This degree program is designed to provide a fundamental background in two-dimensional studio arts, emphasizing both technique and aesthetic awareness. The curriculum consists of courses in both studio techniques and art history. Students will develop their ability to control line, value, shape, color, perspective and composition in various mediums. The major provides preparation for transfer to a four-year college in fine art or a vocational area related to art.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Use the vocabulary of the visual arts to express their observations as they perceive and respond to works of art, objects in nature, events and the environment.
• Apply artistic processes and skills, using a variety of media to communicate meaning and intent in original works of art.
• Analyze the role and development of the visual arts in the past and present cultures throughout the world, noting human diversity as it relates to the visual arts and the artists.
• Analyze, access and derive meaning from works of art, including their own, according to the elements of art, the principles of design and aesthetic qualities.
• Apply what they learned in the visual arts across subject areas, develop competencies and creative skills in problem solving, communication, and management of time and resources that contribute to lifelong learning and career skills, and identify careers in and related to the visual arts.

Career Opportunities

Advertising Specialist¹
Antique Dealer
Art Conservator¹
Art Therapist¹
Arts Administration
Cartoonist
Curator¹
Display Manager
Fashion Designer¹
Gallery Owner
Illustrator
Independent Artist
Interior Design¹
Jewelry Designer
Museum Technician
Painter
Police Artist
Set Designer
Teacher/Professor¹

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Bachelor Degree or higher required.

Associate in Arts Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Units
ART-120	Two-Dimensional Design	3
ART-121	Painting I	3
ART-124	Drawing I	3
ART-125	Drawing II	3
ART-140	Survey of Western Art I: Prehistory through Middle Ages	3
ART-141	Survey of Western ART II: Renaissance through Modern	3
ART-230	Figure Drawing I	3
GD-105	Fundamentals of Digital Media	3
Select six units from the following:		6
ART-104	Artists and Designers Today
ART-119	Color Theory
ART-129	Three-Dimensional Design
ART-135	Watercolor I
ART-143	Modern Art
ART-145	Contemporary Art
ART-210	Introduction to Printmaking
ART-211	Intermediate Printmaking
ART-220	Painting II
ART-231	Figure Drawing II
ART-240	Portraiture and Character Design
ART-241	Illustration I
ART-242	Illustration II
Total Units		30

Plus General Education Requirements

Recommended Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Units
ART-151	Chicanx Art	3
ETHN-151	Chicanx Art	3
HIST-105	Early Western Civilization	3
HUM-155	World Mythology through the Humanities	3
RELG-120	World Religions	3