Art History (AA-T)
Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/art/
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS FOR TRANSFER (AA-T)
The Cerritos College Art History Program seeks to provide courses that will fulfill part of the general education requirements for other majors. Our courses are necessary for many students to complete their General Education requirements and for seamless transfer to CSU. The Art History Program is committed to offering required courses to supplement majors in related disciplines, especially Art, Design, and/or Photography majors. For our students’ general knowledge and their own lives, art history and the study of visual culture more generally helps to promote a better understanding of an increasingly complex world and to learn tools to better cope with a rapidly changing cultural environment.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Students identify prominent aesthetic, symbolic, and functional features of visual culture.
- Students recognize relationships between visual cultures as evidenced by the similarities and/or differences in aesthetics and symbolic imagery presented.
- Students describe the cultural and historical influences on visual culture.
- Students compose critical analyses of visual culture.
Program Requirements
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ART 101 | Art History I: Prehistory to Gothic | 3.0 |
| ART 102 | Art History II: Renaissance to Rococo | 3.0 |
| ART 103 | Art History III: Neoclassical to Present | 3.0 |
| ART 110 | Freehand Drawing | 3.0 |
| List A: (Select one course for 3 units) | 3.0 | |
| African Art History (3) | ||
| The Arts of Latin America and the Caribbean: Pre-Columbian (3) | ||
| The Arts of Latin America and the Caribbean: Colonial to the Present (3) | ||
| Asian Art History (3) | ||
| List B: (Select one course for 3 units) | 3.0 | |
| Life Drawing (3) | ||
| Two-Dimensional Design (3) | ||
| Three-Dimensional Design (3) | ||
| Introduction to Ceramics (3) | ||
| Introduction To Sculpture (3) | ||
| Introductory Photography (3) | ||
| List C: (Select one course for 3 units) | 3.0 | |
| Black Images in Popular Culture (3) | ||
or HUM 108 | Black Images in Popular Culture | |
| Gender and Sexuality In Art (3) | ||
or HUM 109 | Gender and Sexuality In Art | |
| Art, Science, and Technology (3) | ||
| History of Women in Visual Arts (3) | ||
or WGS 118 | History of Women in Visual Arts | |
| Introduction to Museum Studies (3) | ||
| Introduction to Media Studies (3) | ||
| Special Topics in Visual and Cultural Studies (3) | ||
or HUM 200 | Special Topics in Visual and Cultural Studies | |
| Women and Media (3) | ||
or WGS 207 | Women and Media | |
| Photography and Society (3) | ||
| History of Photography (3) | ||
| Total Units | 21 | |
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS FOR TRANSFER DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
1. Completion of 60 CSU-transferable semester units.
2. Achievement of a minimum GPA of at least 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework. (Some majors may require a higher GPA. Students should consult with a counselor for more information.)
3. Completion of the major with a grade of "C" or better in each course or a "P" if the course was taken on a Pass/No Pass basis and the "P" is equal to a "C" or better.
4. Completion of the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC). The CSU GE (California State University General Education-Breadth) or IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) pattern may be used in some cases; please see a counselor for details.