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Liberal Arts Area of Emphasis: Arts and Humanities: Associate in Arts

 Description

These courses emphasize the study of cultural activities and artistic expressions of human beings. Students will develop an awareness of the ways in which people throughout the ages and in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation. Students will develop aesthetic understanding and an ability to make value judgments.

 Program Learning Outcomes

After completing the Liberal Arts Area of Emphasis: Arts and Humanities major, a student will be able to:

  1. Cross-correlate cultural, historical, or biographical motifs, ideas, objects, or issues for similarity or distinction.
  2. Analyze subject-specific ideas, objects issues, or motifs.

Courses

Select any 18 units from the following courses and from 3 different disciplines:

ART 1600Two-Dimensional Design

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1610Three-Dimensional Design

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1620Drawing and Composition

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1631Figure Drawing

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1640Painting

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1800Introduction to Digital Art

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1811Graphic Design

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 1820Computer Imaging: Adobe Photoshop

3.00 Credits(s)

ART 2010Introduction to Printmaking

3.00 Credits(s)

ARTH 1500Art Appreciation

3.00 Credits(s)

ARTH 1510Prehistoric to Renaissance Art History

3.00 Credits(s)

ARTH 1520Renaissance to Contemporary Art History

3.00 Credits(s)

ARTH 2040Survey of African, Oceanic, and Indigenous North American Art

3.00 Credits(s)

ARTH 2030Survey of Asian Art

3.00 Credits(s)

DRAM 1510Introduction to Theatre

3.00 Credits(s)

DRAM 1535Elementary Acting

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 1600Critical Thinking, Literature, and Composition

4.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 1700Introduction to Creative Writing

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 1725Creative Writing: Poetry

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 1750Creative Writing: Fiction

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 1775Creative Writing: Nonfiction

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 2100American Literature I

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 2150American Literature II

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 2600World Literature I

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 2650World Literature 2

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 2700British Literature 1

3.00 Credits(s)

ENGL 2750British Literature 2

3.00 Credits(s)

HIST 2202Western Civilization to 1600

3.00 Credits(s)

HIST 2204Western Civilization from 1600

3.00 Credits(s)

HUM 1500Introduction to the Humanities

3.00 Credits(s)

HUM 2010Introduction to Film Studies

3.00 Credits(s)

MUSC 1510Music Appreciation

3.00 Credits(s)

PHIL 1501Introduction to Philosophy

3.00 Credits(s)

PHIL 1531The World's Living Religions

3.00 Credits(s)

PHOT 1510Basic Photography

3.00 Credits(s)

SPAN 2001Intermediate Spanish III

5.00 Credits(s)

SPAN 2002Intermediate Spanish IV

5.00 Credits(s)

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This degree does not prepare a student to transfer to a four-year college or university. However, certain courses may be transferrable to other colleges and universities. If you are interested in transferring to a four-year college or university to pursue a bachelor’s degree in this major, it is critical that you meet with a TC counselor to select and plan the courses for your major. Schools vary widely in terms of the required preparation. The courses that TC requires for an associate degree in this major may be different from the requirements needed for the bachelor’s degree.