Program Overview

Art and Design

Bring Your Creative Vision to Life

Program Duration: 2 Year Program

Degree Type: Associate in Arts (A.A.)

Total Credit Hours: 63

About This Program

Our Art and Design program will help you explore a range of media, increase your practice skills and sharpen your sense of design. You will learn basic visual skills, elements and principles of design, and specific characteristics of several media while gaining a broader perspective through art history and theory.

Quick Information

• Program Entry Requirements: Students are required to satisfy placement at the time of admission. Students identified as needing developmental course work must satisfactorily complete the appropriate English and mathematics courses as a part of their degree program.
• General Education Requirements: All general education requirements necessary for graduation are met through the courses in the program as indicated above. Students who wish to take courses that differ from the general education courses indicated above must complete a course substitution request form.
• Program of Study and Graduation Requirements: Students in the Art and Design curriculum must complete a series of General Education requirements that include English 101 and 102, a quantitative reasoning course, a cultural analysis and interpretation course, and a scientific reasoning course in addition to the program specific courses. English 101 is expected to be completed within the first 30 credits. To qualify for the Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree in Art and Design, a student must complete a minimum of 63 credit hours as prescribed and attain a grade point average of 2.0 or better and no grade below "C" in any program core and directed elective course.

Overview

Throughout the program, you will learn progressively advanced levels of drawing, and of black-and-white, color and three-dimensional design. In addition to a strong Liberal Arts core, this program also includes elective courses in ceramics, painting, graphic design and photographic imaging, all held in spacious, well-lit studios, plus hands-on activities like manual and computer-based techniques. Art and Design's cornerstone course, portfolio development, is where you will learn how to impressively showcase your work, which is necessary in order to transfer to a bachelor's degree program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate proficiency in basic foundation level 2D and 3D design concepts, including perceptual drawing.
• Utilize learned technical studio and/or computer-based skills to realize and test visual ideas and concepts.
• Use a wide range of materials and means of expression to communicate visual ideas.
• Critically interpret and analyze visual concepts.
• Identify associated terminology, historical practices and contemporary developments in order to demonstrate knowledge of the arts.
• Create a comprehensive portfolio of original art work to demonstrate ability, talent and originality.

Semester 1

• Course Number and Name: ENGL 101 - English Composition I or ENGL 101H - English Composition I (Honors)
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Art and Design majors are expected to take ENGL 101, ART 105, ART 111, ART 125, and ART 150 within the first 15 credits in order to properly progress through the program.
• Course Number and Name: ART 105 - Drawing I
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Fulfills the General Education Oral Communication/Creative Expression requirement
• Course Number and Name: ART 125 - Design I
  • Credits: 3 credits
• Course Number and Name: ART 111 - Three-Dimensional Design I
  • Credits: 3 credits
• Course Number and Name: ART 150 - Introduction to Computer Art/Graphics
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Along with ART 290, ART 150 fulfills the General Education Technological Competency Requirement.

Semester 2

• Course Number and Name: ART 106 - Drawing II
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: ART 106 must be completed in the second 15 credits. Prerequisite: ART 105
• Course Number and Name: ART 126 - Design II
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: ART 126 is only offered in the Spring semester
• Course Number and Name: ART 112 - Three-Dimensional Design II
  • Credits: 3 credits
• Course Number and Name: ART 103 - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance or ART 103H - History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance (Honors)
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: ART 103 fulfills the General Education Cultural Analysis & Interpretation requirement
• Course Number and Name: ENGL 102 - The Research Paper or ENGL 102H - The Research Paper (Honors)
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Fulfills the General Education Writing/Research/Info Lit 2 requirement

