# Art (ART) courses

Woodland Community College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 9 courses

Source: https://wcc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WCC-Catalog-2026-27.pdf#page=110

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ART-1A — History of Art: Global

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
- Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3
- Cal-GETC: 3A

Survey of global art history, painting, sculpture, and architecture. This course will cover a geographically diverse range of art from around the world, starting with prehistoric art through the first millennium.

### ART-1B — History of Art: Medieval to Baroque

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
- Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3
- Cal-GETC: 3A

Survey of European Art history, painting, sculpture and architecture from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period.

### ART-1C — History of Art: Modern to Contemporary

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
- Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3
- Cal-GETC: 3A

Survey of global modern and contemporary art history, covering geographically diverse painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture from the 19th through the 21st Century.

### ART-4A — Beginning Drawing

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

An introduction to drawing and composition using various materials. The course will focus on drawings based on observation which includes proportion measurements and linear and atmospheric perspective while utilizing technical abilities and technique as well as creative responses to materials using line, form, value, and composition.

### ART-4B — Intermediate Drawing

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of ART4A
- **C-ID:** ARTS 205
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

The course will explore conceptual approaches and application of formal elements to compositions in various mediums, formats, and surfaces in addition to formal concepts and techniques learned in Beginning Drawing while covering numerous historical and current global artists. Composition will focus on conceptual personalized expression and exploration of dry and wet mediums. Class critique will be utilized to verbally evaluate and document student progress.

### ART-5 — Art Appreciation

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
- Limitations on Enrollment: Not open for credit to students with credit in HUMAN5
- Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3
- Cal-GETC: 3A

This course provides a general introduction to art that offers a look at works of art through the study of theory, terminology, themes, design principles, media, techniques, with an introduction to the visual arts across time and diverse cultures.

### ART-9A — Beginning Painting

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
- **C-ID:** ARTS 210
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/woodland-community-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

A beginner’s course that focuses on the principles, elements and practice of painting. Focus will be on understanding the fluidity of paint, creating values, mixing colors and properly utilizing the tools to manipulate the paint in order to create a convincing composition based on observation.

### ART-9B — Intermediate Painting

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
- **Prerequisite:** Satisfactory completion of ART9A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Continued exploration of painting media and techniques from art 9A while using a diverse global understanding of contemporary art. Emphasis on painting from life and personal expression.

### ART-11 — Mural Painting

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
- Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3

This is a hands-on, community-driven studio art course where students collaboratively create a large-scale mural that will captivate viewers for years to come. The course fosters collective creativity through dynamic student-to-student interaction as students design, plan, and execute the mural. This class will explore the rich global history of mural-making, while mastering techniques, composition, and mural preparation. Students will gain hands-on experience in community organizing, including information gathering and planning the unveiling events to celebrate the finished masterpiece.