Program Map

Fine Art Ceramics - Associate in Arts

Award Type: Associate in Arts
Effective Date: Fall 2024
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Arts and Design

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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Description:
Students will explore the dynamic field of ceramics, from figurative sculpture and objects to industrial applications and functional ware. The principal component of the program is hands-on art-making that demonstrates individual expression, critical thinking, and an awareness of historical and contemporary art making. Rigorous expectations about craftsmanship and studio best practices help students to create a professional portfolio of work.
What can I do with this Major?
Job titles include: Ceramicist, Commercial Artist, Designer, Exhibition Designer, Art Critic, Art Director, Art Historian, Art Therapist, and Art Teacher. Common transfer major: BFA in Studio Arts, Ceramics.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
16 units
ART 2A
Introduction to Drawing (Active)
3.0
ART 24
3-D Foundations (Active)
3.0
ART 16A
Introduction to Ceramics I (Active)
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
Semester 2
 
15 - 18 units
Art History Elective
 
3.0
Choose one course ( 3 units) from the Art History Elective list below
ART 23
2-D Foundations (Active)
3.0
ART 16B
Introduction to Ceramics II (Active)
3.0
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-5.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
Semester 3
 
13 - 14 units
ART 16C
Introduction to Ceramics III (Active)
3.0
ARTH 5
Art History - Renaissance to Modern-Day (Active)
3.0
Art Studio Elective 1
 
3.0
Take 1 course from the Art Studio Electives list below
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term. PE course recommended
 
GE
1.0
Semester 4
 
16.5 units
ART 16D
Ceramics - Intermediate (Active)
3.0
ART 17A
Beginning Sculpture 1 (Active)
3.0
ART 45
Artist Portfolio and Self-Promotion (Active)
1.5
Art Studio Elective 2
 
3.0
Choose one course (3 units) from the Art Studio Electives list below
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0

Art Studio Electives- Choose 6 units from the list below.

63 units
ART 2B
Drawing and Composition (Active)
3.0
ART 3A
Figure and Composition I (Active)
3.0
ART 7A
Introduction to Watercolor Painting (Active)
3.0
ART 12A
Beginning Oil Painting (Active)
3.0
ART 13A
Acrylic Painting - Beginning I (Active)
3.0
ART 13B
Acrylic Painting - Beginning II (Active)
3.0
ART 17B
Beginning Sculpture 2 (Active)
3.0
ART 18A
Wood and Stone Sculpture I (Active)
3.0
ART 18B
Wood and Stone Sculpture II (Active)
3.0
ART 20
All Media Sculpture (Active)
3.0
DIGM 2
Introduction to Graphic Design (Active)
3.0
DIGM 4A
Digital Illustration (Active)
3.0
DIGM 6A
Photoshop (Active)
3.0
DIGM 10A
Introduction to Animation (Active)
3.0
DIGM 11
Video Editing (Active)
3.0
FILM 16
Documentary Filmmaking (Active)
3.0
PHOT 1A
Digital Photography I (Active)
3.0
PHOT 2A
Black and White Darkroom Photography (Active)
3.0
PHOT 3A
Introduction to Studio Lighting (Active)
3.0
PHOT 4A
Color Theory for Photographers (Active)
3.0
PHOT 6A (same as DIGM 6A)
Photoshop (Historical)
3.0

Art History Electives List- Choose 3 units from the list below

9 units
ARTH 4
Art History-Ancient to Gothic (Active)
3.0
ARTH 6
Art History - Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Art (Active)
3.0
ARTH 8
Art History - A Global Perspective (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 60.5-64.5
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.