# Art History (Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T))

Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Art

Source: https://catalog.sbcc.edu/academic-departments/art/art-history-aat/

The field of art history covers a wide range of topics. The major in Art History has been planned to give students an overview of the History of Art. A broad range of courses is offered in both the Art of the Western and Non-Western World. This major is designed to give students exposure to basic information in the discipline and provide the opportunity to focus on the areas that best suit their individual needs. Students should consult with a departmental adviser and/or counselor when choosing both controlled and general electives in order to develop a program of study that is best suited to their specific needs. For example, requirements for the Baccalaureate Degree in Art History vary from one institution to another. It is, therefore, essential to become familiar with the requirements of the institution a student plans to attend.

The Associate in Arts for Transfer degree in Art History provides students with the foundational knowledge necessary to make a successful transition into a Baccalaureate Degree at any of the CSU campuses.  The Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) is a special degree offered at California Community Colleges. Students who earn an AA-T or AS-T degree are guaranteed admission to a campus within the California State University (CSU) system in a similar major, although not necessarily to a specific campus. Students who complete an AA-T or AS-T are given priority consideration when applying to a particular program that is similar to the student’s community college major and will be given a special GPA advantage when applying to CSU impacted campuses or majors. Students who are planning to pursue an AA-T or AS-T are strongly advised to meet with a counselor for additional information about this transfer program. Visit https://adegreewithaguarantee.com/ for more information about these degrees.

### Requirements

**Associate Degree for Transfer Graduation Requirements**

Complete all of the following:

