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