The Studio Art curriculum is designed to accommodate students who wish to pursue a general interest in the visual arts with the goal of receiving an Associate in Arts and/or to transfer to a four-year college.
Foothill College art programs provide fundamental training in art skills and concepts. Art faculty are intensely involved in their disciplines and are professionally dedicated to promoting each student's understanding of the place of art in our lives and in history.

Career opportunities include the following: artist, designer, museum and gallery staff, set designer, interior designer, graphic artist, illustrator, exhibit designer, painting technician, teacher, residential-commercial-industrial painter, ceramist, photographer, photojournalist, retail sales.

• English proficiency: ENGL 1A, ESL 26 or equivalent.
• Mathematics proficiency: MATH 105 or equivalent.
A minimum of 90 units required to include:
• All General Education requirements
• Core courses (44.5 Units)
• Support courses (9 Units)
• Electives & other graduation requirements as appropriate.

NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, a GPA of 2.0 or higher is required in all Core and Support courses for the Degree or Certificates.

AA = Associate in Arts Degree.
CA = Certificate of Achievement.
UT = May be transferrable to a four - year university.

ART 2A *Art History (4.5 Units)
orART 2AH *Honors Art History (4.5 Units)
ART 2B *Art History (4.5 Units)
orART 2BH *Honors Art History (4.5 Units)
ART 2C *Art History (4.5 Units)
orART 2CH *Honors Art History (4.5 Units)
ART 4A *Introduction to Drawing (3 units)
ART 4B Intermediate Drawing (3 units)
ART 4C Advanced Drawing (3 units)
or ART 4D Figure Drawing (3 units)
ART 6 Collage & Composition (3 units)
ART 5A *Basic Two-Dimensional Design (3 units)
ART 5B Three-Dimensional Design (3 units)
or ART 45A *Beginnning Ceramics Handbuilding (3 units)
ART 20A Color (3 units)
ART 20B Color (3 units)
ART 72 Studio Art Portfolio Preparation (3 units)
GID 74 Digital Art & Graphics (4 units)

* NOTE: ART 4AX, 5AX and 45AX seminar is required if transferring to a CSU and using ART 4A, 5A or 45A to satisfy the Humanities requirement.

Students may configure the 9 units of support courses in any manner depending upon the requirements of their transfer institution.
Two-Dimensional Art
ART 4C Advanced Drawing (3 units)
ART 4D Figure Drawing (3 units)
ART 4E Portrait Drawing (3 units)
ART 8 Basic Perspective Drawing (3 units)
ART 19A Painting (3 units)
ART 19B Painting (3 units)
ART 19C Painting (3 units)
ART 47 Watercolor (4 units)
ART 69 Introduction to Printmaking (3 units)
or GID 38 Printmaking I (4 units)
ART 86 Painting with the Computer (3 units)
GID 90 Book Arts I (4 units)
VART 20 Digital Video Production I (4 units)
or GID 20 Digital Video Production I (4 units)
GID 40 Digital Printmaking (4 units)
GID 50 Graphic Design Studio I (4 units)
GID 60 Careers in the Visual Arts (2 units)
GID 70 Graphic Design Drawing (4 units)
GID 76 Illustration & Digital Imaging (4 units)
PHOT 1 Black & White Photography I (4 units)
or PHOT 5 Introduction to Photography (4 units)

Three-Dimensional Art
ART 5B Three-Dimensional Design (3 units)
ART 43 Mold Construction for Ceramic Art (3 units)
ART 44 Ceramic Sculpture (3 units)
ART 45A *Beginning Ceramics: Handbuilding (3 units)
ART 45B Beginning Ceramics: Potter’s Wheel (3 units)
ART 45C Advanced Ceramics (3 units)
ART 45D Advanced Ceramics: Decorating Techniques (3 units)
ART 45F Low-Temperature Ceramic Firing & Glazing Techniques (3 units)
ART 70 Kiln Design, Construction & Operation (3 units)
THTR 21 Introduction to Technical Theatre (1 Unit)
orTHTR 21A Scenery & Properties Construction (3 units)

Art History
ART 2D African, Oceanic & Native American Art (4.5 units)
ART 2E A History of Women in Art (4.5 units)
ART 3 Modern Art & Contemporary Thought (4.5 units)
ART 11 Introduction to Mexican Art & Architecture (4 units)
ART 14 American Art (4.5 units)

* NOTE: ART 4AX, 5AX and 45AX seminar is required if transferring to a CSU and using ART 4A, 5A or 45A to satisfy the Humanities requirement.

This certificate is awarded upon completion of the degree Core and Support courses. General education courses are not required.