College Catalog Programs of Study 2016-2017

Purpose: 

The curriculum is designed for students who plan to transfer to a four-year program in a professional school or to a college or university baccalaureate degree program in fine arts.

Transfer Information: Students are advised to work closely with the academic advisor and counseling staff for program and course scheduling. Electives should be chosen carefully to meet requirements of transfer institution. The responsibility for proper course selection rests with the student.

Recommended Preparation: Satisfactory aptitude in visual art.

¹ Students completing the A.A. in Fine Arts must demonstrate intermediate college-level (201–202) proficiency in a language other than English. The 201-202 courses require a prerequisite proficiency equivalent to the 101–102 sequence in the language. Placement testing determines initial foreign language level. Students completing 101–102 foreign language may use those credits to meet general elective requirements. Waivers or credit by exam (through CLEP) for previous experience is available for some languages. Students whose native language is not English may substitute general electives for foreign language upon the approval of the advising division dean.

² The social science elective may be selected from the social/behavioral sciences courses listed under General Education Electives.

³ Students may substitute the SDV 101 Orientation section related to this program.

⁴ ENG 125 may be substituted with the advice of a counselor or academic advisor according to requirements of transfer institutions.

⁵ See biology, chemistry, ENV 121-122, physics, geology, or natural science courses with a lab component listed under General Education Electives. Some four-year colleges require a two-semester sequence.