# Fine Art: Art History (Associate of Arts Degree)

San Diego Mesa College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Art-Fine Art

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### Summary

The Fine Art: Art History Associate of Arts Degree focuses on the development of an understanding of the core foundation of a global history of art. Students will be able to apply and expand this knowledge to specific problems of media and context. Successful completion of the courses indicates that a student has achieved an applicable understanding of certain essential visual skills to critically analyze cultural and historical factors that manifest in various types of visual media.

**Award Note:**
The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.

**Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Fine Art: Art History Program will be able to:**

1.  Engage visual art as defined in a progression of change.
2.  Expand the vision of the role of art in the greater culture.
3.  Affect critical thinking in visual terms.
4.  Develop an awareness of cultural diversity (and its use/effect on art-making).
5.  Employ art concepts and terminology effectively.
6.  Understand the creative process of art-making.
7.  Understand materials, methods and techniques both historical and contemporary and the contexts in which they are employed.
8.  Be assessed through a combination of performance evaluations, written assignments, and written tests and quizzes.

### Requirements

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR:** | | 24 |
| ARTF 107 | Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTF 109 | Modern Art | 3 |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ARTF 113 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas | 3 |
| ARTF 125 | Art History: Arts of the Asian Continent | 3 |
| ARTF 150A | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ARTF 151 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| or ARTF 155A | Freehand Drawing I | 3 |
| or ARTF 231 | Introduction to Digital Art | 3 |
| **Select nine units (three courses) from the following:** | | 9 |
| ARTF 106 | Art of the United States: Colonial to Modern Period | 3 |
| ARTF 108 | Women in Art | 3 |
| ARTF 115 | African Art | 3 |
| ARTF 120 | Native American Art | 3 |
| ARTF 130 | Pre-Columbian Art | 3 |
| ARTF 161A | Museum Studies/Gallery Exhibition Skills I | 3 |
| ARTF 165A | Composition in Painting I | 3 |
| ARTF 175A | Sculpture I | 3 |
| ARTF 188 | Women and Gender in Photography | 3 |
| ARTF 191 | Cultural Influences on Photography | 3 |
| ARTF 194 | Critical Photography | 3 |
| ARTF 195A | Ceramics I | 3 |
| ARTF 210A | Life Drawing I | 3 |
| BLAS 110 | African American Art | 3 |
| CHIC 230 | Chicano Art | 3 |