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  "college": "berkeley-city-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Arts and Cultural Studies",
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  "name": "Studio Arts",
  "award": "AA-T Degree",
  "department": "arts-and-cultural-studies",
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      "markdown": "##### Program Description\n\nThe Studio Arts Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T) provides students with a strong foundation in the terminology and principles of the visual arts, two-and three-dimensional design, and an introduction to various techniques and media.  Topics also explored include the relationship between form and content, historical and contemporary approaches to art and art making, and personal expression.\n\nThis Associate Degree for Transfer is intended for students who plan to complete a bachelor’s degree in the field of Studio Arts or a similar major at a CSU campus.  Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus.  Students should consult with a counselor for more information on specific university major admission and transfer requirements.  Students who complete an ADT and transfer to a similar major at a CSU are guaranteed a pathway to finish their baccalaureate degrees in 60 semester or 90 quarter units.\n\nTo obtain this Associate Degree for Transfer, students must complete:\n\n-   60 units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University\n-   A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0\n-   A grade of “C” or \"P\" or better in all courses required for the major\n-   A minimum of 18 semester units in the major\n-   The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)\n\n**\n\n##### Career Opportunities\n\n**\n\nTransfer to a 4-year university with a major in Studio Arts or a related discipline.\n\n**\n\n##### Learning Outcome(s)\n\n**\n\n1.  Assemble a portfolio of strong drawings, paintings, sculptures or digital media that demonstrate skill and understanding of techniques in various media.\n2.  Assemble a portfolio of strong drawings, paintings, sculptures or digital media that combine personal style and technical skills to create provocative, insightful, and inventive compositions.\n3.  Write a visual analysis/ critique of their own and others’ art on both form and content, and its relation to a historical and global context.\n4.  Produce artwork in various media reflecting an understanding of line, shape, value, texture, space, color, scale, proportion, balance, mood, movement, mass, and emphasis."
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          "text": "Required Courses:",
          "units": "21"
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARTH C1200",
          "title": "Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary",
          "units": "3",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 20",
          "title": "Beginning Drawing & Composition",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 22",
          "title": "Intermediate Drawing & Composition",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 46",
          "title": "2-D Visual Design",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 47",
          "title": "3-D Visual Design",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 50",
          "title": "Beginning Painting",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MMART 3",
          "title": "Introduction to Digital Art",
          "units": "3",
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          "text": "Select one course from the following art history electives:",
          "units": "3"
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARTH C1100",
          "title": "Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 4",
          "title": "History of Modern Art (1800 to Present)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
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