Visual Arts, A.A.A.
Entry Time
Fall, Spring, Summer
Award
Associate of Applied Arts degree
2 years (5 terms including summer)
The Associate of Applied Arts in Visual Arts prepares students for successful transfer into a four-year college or university art program, or entry-level employment in the visual arts field. Students will gain skills to pursue work as an independent entrepreneur through diverse coursework in visual arts, business, and entrepreneurship.
Career Opportunities
- pottery and glass blowing manufacturers
- studio artists
- muralists
- tattoo artists
- illustrators
- art gallery coordinators
Degree Requirements
| Term 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| ART-120 | 2-D Design | 3 |
| ART-133 | Drawing | 3 |
| ART-143 or ART-184 | Painting or Photography | 3 |
| ENG-105 | Composition I 1 | 3 |
| Math/Science Course | 3 | |
| Term Totals: | 15 | |
| Term 2 | ||
| Spring | ||
| ART-123 | 3-D Design | 3 |
| ART-161 | Digital Art | 3 |
| Art Elective 2 | 3 | |
| SPC-101 | Fundamentals of Oral Comm | 3 |
| BCA-290 | Web Design Principles | 3 |
| Term Totals: | 15 | |
| Term 3 | ||
| Summer | ||
| WBL-307 | Intern: Dig/Visual/Comm Art | 3 |
| ENG-106 | Composition II 1 | 3 |
| Term Totals: | 6 | |
| Term 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART-203 | Art History I | 3 |
| ART-173 or ART-420 | Ceramics or Intro to Glass | 3 |
| Art Elective 2 | 9 | |
| Term Totals: | 15 | |
| Term 5 | ||
| Spring | ||
| ART-204 | Art History II | 3 |
| Social Science Course | 3 | |
| Art Elective 2 | 3 | |
| ART-946 | Visual Arts Capstone | 3 |
| History/Cultures Course | 3 | |
| Term Totals: | 15 | |
| Program Totals: | 66 | |
- 1
Take both ENG-105 and ENG-106, or take ENG-120
- 2
Must take 15 credits from this list. 12 credits must be ART prefix.
Art Electives
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ART-143 | Painting | 3 |
| ART-157 | Printmaking | 3 |
| ART-184 | Photography | 3 |
| ART-163 | Sculpture | 3 |
| ART-173 | Ceramics | 3 |
| ART-420 | Intro to Glass | 3 |
| ART-134 | Drawing II | 3 |
| ART-138 | Figure Drawing | 3 |
| ART-144 | Painting II | 3 |
| ART-158 | Printmaking II | 3 |
| ART-164 | Sculpture II | 3 |
| ART-174 | Ceramics II | 3 |
| ART-175 | Ceramics III | 3 |
| ART-220 | Ceramics IV | 3 |
| ART-223 | Advanced Photography | 3 |
| ART-224 | Commercial Studio Lighting | 3 |
| ART-430 | Glass Fusing, Slumping, Cast | 3 |
| ART-431 | Glas-Fusing, Slumping, and Casting II Casting | 3 |
| ART-440 | Hot Glass I - Blow, Sculpt | 3 |
| ART-441 | Hot Glass II - Blow, Sculpt | 3 |
| DRA-200 | Intro to Design for Theatre | 3 |
| GRA-101 | Survey of Graphic Communicatio | 3 |
| GRA-127 | Illustrator I | 3 |
| MGT-300 | Intro to Entrepreneurship | 3 |