Pathways to Transfer

Art History for Transfer

The Art Department (Fine Arts, Art History and Graphic Communications) provides comprehensive, coherent, integrated and cumulative studies in foundation courses (2D, 3D, drawing and photography) intermediate studio courses (drawing, painting and ceramics), art appreciation and art history courses, as well as graphic communications courses (design, software-based illustration, page layout, photo manipulation and animation) . We offer students several pathways to success. These include a local A.A. degree with a focus in either fine arts or graphic communications, a certificate in graphic communications, and G.E. courses that meet transfer requirements to the U.C. or CSU systems.

To achieve the Associate in Arts in Art History for Transfer to a CSU from Los Medanos College, students must (1) complete the 24 units of Art History degree major emphasis requirements; (2) fulfill requirements of either the CSU-General Education; and/or The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) (3) complete 60 semester units college transfer level units; and (4) obtain a minimum grade point average of 2.0. Note: students must earn a "C" or better in all courses required in the major area of emphasis.

Students will be prepared to transfer with a broad and deep appreciation and knowledge of the academic discipline of art history, the chronological and cultural developments that allow them to make connections of historical events and artistic products. Perhaps even more importantly, students will be prepared to practice the disciplines of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis in reading and writing that they have been prepared for by the major and other transfer requirements.

Program Requirements

Required Courses (15 units)

ART 006	Western Art History I: Art of the Prehistoric and Ancient World (to 350)	3 Units
ART 007	Western Art History II: Art of the Developing World (350 to 1550)	3 Units
ART 008	Western Art History III: Art of the Modern World (1550 A.D. to 1920)	3 Units
ART 009	Western Art History IV: Modern, Post- modern and Contemporary Art	3 Units
ART 020	Introduction to Drawing	3 Units

List A (3 units) – select one course

ART-016	Asian Art History	3 Units
ART-018	Art of the Americas	3 Units

List B (3 units) – select one course

ART-010	Two-Dimensional Design Concepts	3 Units
ART-011	Three-Dimensional Design Concepts	3 Units
ART-030	Figure Drawing	3 Units
ART-066	Introduction to Ceramics	3 Units
ART-069	Ceramic Sculpture	3 Units
ART-072	Introduction to Digital Photography	3 Units
ART-250	Introduction to Digital Art	3 Units

List C (3 units – select one course or any course not used in List A or List B:

ART-005	Visual Arts Concepts	3 Units
ART-017	American Art History	3 Units
HUMAN-019	Ancient Humanities	3 Units
HUMAN-020	Medieval and Renaissance Humanities	3 Units
HUMAN-021	Modern Humanities	3 Units
HUMAN-022	American Humanities	3 Units
HUMAN-024	Shakespeare’s English Kings:  History, Literature and Drama	3 Units
HUMAN-030	Modernist Paris:  Artists and Intellectuals	3 Units

Total Units for the Major:  24
Total Units for the Degree:  60

To earn the Associate in Arts in Art History for Transfer degree, a student must complete 60 transferable semester units that include:

1. Complete CSU General Education- Breadth (CSU GE Breadth) or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) requirements. 
2. Complete the required major requirements listed below. 
3. Courses for the major and the GE requirements (CSU GE-Breadth, IGETC) must be completed with a grade of “C” or better or a “P” if the course is taken on a “pass-no pass” basis.
4. Minimum GPA of 2.0.

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