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Art - Studio Program (Certificate & AA Degree)

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Art - Studio Program

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the program, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

  • Analyze and interpret human thought, achievement, and expression relevant to such branches of knowledge as philosophy, literature, and/or the fine, visual, and performing arts, and to communicate the results.
  • Effectively communicate and express themselves and make themselves understood through a range of visual, auditory, tactile, and symbolic means.

Complete Major, MPC General Education Pattern, Competency Requirements, and 60 degree-applicable units (see pages 51, 55-56 in our current course catalog).

ASSOCIATE DEGREE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
   UNITS
Required Core
    
ARTB 2
 Visual Fundamentals: Two-Dimensional Design 3
ARTB 3
Visual Fundamentals: Three-Dimenstional Design
 3
ARTS 10A
Drawing and Composition
 3

Select three units from the following Western Art History courses:

  • ARTH 3: Western Art I (3)
  • ARTH 4: Western Art II (3)
  • ARTH 5: Survey of Modern and Contemporary Art (3)
  • ARTH12: Greek and Roman Art and Architecture (3)
  • ARTH 14: Renaissance Art and Architecture (3)
   3

Select three units from the following Non-Western Art History courses:

  • ARTH 7: Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3)
  • ARTH 8: Survey of Asian Art (3)
  • ARTH 10: History of Architecture (3)
  • GWOS 4: Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture (3)

Select eighteen units from one of the following sections: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII or IX. ARTB: 4 Color Fundamentals is highly recommended for a Studio major.

I. General Studio

  • ARTB 4: Color Fundamentals (3)
  • ARTC 1A: Ceramic Handbuilding (3)
  • ARTC 2A: Ceramic Wheel Throwing (3)
  • ARTC 3A: Ceramic Sculpture I (3)
  • ARTC 4a: Kiln-Formed Glass (3)
  • ARTD 1A: Sculpture I (3)
  • ARTD 2A: Figure Sculpture (3)
  • ARTD 40A: Jewelry and Metal Arts I (3)
  • ARTD 41A: Small Metal Casting: Jewelry I (3)
  • ARTD 42A: Jewelry: Metalsmithing I (3)
  • ARTP 10: Introduction to Photography (3)
  • ARTP 11A: Photography I: Black and White (3)
  • ARTP 12A: Digital Photography I (3)
  • ARTS 9A: Creative Digital Media I (3)
  • ARTS 11A: Sketch I (1.5)
  • ARTS 12A: Figure Drawing I (3)
  • ARTS 13A: Expressive Drawing I (1.5-3)
  • ARTS 16: Landscape Drawing and Painting (1.5)
  • ARTS 30A: Mixed Media I (1.5-3)
  • ARTS 33: Mixed Media Portfolio (1)
  • ARTS 40A: Painting I (3)
  • ARTS 41A: Watercolor I (3)
  • ARTS 46: Painting and Drawing Portfolio (1)
  • ARTS 60: Introduction to Printmaking (3)
  • ARTS 61A: Monotype I (1.5-3)
  • ARTS 62A: Relief Printmaking I (3)
  • ARTS 63A: Intaglio Printmaking I (3)
  • ARTS 64A: Photo-based Printmaking I (3)
  • ARTS 66A: Book Arts I (3)
  • ARTS 68: Printmaking Portfolio (1)
  • ARTS 8: Professional Practices: Photographing your Artwork (.5)

II. Drawing

  • ARTB 4: Color Fundamentals (3)
  • ARTS 9A: Creative Digital Media I (3)
  • ARTS 9B: Creative Digital Media II (3)
  • ARTS 10B: Intermediate Drawing (3)
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III. Painting






















TOTAL MAJOR UNITS
   24