Program Overview

Studio Arts Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer

Related Degrees & Certificates

• AA Associate in Arts Degree Program
  • Art History | 60 units
• AA-T Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer
  • Art History | 60 units

Career Opportunities

Art majors go on to a wide variety of careers in which the visual education they have received is applied. Career opportunities include advertising art director, animator, architect, art administrator, art appraiser, art curator, art restorer, art therapist, art critic, art dealer, art historian, art instructor, cartoonist, ceramicist, cinematographer, computer artist, design consultant, display designer, fashion designer, film artistic director, interior designer, gallery director, graphic artist, industrial designer, illustrator, jewelry designer, layout artist, muralist, museum technician, painter, performance artist, photographer, police artist, printmaker, set designer, sculptor, and visual information specialist.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this program will be able to:

• Describe the roles of creative expression in human cultures.
• Engage with the arts; integration of the arts into life.
• Demonstrate creative process; apply critical thinking in the creative process. Use the language of the discipline; demonstrate command of critical vocabulary.
• Use critical thinking in evaluating works of art in intrinsic terms, expressive content and social context.

Program Overview

The Studio Arts major provides students with a solid foundation in the practice of creating art. It is designed for students who wish to transfer to a four-year school as an Art Major.

Requirements

AA-T Degree Requirements Major: Core and Selective Requirements

Complete Core Courses, 15 units:

• ART 102 | Late Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art History | 3 units
• ART 103 | History of Art from the Baroque Period to Post-Impressionism | 3 units
• ART 204 | Drawing I | 3 units
• ART 301 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 units
• ART 306 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 units

Selective Courses, choose a minimum of 12 units from the following:

• List A, choose a minimum of 3 units from the following:
  • Art History:
    • ART 101 | Ancient, Classical and Medieval Art History | 3 units
    • ART 105 | Art of Asia and the Near East | 3 units
• List B: Choose 9 units from the following: Studio Arts:
  • Drawing:
    • ART 205 | Drawing II | 3 units
    • OR
    • ART 207 | Life Drawing | 3 units
  • Color:
    • ART 214 | Color | 3 units
  • Painting:
    • ART 221 | Painting I | 3 units

Total Required Major Units: 27

6 semester units may be double counted. ART 101, ART 102, ART 103 and/or ART 104 may be used to cover up to 6 units of Area C's required 9 units (but no more than 6).

General Education

• certified completion of one of the following:
  • California State University General Education-Breadth pattern (CSU GE Breadth),
  • OR
  • Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC/CSU) pattern

Elective courses

If applicable, additional courses to meet the minimum 60 CSU transferable units requirement.

Please refer to Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Requirements for more information.