and/or musicology/ethnomusicology.
3. Analyze cultural, visual, aural, and spatial procedures within their historical and conceptual contexts.
4. Integrate theory into creative practices.

The following guidelines pertain to all SSHA minors:

• To complete any SSHA minor, students must complete a minimum of five courses, at least four of which must be upper division.
• All courses must be taken for a letter grade.
• All minor course requirements must be completed with a C- or better.
• A minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) in upper division courses is required. The only exception is a minor in Arts, for which the minimum GPA in upper division courses is 2.7 (B-).
• At least three of the five required courses must be taken at UC Merced.
• Only one course may be used simultaneously to satisfy requirements for two minors.
• Only one course may be used to satisfy both a minor and a major requirement.
• Students must consult the UC Merced General Catalog for prerequisites to required courses.