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To view information specific to your art history course, please click on "courses" in the above right corner.

Follow these steps to access your online art history course in Canvas, available starting the first day of your course:

Instructor Nicole Oest standing near a sculpture of Athena

Instructor Contact Info

Instructor: Nicole Krup Oest

Department: Visual Arts

Email: noest@ccsf.edu. Please note: Nicole Oest is on leave until fall semester 2023.

Phone: 1-415-239-3448 (email strongly preferred)

Office hours for spring semester 2025: Thursdays, 11:20-1PM in Zoom; Fridays, 9-9:10 AM in STEAM lecture hall, Ocean Campus; Fridays, 4:20-4:30 PM at SFMOMA (151 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103) on floor 2 in the Koret Education Center, Studio 1; or by appointment.  Note that office hours will not take place on college holidays or non-instructional days.

Mailbox: V18 

City College of San Francisco

Visual Arts, V118

50 Frida Kahlo Way

San Francisco, CA 94112

Photo taken at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece.

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Quicklinks

Online Learning Success

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Writing tutoring at the CCSF English Lab

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Student Services and Concerns

CCSF Bookstore (Ocean campus and online)

Art History Resources

Free museum tickets with your public library card through the Discover and Go program

Writing About Art


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Log-in Instructions

Go to the RAM ID Portal and Login.

Username: CCSF ID, examples: W12345678 or @12345678

Your Canvas password is your RAM ID password.

Instructions for new students

Once logged in, Click on the Canvas Tile.

Shortcut: Login directly to Canvas.

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Canvas Student Guide

Online Learning

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