Transfer Model Curriculum: Studio Arts
June 20, 2011
5-Year Review: July 9, 2016
CCC Major: Studio Art
CSU Major or Majors: BA in Art, Studio Art
Total units: 24 (18 effective units with ARTH courses double-counted for 6 units in CSU GE, C-1)
Degree Type: AA-T ___
Core Courses (12) Complete the following courses to total 12 units
Title (units) / C-ID Designation / Rationale:Required / Restricted Elective at Lower Division in CSU system
Art History: Survey of Western Art from Renaissance to Contemporary (3) / ARTH 120 / CSU GE C-1
2-D Foundations (3) / ARTS 100
3-D Foundations (3) / ARTS 101
Fundamentals of Drawing (3) / ARTS 110
List A: Art History Restricted Electives (3) Select one course to total 3 units from the following:
Title (units) / C-ID Designation / Rationale:Art History: Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages (3) / ARTH 110 / CSU GE C-1
Survey of Asian Art (3) / ARTH 130 / CSU GE C-1
Art of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North Americas (3) / ARTH 140 / CSU GE C-1
Any other Art History survey articulated for lower division major preparation. Art Appreciation courses do not count towards this requirement. (3) / Course should count towards CSU GE C-1.
List B: Studio Arts Restricted Electives (9):
Select one course from any three of the following areas for a maximum of nine units:
Drawing / Figure Drawing (3) or / ARTS 200
Intermediate Drawing (3) / ARTS 205 / While this is, technically, a 2nd semester course – it does not count as a “second semester” option for the drawing medium.
Painting / Introduction to Painting (3) / ARTS 210
Printmaking / Introduction to Printmaking (3) / ARTS 220 or AAM
Ceramics / Introduction to Ceramics (3) / ARTS 230 or AAM
Sculpture / Sculpture (3) / ARTS 240 or AAM
Digital Art / Introduction to Digital Art (3) / ARTS 250
Photography / Introduction to Photography (3) / ARTS 260 or AAM
Color / Color Theory (3) / ARTS 270
Applied Design / Introduction to Crafts (3) or / ARTS 280 or AAM
Introduction to Jewelry and Metalsmithing (3) or / ARTS 281 or AAM
Introduction to Fiber Arts (3) / ARTS 282 or AAM
Other Media / Varies / AAM / Courses articulated as lower division major preparation for the Studio Arts major in curricular areas not represented above.
Second Semester / Varies / AAM / Second-semester courses in the above curricular areas articulated as required lower division major preparation for a particular area of emphasis within the major.
*Any other local Studio Arts course within these curricular areas may be used that is CSU transferable and articulated as lower division major preparation for the Studio Arts major. (3)
Local Degree Development Notes: Local degrees may not mandate that a student take any course that is not either articulated as general education or articulated as lower division major preparation for the Studio Arts major at a CSU. Additionally, not every local campus will offer all courses or course categories listed on the TMC