Student Learning Outcomes: Student will critically analyze artworks from various movements, periods, and styles. Student will identify artwork or media, including how it was composed or created, and its influence within art. Student will describe in written format various artworks or media, including art vocabulary, styles, concepts, or processes within the art.
General Education: CalGETC: Transfer General Education Requirements ( 3- Arts and Humanities- 3A: Arts )
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
This course is an introduction to problems, techniques and social forces that shape and reflect our visual world. Students will gain insights and develop an understanding of the variables inherent in planning, organizing and making art.
Offered: Fall 2026 (2 sections, listed as ART-101) · Spring 2027 (1 section, listed as ART-101)
Student Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate the use of various digital imaging products. Demonstrate understanding of the different types, costs, and uses of various software. Demonstrate skills in the use of software as to editing and artistically interpreting digital imagery. Demonstrate uses, skills, and methodology in various digital output, storage, software, hardware and media, as for example, the utilization of digital imaging in PowerPoint presentations and videos.
General Education: Not approved for General Education
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
This is a course of study in the major components of the digital darkroom. The course includes the theory and use of digital cameras, scanners, editing software and printers. Emphasis is on the usages of digital imagery. Lab sections consist of actual hands on use of the digital camera, computer utilization, including editing, scanning, cropping, and final output.
Student Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate ability to utilize various photographic equipment and software to accomplish advanced imaging techniques Demonstrate understanding of skills and methodology in the use of advanced techniques in editing and output software Demonstrate understanding of the camera RAW image format, its advanced capabilities and conversion methodology
General Education: Not approved for General Education
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
This is an advanced course of study in digital photographic equipment, software, and output methodology. Emphasis is on advanced technique and artistic expression as applied to the completion of chosen and directed projects. Lab section emphasizes portfolio and PowerPoint presentations of finished projects utilizing cameras, scanners, editing and output technology.
Student Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate proficiency in the use of hot lights and electronic flash lighting equipment in a studio setting. Generate, plan, and execute output for multi-imaged projects on specific themes. Utilize various output methodologies i.e. slide shows, and digital and printed portfolios.
General Education: Not approved for General Education
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Continuation of ART 105 with emphasis on advanced capture, editing and output methodologies. Artistic application of digital technologies required in producing finished projects is stressed.
Student Learning Outcomes: Create paintings that exhibit an understanding of formal elements and expressive content in a composition, including applying principles of color theory, aesthetics, and preparation of the surface. Examine and describe historical and contemporary development, trends, materials, and approaches in paintings created or studied. Analyze and critique paintings using relevant material treatment, composition arrangement, content, and art terminology.
General Education: Not approved for General Education
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Introduction to the concepts, applications, and historical references related to two-dimensional art and composition, including the study of the basic principles and elements of line, shape, texture, value, color, and spatial illusion. Development of a visual vocabulary for creative expression through lecture presentations, studio projects, problem-solving, critiques, and written assignments.(C-ID ARTS 210)
Student Learning Outcomes: Observe and render a drawing utilizing a variety of lines and mark making applications, while applying a wide range of drawing materials and techniques including spatial illusions of perspective systems. Organize spaces and objects within a drawing according to basic principles of design while developing expressive and aesthetic content throughline, form, value and composition. Examine and critique artwork using terminology in oral or written formats including describing forms and space through and gradation of value. Describe and examine historical, theoretical, and contemporary developments, trends, materials, and approaches to drawing and their relevance to the art created.
General Education: Not approved for General Education
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
This course introduces students to the techniques and theories they need to explore traditional and experimental methods in drawing. There is an emphasis on foundation skills such as form, value, composition, and perspective. Self-expression and observation skills will also be stressed. Explore the widespread drawings from historical, cultural, and contemporary artists through presentations and discussions. No previous art experience is required.
Student Learning Outcomes: Examine aesthetics of clay varieties, processes, and textures and create various ceramic forms using different techniques. Examine and describe historical and contemporary developments, trends, theories, materials, processes and approaches in ceramics. Examine and describe historical and contemporary developments, trends, theories, materials, processes and approaches in ceramics.
General Education: Not approved for General Education
Course Duration (Weeks): 18
Introduction to ceramic materials, concepts, and processes including basic design principles, creative development, throwing, glaze techniques, firing and ceramic terminology. The course covers aesthetics, theory, and creative development of clay objects and examines historical, contemporary, and personal modes of expression across cultures.