Comics Studies Certificate

(Academic Plan Code: 113305CRTS)

Program Requirements: The Comics Studies Certificate consists of 12 units.  HIST 157 /ECL 157   is required (3 units); then 9 units are selected from a wide range of courses across many disciplines. 

Comics GE Pathway: Because several of the comics courses fulfill different GE requirements, students could plot a partial GE pathway through comics: C1 Arts GE through HIST 157  or ECL 157 ; C2 Humanities Foundations/Lower-Division GE through HUM 250 ; C2 Humanities Explorations/Upper-Division GE through HIST 457  or REL S 365 ; and/or Ethnic Studies GE through AFRAS 466  or CCS 235 .

Other variable topics courses can be used to satisfy the elective requirement upon approval of the advisor. 

• ART 343 /ART 443 /ART 543 : Illustration (when taught as a comic-book course)

• ECL 527  - Genre Studies (when taught with emphasis on comics and/or graphic novels)

• Various Women’s Studies Courses (WMNST 355  and WMNST 360 ), when taught with substantial content from comics and/or graphic novels