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Nov 21, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [PAST CATALOG]
Studio Arts - Visual Arts Transfer (A.A.)
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Official Title of Major: Visual Arts Transfer - Studio Arts, A.A.
Award: Associate of Arts degree, A.A.
Code: AA.VSL.STUDIO-ART
Total Credit Hours: 60
About the Studio Arts Program
Purpose: Provides the fundamental foundation in the visual arts to prepare students for transferring to a 4-year college, university or art school to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the visual arts. In addition to the ability to transfer credits toward a bachelor’s degree at a 4-year school students would have the skills to pursue entry-level positions in art galleries, community arts education and apprenticeships or internships with professional artists.
Students’ options after completing their transfer degree are dependent on the educational pathway and degree or certificate program that the student selected. The options are many. Some options might include working as an independent studio artist, teaching in the studio arts field and working in a gallery or museum.
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Planning Tool: Two-Year Sequence of Courses
Visual Arts Transfer Program Core Courses
The program core for this degree consists of ART 100 (satisfied through the Arts and Humanities general education requirement as listed below); ART 106 (satisfied through the technology requirement as listed below); and ART 125 (satisfied through the area of concentration requirement as listed below).
Students must complete all of these courses with a grade of C or better.
English Composition: 6 credits
Arts and Humanities: 6 credits
Additional General Education Requirement: 3 credits
Area of Concentration: 29 credits
Students must complete all of these courses with a grade of C or better.
Required Courses: 13 credits
Choose three courses from the following: 9 credits
Technology Requirement: 3 credits
Electives: 4 credits
Recommend students check on transfer institution’s requirements. No more than 3 credit hours of physical activity courses may be used as electives.
Diversity Requirement
All students in associate degree programs must satisfy the Diversity Requirement . In many cases, students may satisfy this requirement simultaneously as they satisfy a general education course requirement or with an elective.
Technology Requirement
Satisfied by ART 106 .
Wellness Requirement
Unless they are in a degree that is exempt, all students in associate degree programs must satisfy the Wellness Requirement . In many cases, students may satisfy this requirement simultaneously as they satisfy a general education course requirement or with an elective.
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Studio Arts Concentration, students will be able to: - Apply the principles of design to the creation of works of art.
- Record the observable world through the use of a variety of drawing materials.
- Use different media to solve design problems and express a personal point of view.
- Use new technologies used to express visual ideas.
- Apply knowledge of specific scientific and mathematical formulas in the making of artworks.
- Describe the primary historical periods and cultural trends in art.
- Apply critical thinking skills to written and verbal communication about art.
- Develop a professional portfolio of work that demonstrates growth and maturation in personal artistic expression that is suitable to present at interviews for both transfer and job-related activities.
This program aligns with the college’s core competencies. Career and Educational Advancement Resources
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