The Art/General 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 Degree and not necessarily transfer to a four-year school. 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.

• Students will be able to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork and designs using appropriate tools, materials, methods and techniques.
• Students will be able to analyze and critically evaluate two-dimensional and three-dimensional creative projects using the current principles and language of art and design.

Career opportunities include the following: art dealer, artist, set designer, interior designer, corporate art adviser, graphic artist, residential-commercial-industrial painter, exhibit designer, art critic.

• English proficiency: ENGL 1A, 1AH, ESLL 26 or equivalent.
• Mathematics proficiency: MATH 105, 108, 17 or equivalent.
A minimum of 90 units is required* to include:
• All Foothill General Education requirements (30 Units)
• Core courses (32.5 Units)
• Support courses (24 Units)

*Additional elective course work may be necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement for the associate degree.

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.
CS = Certificate of Specialization [Non-Transcriptable].

ART 1 Introduction to Art (4.5 Units)
ART 4A Drawing I (4 Units)
ART 4B Drawing II (4 Units)
ART 4C Drawing III (4 Units)
or ART 4D Figure Drawing (3 Units)
ART 5A Basic Two-Dimensional Design (4 Units)
ART 5B Three-Dimensional Design (3 Units)
ART 6 Collage & Composition (3 Units)
ART 20A Color (3 Units)
ART 45A Beginning Ceramics Handbuilding (4 Units)

ART 2A History of Art: History of Western Art from Prehistory through Early Christianity (4.5 Units)
or ART 2AH Honors Art History: History of Western Art From Prehistory through Early Christianity (4.5 Units)
ART 2B History of Western Art from The Middle Ages to The Renaissance (4.5 Units)
or ART 2BH Honors History of Western Art from The Middle Ages to The Renaissance (4.5 Units)
ART 2C History of Western Art from The Baroque to Post-Impressionism (4.5 Units)
or ART 2CH Honors History Of Western Art From The Baroque To Post-Impressionism (4.5 Units)
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 4C Drawing III (4 Units)
ART 4D Figure Drawing (3 Units)
ART 4E Portrait Drawing (3 Units)
ART 8 Basic Perspective Drawing (3 Units)
ART 9 Traditional Art Materials (4 units)
ART 14 American Art (4.5 Units)
ART 19A Painting (3 Units)
ART 19B Painting (3 Units)
ART 19C Painting (3 Units)
ART 44 Ceramic Sculpture (3 Units)
ART 45B Beginning Ceramics Potter's Wheel (4 Units)
ART 45C Advanced Ceramics (3 Units)
ART 45F Low-Temperature Ceramic Firing & Glazing Techniques (3 Units)
ART 47 Watercolor (3 Units)
ART 49 Monoprinting (4 Units)
or GID 48 Monoprinting (4 Units)
ART 69 Print Arts I (4 Units)
or GID 38 Print Arts I (4 Units)
GID 39 Print Arts II (4 Units)
ART 80 Mural Making: Community Art Project (3 Units)
ART 86 Painting with the Computer (3 Units)
ART 96 Book Arts I (4 Units)
or 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 50 Graphic Design Studio I (4 Units)
GID 60 Careers in the Visual Arts (2 Units)
GID 32 T-Shirt Design & Garment Printing (4 Units)
ART 56 Digital Art & Graphics (4 Units)
or GID 74 Digital Art & Graphics (4 Units)
PHOT 1 Black & White Photography I (4 Units)
or PHOT 5 Introduction to Photography (4 Units)

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

ART 44 Ceramic Sculpture (3 units)
ART 45A Beginning Ceramics Handbuilding (4 units)
ART 45B Beginning Ceramics Potter's Wheel (4 units)
ART 45C Advanced Ceramics (3 units)
ART 46B Potter's Wheel II (3 units)
ART 72 Studio Art Portfolio Preparation (4 units)

ART 4A Drawing I (4 Units)
ART 4B Drawing II (4 Units)
or ART 4D Figure Drawing (3 Units)
ART 6 Collage & Composition (3 Units)
ART 5A Basic Two-Dimensional Design (4 Units)
ART 20A Color (3 Units)
AND
Select 9 units from the list of Degree Support courses listed above.

ART 4A Drawing I (4 Units)
ART 4B Drawing II (4 Units)
ART 19A Painting (3 Units)
ART 19B Painting (3 Units)
ART 19C Painting (3 Units)
or ART 47 Watercolor (3 Units)
ART 20A Color (3 Units)
AND
Select 6 units from the list of Degree Support courses listed above.