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Information About Class Schedules and Registration
To facilitate student planning for the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters, the Department of Art has created a link to the complete class schedule. After clicking “University Links” in the menu at the left, go to “Class Schedule” and then indicate the term (either Fall 2009 or Spring 2010) and subject (Art).

The on-line Class Schedule includes basic information such as the 5-digit class numbers, enrollment limits, number of available seats (this number will be updated regularly as students add or drop classes), meeting days and times, classroom locations, and names of instructors. Early in the registration period, only the names of full-time faculty are indicated (generally the names of part-time instructors, or “staff,” are not listed on the website until a few weeks before the start of the term). Not included in the Class Schedule are the code numbers designating courses with lab fees, General Education status, or enrollment restrictions. For this information, see the catalog descriptions and the entries posted on the University’s website (My Sac State). Concise course descriptions, including information about prerequisites, can be found in both the on-line and printed catalog.

ART 195 and all courses ending with the number nine (ART 119, 129, 139, etc.) are independent projects for which students must register by petition after meeting with a member of the full-time Art faculty (petition forms are available in the Art Department and at this website under “Forms”). In the class schedule, their meeting day and time are listed as “TBA,” because students meet individually with their instructors. Both ART 195 and ART 199 may be taken for 1, 2, or 3 units, depending on the scope of the project selected.

A printed version of the Spring 2010 class schedule also is posted on the bulletin board in the corridor immediately outside the Art Department office, Kadema 185.

NEW CURRICULA, COURSES, AND INSTRUCTORS IN 2009
With the 2009-2010 academic year, new curricula are being introduced in both Art Education and Studio Art. Students with catalog rights from 2008-10 and later will be following a new program if they choose to specialize in either of these areas; students with catalog rights from previous years—such as transfer students who began their college education before Fall 2008—have the option of following the new programs, or they may follow the ones applicable for their catalog year instead (see the explanation of “Catalog Rights” in the University catalog). There also has been a small change in the degree requirements for the Art History concentration, with the recent introduction of a seminar requirement effective with the 2008-10 catalog.

Students following the 2008-10 catalog who choose to specialize in either Studio Art or Art Education have the opportunity to refine their artistic skills in specific media by taking additional courses (to make this possible, the number of units in the Art major has been raised from 48 to 60 in these two areas).

For specific information about the current degree requirements in any of the three areas—Art Education, Art History, or Studio Art—you may consult either the on-line catalog (accessible from the Art Department website: see “University Links”) or the printed catalog (on sale at the Hornet Bookstore on campus). One-page summaries of the degree requirements also are available from the Art Department and on the Art Department website (both for the 2008-10 catalog and for previous catalog years). These concise check-lists are very useful for planning the major and should be discussed with an Art faculty advisor.