1.  All Major Requirements listed below with a “C” or better or "P" in each course.
2.  Cal-GETC pattern.
3.  At least 60 CSU transferable semester units.
4.  Achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all CSU transferable coursework.
5.  A minimum of 12 units through SBCC.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Major Requirements** | |  |
| **Required Core** | |  |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3-4 |
| or ARTH C1100H | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era - Honors |  |
| or ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary |  |
| or ARTH C1200H | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - Honors |  |
| ART 108 | History of Asian Art | 3 |
| or ART 111 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous America, Beginnings to Present |  |
| or ART 112 | Survey Of Ancient American Art |  |
| or ART 215 | Survey Of Non-Western Art |  |
| or ART 216 | Survey Of Islamic Art And Architecture |  |
| or CHST 130 | History Of Mexican Art |  |
| or CHST 131 | History Of Chicano Art |  |
| or NATA 112 | Native American Visual And Musical Art |  |
| ART 120 | Fundamentals Of Drawing | 3 |
| or ART 132 | Fundamentals of Painting |  |
| or ART 140 | Studio Art Foundations (2-D) |  |
| or ART 141 | Studio Art Foundations 3D |  |
| or ART 150 | Fundamentals of Ceramics |  |
| or ART 170 | Introduction to Sculpture |  |
| or ART 190 | Introduction to Printmaking |  |
| or DRFT 124 | Architectural Rendering I |  |
| or DRFT 125 | Architectural Rendering II |  |
| or GDP 110 | Media Design |  |
| or GDP 111 | Introduction to Graphic Design |  |
| or GDP 113 | Typography |  |
| or GDP 114 | Intermediate Graphic Design |  |
| or MAT 103 | Introduction to Multimedia |  |
| or MAT 131 | Digital Imaging I |  |
| or MAT 136 | Introduction to 3D Animation |  |
| or PHOT 109 | Introduction to Photography |  |
| **List A - Complete one course from the following:** | | 3 |
| ↳ ART 102A | Early Twentieth Century Art, 1900-1945 |  |
| ↳ ART 102B | Late Twentieth Century Art |  |
| ↳ ART 106 | History Of American Art |  |
| ↳ ART 108 | History of Asian Art |  |
| ↳ ART 110 | History of Women in Art |  |
| ↳ ART 112 | Survey Of Ancient American Art |  |
| ↳ ART 113 | Survey Of Architecture |  |
| ↳ ART 114 | History Of Photography |  |
| ↳ ART 210 | Survey Of Renaissance And Baroque Art |  |
| ↳ ART 211 | Nineteenth Century Art |  |
| ↳ GDP 116 | History of Graphic Design |  |
| **List B - Complete one course from the following:** | | 3 |
| ↳ ART 121 | Intermediate Drawing |  |
| ↳ ART 122 | Advanced Drawing |  |
| ↳ ART 123 | Figure and Portrait Drawing |  |
| ↳ ART 130 | Integrated Drawing and Painting |  |
| ↳ ART 133 | Intermediate Painting |  |
| ↳ ART 134 | Theory and Application in Painting |  |
| ↳ ART 140 | Studio Art Foundations (2-D) |  |
| ↳ ART 141 | Studio Art Foundations 3D |  |
| ↳ ART 151 | Intermediate Ceramics |  |
| ↳ ART 152 | Advanced Ceramics |  |
| ↳ ART 171 | Intermediate Sculpture |  |
| ↳ ART 172 | Advanced Sculpture |  |
| ↳ ART 191 | Intermediate Printmaking |  |
| ↳ ART 192 | Advanced Printmaking |  |
| ↳ ART 193 | Beginning Printmaking: Silkscreen |  |
| ↳ ART 194 | Intermediate Printmaking: Silkscreen |  |
| ↳ FP 175 | Film and Video Production I |  |
| ↳ GDP 212 | Graphic Design II |  |
| ↳ MAT 134A | Classical Animation I |  |
| ↳ MAT 134B | Classical Animation II |  |
| ↳ PHOT 209 | Intermediate Photography and Lighting |  |
| ↳ TA 121 | Introduction to Stagecraft |  |
| ↳ TA 131 | Costume Technology |  |
| **List C - Complete one course from the following:** | | 3-5 |
| **Any course not taken in List A or List B** | |  |
| **Any course articulated as Cal-GETC Area 3A not taken in Required Core or List A or List B** | |  |
| ↳ ANTH 102 | Introduction To Archaeology |  |
| or ↳ ANTH 102H | Introduction to Archaeology, Honors |  |
| ↳ ANTH 103 | Introduction To Cultural Anthropology |  |
| ↳ ANTH 104 | Language and Culture |  |
| ↳ ANTH 109 | Comparative World Cultures |  |
| ↳ ANTH 113 | Witchcraft, Magic, Science And Religion |  |
| ↳ ARBC 102 | Beginning Modern Standard Arabic II |  |
| ↳ ASAM 101 | Comparative Asian-American History, 1849-1965 |  |
| ↳ ASAM 102 | Contemporary Asian-American History |  |
| ↳ BLST 101 | The African-American In U.S. History To World War II |  |
| ↳ BLST 102 | The African-American In U.S. History, From Civil Rights Movement To Present |  |
| or ↳ BLST 102H | The African-American in U.S. History, from Civil Rights to Present, Honors |  |
| ↳ BLST 103 | African-American Culture |  |
| ↳ CHIN 102 | Beginning Chinese II |  |
| ↳ CHST 101 | Mexican-American (Chicano) History In The U.S. |  |
| ↳ CHST 102 | The Chicano And Latino In U.S. History, From The 1960's To The Present |  |
| ↳ CHST 103 | Mexican-American (Chicano) Culture |  |
| ↳ CHST 121 | The Chicana And Other Latina Women |  |
