These courses emphasize the study of artistic activities and artistic expression of human beings. Students evaluate and interpret the ways in which people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation. Students also learn to value aesthetic understanding and incorporate these concepts when constructing value judgments. Common university majors in this emphasis include: Applied Design, Art, Art History, Arts and Crafts, Dance, Drama, Graphic Communications, Graphic Design, Industrial Arts, Painting and Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture, Studio Arts, Theatre Arts, Performing Arts. This degree is designed to accommodate the differing requirements of a wide variety of transfer institutions and major options. Because admission and major preparation requirements vary at each transfer institution, courses used to complete this major should be selected with the assistance of a San Diego City College counselor.
Associate in Arts Degree: Liberal Arts and Sciences with an Emphasis in Visual and Performing Arts
Courses Required for the Major:
Students should complete a minimum of 18 units including both Visual and Performing Arts courses
- ARTF 100 Art Orientation
- ARTF 109 History of Modern Art
- ARTF 110 Art History: Prehistoric to Gothic
- ARTF 111 Art History: Renaissance to Modern
- ARTF 113 Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- ARTF 115 African Art
- ARTF 150A Two-Dimensional Design
- ARTF 150B Beginning Graphic Design
- ARTF 151 Three-Dimensional Design
- ARTF 155A Freehand Drawing I
- ARTF 155B Freehand Drawing II
- ARTF 165A Composition in Painting I
- ARTF 165B Composition in Painting II
- ARTF 170A Contemporary Crafts I
- ARTF 170B Contemporary Crafts II
- ARTF 175A Sculpture I
- ARTF 175B Sculpture II
- ARTF 195A Ceramics I
- ARTF 195B Ceramics II
- ARTF 197A Handbuilding Ceramics I
- ARTF 197B Handbuilding Ceramics II
- ARTF 210A Life Drawing I
- ARTF 210B Life Drawing II
- ARTF 220A Life Sculpture I
- ARTF 220B Life Sculpture II
- ARTG 100 Basic Graphic Design
- ARTG 106 Typography
- ARTG 118 Graphic Design History
- ARTG 125 Digital Media
- DANC 110 Ballet
- DANC 111 Ethnic Dance Forms
- DANC 115 Tap
- DANC 120 American Street Dance
- DANC 127 Body Modalities and Injury Prevention DANC 130 Dance Repertoire
- DANC 135 Jazz Dance
- DANC 140 Modern Dance I
- DANC 145 Ballroom and Social Dance
- DANC 150 Dance Making: Ballet
- DANC 151 Dance Making: Jazz
- DANC 152 Dance Making: Modern
- DANC 153 Dance Making: Dance Theatre
- DANC 177 Dance Improvisation
- DANC 178 Advanced Contemporary Dance
- DANC 179 Advanced Classical Dance
- DANC 181 Introduction to Dance
- DANC 183 Music for Dance
- DANC 253 Choreography
- DANC 261 Dance Performance
- DANC 271 Dance Production
- DRAM 103 Acting for Non-majors
- DRAM 105 Introduction to Dramatic Arts
- DRAM 108 Playwriting
- DRAM 109 Theatre and Social Issues
- DRAM 122 Makeup for the Stage
- DRAM 123 Beginning Stagecraft
- DRAM 126 Advanced Stagecraft
- DRAM 132 Beginning Acting
- DRAM 133 Intermediate Acting
- DRAM 134 Beginning Voice for Actors
- DRAM 136 History of Canonized Theatre-Ancient Greece to the Restoration
- DRAM 137 History of Canonized Western Theatre- Restoration to the Present
- DRAM 143 Beginning Costuming
- DRAM 165 Introduction to Stage Movement
- DRAM 200A Fundamentals of Performance and Production III
- DRAM 250 Rehearsal, Production and Performance
- DRAM 251 Musical Comedy Rehearsal, Production and Performance
- MUSI 100 Introduction to Music
- MUSI 108 The Business of Music
- MUSI 109 World Music
- MUSI 111 Jazz - History and Development
- MUSI 115A Class Piano I
- MUSI 115B Class Piano II
- MUSI 120 Beginning Voice Class
- MUSI 121 Intermediate Voice
- MUSI 130A College Chorus I
- MUSI 130B College Chorus II
- MUSI 150A Basic Musicianship
- MUSI 190 The Electronic Music Studio
- MUSI 201 Recording Arts
- MUSI 202 Computer Music
- MUSI 215A Class Piano III
- MUSI 215B Class Piano IV
- MUSI 230A Jazz Improvisation
- MUSI 230B Jazz Improvisation
- MUSI 230C Jazz Improvisation
- PHOT 100 Basic Black-and-White Photography
- PHOT 105 Introduction to Photography
- PHOT 135 Intermediate Black-and-White Photography
- PHOT 150 History of Photography
- PHOT 102 Directed Photo Lab Studies
- PHOT 143 Introduction to Digital Photography
- PHOT 245 Landscape and Nature Photography