Semester 3

• Course Number and Name: FNMT 101 - Quantitative Reasoning or FNMT 118 - Intermediate Algebra or MATH 137 - Geometry for Design
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Some colleges and universities require a mathematics course above FNMT 118. In that case, we recommend that students who are FNMT 118 ready take MATH 137 instead of FNMT 101. Students who are FNMT 118 ready who intend to transfer to Temple University should take FNMT 118, which is the prerequisite for MATH 161.
• Course Number and Name: ART 290 - Portfolio Preparation
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: ART 290 is only offered in the Fall semester. Prerequisite: ART 106, ART 111, ART 125. Along with ART 150, ART 290 fulfills the General Education Technological Competency Requirement.
• Course Number and Name: ART 207 - Drawing III
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: ART 207 is only offered in the Fall semester
• Course Number and Name: ART 104 - History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern or ART 104H - History of Art: Renaissance to Modern (Honors)
  • Credits: 3 credits
• Course Number and Name: ART 109 - Ceramics I or ART 115 - Painting I or ART 151 - Graphic Design I or PHOT 101 - Introduction to 35mm Film Camera and Darkroom Techniques or PHOT 151 - Techniques in Photo Editing (Photoshop I) or Combine 3 credits worth of ART 180 or ART 170 Special Topics courses
  • Credits: 3 or 4 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Students must select the first of three opportunities for directed electives.

Semester 4

• Course Number and Name: ART 208 - Drawing IV
  • Credits: 3 credits
• Course Number and Name: ADC 176 / HIST 176 - Philadelphia History: Architecture and Planning or ANTH 112 - Cultural Anthropology or GEOG 103 - Introduction to Human Geography or HIST 102 - United States History: The Civil War and the 19th Century or HIST 103 - United States History: The 20th Century and Beyond or HIST 103H - United States and Pennsylvania History: The 20th Century (Honors) or HIST 121 - World History: The Distant Past or HIST 122 - World History: The Recent Past or SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology or SOC 101H - Introduction to Sociology (Honors) or SOC 115 - Gender and Society
  • Credits:
  • Advisory Notes: Students must take a Social Science course that fulfills the Writing Intensive General Education Competency. The following courses are recommended: ADC 176, ANTH 112, HIST 102, HIST 103
• Course Number and Name: BIOL 106 - General Biology I or CHEM 103 - General Chemistry I or CHEM 105 - Inquiry into Chemistry or PHYS 101 - Revolutionary Concepts in Physics or EASC 111 - Environmental Conservation or EASC 111H - Environmental Conservation (Honors) or PHYS 107 - Matter and Energy or PHYS 108 - Descriptive Astronomy
  • Credits: 3 or 4 credits
  • Advisory Notes: Students must take a Scientific Reasoning course from the included list on the left.
• Course Number and Name: ART 205 - Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Credits: 3 credits
  • Advisory Notes: ART 205 is currently only offered in the Spring semester
• Course Number and Name: ART 109 - Ceramics I or ART 115 - Painting I or ART 205 - Modern American Art or ART 209 - Ceramics II or ART 215 - Painting II or ART 251 - Graphic Design II or PHOT 101 - Introduction to 35mm Film Camera and Darkroom Techniques or PHOT 151 - Digital Imaging or Combine 3 credits worth of ART 180 or ART 170 Special Topics courses
  • Credits: 3 or 4 credits
  • Advisory Notes: For the second directed elective, students can select anything from the list on the left. ART 205 and 251 are currently only offered in the Spring semester
• Course Number and Name: ART 109 - Ceramics I or ART 115 - Painting I or ART 205 - Seminar: Modern and Contemporary Art or ART 209 - Ceramics II or ART 215 - Painting II or ART 251 - Graphic Design II or PHOT 101 - Introduction to 35mm Film Camera and Darkroom Techniques or PHOT 151 - Techniques in Photo Editing (Photoshop I) or Combine 3 credits worth of ART 180 or ART 170 Special Topics courses
  • Credits: 3 or 4 credits
  • Advisory Notes: For the third directed elective, students can select anything from the list on the left. ART 205 and 251 are currently only offered in the Spring semester

Launch Your Career in Art and Design

• Commercial and Industrial Designers: est. salary $74,376
• Graphic Designers: est. salary $60,521
• Fine Artists, including Painters, Sculptors and Illustrators: est. salary $28,378*
• Art Directors: est. salary $88,899*

Career Outlook

• Median Salary of an Art Therapist: $46,299
• Number of Jobs in the Region: 260
• 10-year Job Outlook in the Region for Art Therapists: +3.07%

Featured Career

Art Therapists

Use your craft to help improve the mental and physical wellbeing of clients in a clinical setting.

• Starting Pay: $20,316
• Typical Tasks:
  • Talk with clients during art or other therapy sessions to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to the artistic process.
  • Conduct art therapy sessions, providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from, or cope with, cognitive, emotional, or physical impairments.
  • Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives.
  • Write treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups.
  • Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
  • Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to art therapy.

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