{
  "college": "lake-tahoe-community-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Art",
  "id": "art-pictorial-arts-certificate",
  "name": "Art-Pictorial Arts Certificate",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "art",
  "sourceUrl": "https://ltcc.elumenapp.com/catalog/2026-2027/program/art-pictorial-arts-certificate-summer-2024",
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      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "**Units:** 28.0 units\n\nA Certificate in Art is designed to provide a body of historical, conceptual and technical experiences, which will prepare a developing artist for career opportunities in the field of fine arts, commercial art, gallery and museum operations, and art media retail business. Technical positions in freelance painting, medical illustration, technical and book illustration, 2D art matting and framing, character design and illustration, and related entry-level painting illustration and fabrication positions or small studio businesses are additional options.\n\n### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n-   Explain the history of Western art and its cultural significance and the role that art has had in shaping our lives and aesthetics.\n\n-   Demonstrate practical knowledge of how to develop an artist's portfolio and conduct business as a professional artist.\n\n-   Apply the principles and concepts of design.\n\n-   Demonstrate knowledge of the science of color perception and how it can be utilized in the creation of works of art.\n\n-   Have a knowledge of art materials and an applied experience in the technical means used to formulate and construct visual images.\n\n### Program Requirements"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "28 units total from the rules listed below. (Total 28)"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Complete all of the following"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Required Core (Total 20)"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Complete all of the following"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 103",
          "title": "Art History: Baroque - Contemporary",
          "units": "4.5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 111",
          "title": "Two-Dimensional Design",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 114A",
          "title": "Fundamentals of Drawing",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 118",
          "title": "Color",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 246",
          "title": "Art Professional Practices",
          "units": "3.5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select two courses from the following. (Total 8)"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Complete the following number of credits: 8"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 210A",
          "title": "Beginning Watercolor Painting",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 211",
          "title": "Painting I",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 212",
          "title": "Painting II",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 213",
          "title": "Beginning Figure Drawing",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 214A",
          "title": "Intermediate Drawing",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 221A",
          "title": "Beginning Relief Printmaking",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 223",
          "title": "Intermediate Figure Drawing",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 234",
          "title": "Figure Painting",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}