ART
60 credit hours
Also see Photography
Department Chair:
Carter Scaggs . . . . . . . . . . SCC-A244 . . . . . . . . . . .972.881.5867
Academic Advisor:
John Ciccia . . . . . . . . . . . . SCC-G148 . . . . . . . . . . .972.881.5563
Debra Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . PRC-F133 . . . . . . . . . . .972.377.1655
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The Visual Arts Program offers courses in foundation classes such as drawing, design and art appreciation and specialization classes such as painting, watercolor, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, computer arts, and art history. All labs include professional quality equipment such as an intaglio printing press, a variety of ceramic kilns, electric pottery wheels, and a metal-casting foundry. Gallery spaces serve to acquaint students with current professional artists and to showcase student work in competitions and all-student shows. Seminars in professional practices help prepare the students to function as visual artists. Instructors are highly trained, practicing artists who are dedicated to encouraging the individual student to reach his or her highest level of skill and creativity.
Career Opportunities
Careers in visual arts are varied. Most visible are the practicing, professional visual artists and art teachers. Other career opportunities include work in museums as docents; museum curators; art historians; art restorers; exhibition designers; sales positions in galleries; artists’ representatives; art brokers; art therapists; medical illustrators; art administrators and directors of cultural arts programs; color, space or texture consultants; commercial artists; illustration and design of books and advertising; window display; interior design; and fabric, wall, and floor covering design. Students may enroll in an Academic Co-op course through Cooperative Work Experience to obtain practical experience in the career field.
AA Core Curriculum 45 credit hours
Additional Graduation Requirement 3 credit hours
See AA Core.
Recommended Electives 12 credit hours
ARTS 1301 Art Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 1303 Art History I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 1304 Art History II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 1311 Design I (Basic 2-D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 1312 Design II (Basic 3-D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 1316 Drawing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 1317 Drawing II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2311 Introduction to Color/Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2316 Painting I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2317 Painting II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2323 Life Drawing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2324 Life Drawing II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2326 Sculpture I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2327 Sculpture II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2333 Printmaking I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2334 Printmaking II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2346 Ceramics I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2347 Ceramics II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2348 Digital Art I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2349 Digital Art II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2366 Watercolor I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2367 Watercolor II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2371 Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTS 2389 Academic Co-op Arts/Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