| ↳ ETHS 101 | The Immigrant Experience in the U.S. |  |
| or ↳ ETHS 101H | The Immigrant Experience in the U.S., Honors |  |
| ↳ ETHS 103 | The American Ethnic Cultural Experience |  |
| ↳ ETHS/SOC 107 | Racism In America |  |
| ↳ ETHS 109 | U.S.-Mexico And Other Borderlands |  |
| ↳ ETHS 110 | Contemporary Ethnic Communities |  |
| ↳ ETHS 120 | Race, Ethnicity and Social Movements in the United States |  |
| ↳ ETHS 121 | Women of Color In The U.S. |  |
| ↳ ETHS 122 | Arab-American/Middle Eastern Women In The U.S. |  |
| ↳ FR 102 | Beginning French II |  |
| ↳ FR 103 | Intermediate French I |  |
| ↳ FR 104 | Intermediate French II |  |
| ↳ GER 102 | Beginning German II |  |
| ↳ GER 103 | Intermediate German I |  |
| ↳ GER 104 | Intermediate German II |  |
| ↳ HEBR 102 | Beginning Modern Hebrew II |  |
| ↳ HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 |  |
| ↳ HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 |  |
| or ↳ HIST C1002H | History Of The U.S. Since 1865 - Honors |  |
| ↳ HIST 103 | History of Western Civilization |  |
| ↳ HIST 104 | History of Western Civilization |  |
| or ↳ HIST 113H | History Of Western Civilization: 1600 To Present, Honors |  |
| ↳ HIST 107 | World Civilization, Beginnings to 1550 |  |
| ↳ HIST 108 | World Civilization, 1550 to Present |  |
| ↳ HIST 110 | History of American Women |  |
| or ↳ HIST 110H | History Of American Women (Honors) |  |
| ↳ HIST 111 | The American West as Frontier and Region |  |
| ↳ HIST/ENVS 112 | American Environmental History |  |
| ↳ HIST 115 | The Vietnam Wars |  |
| ↳ HIST 120 | Modern Europe |  |
| ↳ HIST 121 | History Of Great Britain |  |
| ↳ HIST 122 | History Of Great Britain |  |
| ↳ HIST 127 | History Of Russia |  |
| ↳ HIST 133 | History of Latin America |  |
| ↳ HIST 135 | History of Mexico |  |
| ↳ HIST 137 | History of Religions of The Middle East |  |
| ↳ HIST 138 | History of the Modern Middle East |  |
| ↳ ITAL 102 | Beginning Italian II |  |
| ↳ ITAL 103 | Intermediate Italian I |  |
| ↳ ITAL 104 | Intermediate Italian II |  |
| ↳ JAPN 102 | Beginning Japanese II |  |
| ↳ JAPN 103 | Intermediate Japanese I |  |
| ↳ JAPN 104 | Intermediate Japanese II |  |
| ↳ NATA 101 | American Indian: Past and Present |  |
| ↳ NATA 102 | The Native American In 20th Century Society |  |
| ↳ NATA 104 | California Indians |  |
| ↳ NATA 105 | California Tribes: The Chumash |  |
| ↳ PHIL 100 | Introduction to Philosophy |  |
| or ↳ PHIL 100H | Introduction to Philosophy, Honors |  |
| ↳ PHIL 101 | Introduction to Ethics |  |
| or ↳ PHIL 101H | Introduction To Ethics, Honors |  |
| ↳ PHIL 102 | Comparative World Religions |  |
| ↳ PHIL 200 | History Of Philosophy: Ancient |  |
| ↳ PHIL 201 | Modern Philosophy: Minds, Matter, and Metaphysics |  |
| ↳ PHIL 203 | Truth, Meaning, and Existence |  |
| ↳ PHIL 204 | History And Philosophy Of The Great Ideas Of Physics |  |
| ↳ PHIL 206 | Philosophy of Religion |  |
| ↳ PHIL 207A | Comparative Philosophy, East And West |  |
| ↳ SOC 103 | Marriage, Family and Intimacy |  |
| ↳ SOC 113 | Sociology Of Sex and Gender |  |
| ↳ SOC 118 | Media, Culture and Society |  |
| ↳ SOC 127 | Introduction to Women's Studies |  |
| ↳ SPAN 102 | Beginning Spanish II |  |
| ↳ SPAN 103 | Intermediate Spanish I |  |
| ↳ SPAN 104 | Intermediate Spanish II |  |
| ↳ SPAN 132 | Introduction to Literary Analysis |  |
| ↳ SPAN 139 | Contemporary Cultures Of Spain |  |
| ↳ SPAN 146 | Intermediate Spanish for Native Speakers I |  |
| ↳ SPAN 147 | Intermediate Spanish for Native Speakers II |  |
| **Total Units** | | **18.00-21.00** |

Students are advised to consult the CSU ADT Major & Campus Search database to determine which bachelor's degree programs offered by the CSU campuses are deemed similar to the AA-T in Art History.   Students are also advised to consult ASSIST (www.assist.org) and to meet with an academic counselor to discuss the best combination of courses to take for their AA-T to ensure they receive the admission benefits associated with it, and to meet the requirements of the transfer institution to which they are intending to transfer.

### Learning Outcomes

1.  Demonstrate knowledge and application and/or analysis of formal principles and elements of art.
2.  Demonstrate critical thinking as it applies to critique, evaluation and/or production of works of art.
3.  Demonstrate proficiency in understanding and/or use of tools and techniques of making visual art.
4.  Demonstrate knowledge of various artistic movements and significant artists.
5.  Demonstrate professional behavior in the studio/classroom.

### Recommended Sequence

Make an appointment with your SBCC academic counselor through Starfish to create a Student Education Plan that reflects a recommended course sequence for this program that is tailored to your individual needs.

How to schedule an Academic Counseling appointment.