(60 semester hours minimum)

The Visual Arts Degree provides both a strong basic foundation in art combined with a broad background in general education. Many students who earn this degree transfer their credits to a four-year art school, college or university. Students have also used the knowledge and skills gained in this program to launch an art career.

Students follow a traditional core program track centered on Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, Three-Dimensional Design, Art History and Computer Graphics. Elective courses include Animation, Illustration, Graphic Design, Advanced Computer Graphics, Ceramics, Photography Painting and Printmaking. The Visual Arts program track requires a strong General Education core which is required for transfer to a four-year school.

A Graphic Arts, Photography and Studio Art Certificate are also available for those students who want to hone or learn new skills in a specific area. Students enrolled in a certificate program may apply their credits to the associate degree if they so choose.

In addition to General Education Outcomes, learners who complete the Visual Arts degree will:

• Effectively utilize the fundamental elements of design, such as color, composition, line, form, texture, pattern, value, and space
• Demonstrate a competency in skills, procedures and techniques necessary, including dexterity with both manual and/or digital tools to complete their projects
• Demonstrate the ability to conceptualize their ideas into a visual representation
• Demonstrate the ability to follow a creative project from conception to completion
• Demonstrate desirable work habits, creative thinking, the ability to solve problems
• Effectively critique one’s own work and the work of others
• Demonstrate an appreciation of the relationships of works of art in relation to culture and human experience
• Demonstrate an ability to address art and design in an interdisciplinary context
• Demonstrate an ability to develop complex and sophisticated ideas through independent research.

For more information, contact Program Coordinator Annie Joly.