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Visual Arts (A1020A)

The Visual Arts degree program is intended to provide students with general education requirements for the Associate in Fine Arts, to prepare students for junior level entry in college art programs and to provide opportunity for artistic endeavor in the visual art field.

Associate in Fine Arts degree candidates must complete the following general education courses in addition to professional program requirements for a total of 65 credit hours with an overall grade point average of 2.0 (“C”) or better.

Communication

This requirement is met by completing courses below:

ClassLabCredit
ENG 111Writing and Inquiry30

3
ENG 112Writing and Research in the Disciplines30

3
Semester Total:606

Humanities/Fine Arts

This requirement is met by completing A and B below:

A. Choose One:

ClassLabCredit
ENG 231American Literature I30

3
ENG 232American Literature II30

3
ENG 241British Literature I30

3
ENG 242British Literature II30

3
ENG 261World Literature I30

3
ENG 262World Literature II30

3

B. Take 3 credits from:

ClassLabCredit
ART 111Art Appreciation30

3
DRA 111Theatre Appreciation30

3
HUM 120Cultural Studies30

3
HUM 122Southern Culture30

3
HUM 130Myth in Human Culture30

3
HUM 150American Womens Studies30

3
HUM 160Introduction to Film22

3
MUS 110Music Appreciation30

3
MUS 112Introduction to Jazz30

3
MUS 113American Music30

3
MUS 114Non-Western Music30

3
MUS 210History of Rock Music30

3
MUS 211History of Country Music30

3
PHI 210History of Philosophy30

3
PHI 215Philosophical Issues30

3
PHI 240Introduction to Ethics30

3
REL 110World Religions30

3
REL 211Introduction to Old Testament30

3
REL 212Introduction to New Testament30

3
REL 221Religion in America30

3
POR 111Elementary Portuguese I30

3
SPA 111Elementary Spanish I30

3
Semester Total:606

Social Sciences

This requirement is met by completing A and B below:

A. Choose One:

ClassLabCredit
HIS 111World Civilizations I30

3
HIS 112World Civilizations II30

3

B. Take 2 courses from 2 different subject areas below:

ClassLabCredit
ANT 210General Anthropology30

3
ANT 220Cultural Anthropology30

3
ANT 221Comparative Cultures30

3
ECO 151Survey of Economics30

3
ECO 251Principles of Microeconomics30

3
ECO 252Principles of Macroeconomics30

3
GEO 111World Regional Geography30

3
GEO 130General Physical Geography30

3
POL 120American Government30

3
POL 210Comparative Government30

3
POL 220International Relations30

3
PSY 150General Psychology30

3
SOC 210Introduction to Sociology30

3
SOC 213Sociology of the Family30

3
SOC 220Social Problems30

3
Semester Total:909

Mathematics

This requirement is met by completing

ClassLabCredit
MAT 143Quantitative Literacy22

3
Semester Total:223

Natural Science

This requirement is met by completing one course with accompanying lab listed below:

ClassLabCredit
AST 151General Astronomy I30

3
and
AST 151AGeneral Astronomy I Lab02

1
 
BIO 110Principles of Biology33

4
BIO 111General Biology I33

4
 
BIO 140Environmental Biology30

3
and
BIO 140AEnvironmental Biology Lab03

1
 
CHM 131Introduction to Chemistry30

3
and
CHM 131AIntroduction to Chemistry Lab03

1
 
CHM 151General Chemistry I33

4
GEL 111Geology32

4
 
PHY 110Conceptual Physics30

3
and
PHY 110AConceptual Physics Lab02

1
Semester Total:32-34

Professional Program Courses

The following courses are required (15) :

ClassLabCredit
ART 114Art History Survey I30

3
ART 115Art History Survey II30

3
ART 121Two-Dimensional Design06

3
ART 122Three-Dimensional Design06

3
ART 131Drawing I06

3

21 additional hours of the following courses are required:

ClassLabCredit
ART 116Survey of American Art30

3
ART 132Drawing II06

3
ART 135Figure Drawing I06

3
ART 171Computer Art I06

3
ART 231Printmaking I06

3
ART 232Printmaking II06

3
ART 240Painting I06

3
ART 241Painting II06

3
ART 247Jewelry I06

3
ART 248Jewelry II06

3
ART 250Surface Design: Textiles06

3
ART 264Digital Photography I14

3
ART 265Digital Photography II14

3
ART 271Computer Art II06

3
ART 281Sculpture I06

3
ART 282Sculpture II06

3
ART 283Ceramics I06

3
ART 284Ceramics II06

3
Semester Total:36

65

Notes:

  1. Students must meet the receiving university’s foreign language and/or health physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after transfer to the senior institution.
  2. Graduates with the AFA in Visual Arts may have to pass a portfolio review and/or take additional hours before attaining junior status in a Bachelor of Arts or Fine Arts degree program at the senior institution.