Art
A.A. Degree Art · Santa Ana College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Program Code: SAC.ART.AA
Program Control Number: 04218
The associate degree curriculum in art provides students with an opportunity for individual creative stimulus and development. Completion of the associate in arts degree also prepares students to move into a curriculum at a four-year institution leading to a baccalaureate degree or into a professional art school. Possible careers in fine arts are art education, interior design, gallery operation, art merchandising, studio artist, illustration, art criticism, computer graphics and animation and related fields.
Learning Outcome(s):
- Students will demonstrate visual literacy, including competency in non-verbal languages of art and design
- Students will possess technical skills (at the sophomore level) for producing art in several media
- Students will demonstrate competency and acquire experience in creating original work for public display
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Course | 29 | |
| ART 100 | Introduction to Art Concepts | 3 |
| orART 100H | Honors Introduction to Art Concepts | 3 |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ART 105 | History of Modern Art | 3 |
| ART 110 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ART 111 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ART 130 | Introduction to Drawing | 3 |
| ART 131 | Beginning Life Drawing | 3 |
| ART 133 | Introduction to Gallery Production | 2 |
| ART 141 | Beginning Painting | 3 |
| Recommended electives: | 3-5.5 | |
| ART 009 | Art Lab | 0.5 |
| ART 010 | Advanced Art Lab | 0.5 |
| ART 103 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America | 3 |
| ART 104 | Mexican and Chicano Art History | 3 |
| ART 106 | Asian Art History | 3 |
| ART 108 | Contemporary Art History: Art Since Mid-Twentieth Century | 3 |
| ART 122 | Graphic Design I | 3 |
| ART 132A | Beginning Pastel Drawing and Painting | 3 |
| ART 132B | Intermediate Pastel Drawing and Painting | 3 |
| ART 140A | Watercolor Painting | 2 |
| ART 140B | Watercolor Painting | 2 |
| ART 143 | Landscape Watercolor | 2 |
| ART 150 | Primitive Pottery Techniques | 3 |
| ART 154 | Ceramics Summer Workshop | 3 |
| ART 155 | Plaster Mold Making | 3 |
| ART 156 | Clay Calculation: An Approach in Color Study | 3 |
| ART 157 | Ceramics-Raku and Saggar Firing Techniques | 3 |
| ART 158 | Ceramic Mural Project | 3 |
| ART 159A | Ceramic Color Decoration: Low Temperature | 3 |
| ART 159B | Ceramic Color Decoration: High Temperature | 3 |
| ART 182 | Introduction to Jewelry | 3 |
| ART 195 | Introduction to Digital Media Arts | 3 |
| orDM 195 | Introduction to Digital Media Arts | 3 |
| ART 230 | Intermediate Drawing | 3 |
| ART 231 | Intermediate Life Drawing | 3 |
| ART 232 | Advanced Life Drawing | 3 |
| ART 233 | Advanced Drawing | 3 |
| ART 240 | Intermediate Watercolor | 2 |
| ART 241 | Intermediate Painting | 3 |
| ART 242 | Advanced Painting | 3 |
| ART 243 | Portrait and Life Painting | 3 |
| ART 251 | Ceramics-Advanced Throwing and Handbuilding | 3 |
| ART 252 | Ceramics-Advanced Study Process in Ceramics with Non-Traditional Media | 3 |
| ART 253 | Electric Kiln Ceramics | 3 |
| ART 282 | Jewelry II | 3 |
| ART 283 | Jewelry III | 3 |
| ART 298 | Art Practicum | 1 |
| PHOT 180 | Beginning Photography | 3 |
| Total | 32-34.5 | |