Liberal Arts & Sciences: Arts and Humanities
Associate of Arts (AA) Liberal Arts & Sciences · Las Positas College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Overview
The Liberal Arts & Sciences: Arts and Humanities AA courses emphasize the study of cultural, literary, humanistic activities and artistic expression of human beings. Students will evaluate and interpret the ways in which people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation. Students will also learn to value aesthetic understanding and incorporate these concepts when constructing value judgments.
Program Learning Outcome(s)
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Apply art theory to specific works of art.
- Critically analyze important texts and ideas within the global intellectual tradition.
Liberal Arts & Sciences: Arts and Humanities (AA): Program Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core: Complete at least 18 units from below with at least 6 units from Arts and 6 units from Humanities (18-21 Units) | ||
| Arts | - | |
| ARHS 1 | Introduction to Art History | 3 |
| ARHS 2 | Art of the Ancient Americas | 3 |
| ARHS 3 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North Americas | 3 |
| ARHS 7 | Modern Art History | 3 |
| ARHS 8 | Asian Art History | 3 |
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ARTS 2A | Introduction to Drawing | 3 |
| ARTS 3A | Figure and Composition I | 3 |
| ARTS 3B | Figure and Composition II | 3 |
| ARTS 3C | Figure and Composition III | 3 |
| ARTS 3D | Figure and Composition IV | 3 |
| ARTS 7A | Introduction to Watercolor Painting | 3 |
| ARTS 7B | Watercolor Painting | 3 |
| ARTS 7C | Advanced Watercolor Painting I | 3 |
| ARTS 7D | Advanced Watercolor Painting II | 3 |
| ARTS 12A | Oil/Acrylic Painting: Beginning I | 3 |
| ARTS 12B | Oil/Acrylic Painting: Beginning II | 3 |
| ARTS 12C | Oil/Acrylic Painting: Advanced I | 3 |
| ARTS 12D | Oil/Acrylic Painting: Advanced II | 3 |
| ARTS 23 | 2-D Design | 3 |
| ARTS 24 | Three-Dimensional Design and Modeling | 3 |
| ARTS 26 | Color Theory | 3 |
| FLMS 5 | Introduction to Film Editing | 3 |
| FLMS 7 | Introduction to Screenwriting | 3 |
| GDDM 2 | Wordpress and Content Management Systems | 3 |
| GDDM 3 | History of Graphic Design | 3 |
| GDDM 4 | User Interface and User Experience Design | 3 |
| GDDM 40 | Design Shop: The Business of Design | 3 |
| GDDM 45A | Digital Painting I | 3 |
| GDDM 45B | Digital Painting II | 3 |
| GDDM 50 | Introduction to Adobe Digital Tools | 3 |
| GDDM 52 | Introduction to Typography | 3 |
| GDDM 53 | Adobe Photoshop I | 3 |
| GDDM 54 | Adobe Illustrator I | 3 |
| GDDM 55 | Web Design I | 3 |
| GDDM 56 | Introduction to Graphic Design | 3 |
| GDDM 57 | Branding and Identity Design | 3 |
| GDDM 58 | Adobe Photoshop II | 3 |
| GDDM 59 | Adobe Illustrator II | 3 |
| GDDM 60 | Creative Portfolio Development & Self Promotion | 3 |
| GDDM 62 | Web Design II | 3 |
| GDDM 64 | Adobe InDesign I | 3 |
| GDDM 70 | Photoshop and Lightroom for Photographers | 3 |
| JAMS 12 | Introduction to Photojournalism | 3 |
| MUS 1 | Introduction to Music | 3 |
| MUS 3 | World Music | 3 |
| MUS 4 | Jazz in American Culture | 3 |
| MUS 5 | American Cultures in Music | 3 |
| MUS 6 | Basic Music Skills | 2 |
| MUS 8A | Music Theory and Musicianship 1 | 4 |
| MUS 8B | Music Theory and Musicianship 2 | 4 |
| MUS 10A | Music Theory and Musicianship 3 | 4 |
| MUS 10B | Music Theory and Musicianship 4 | 4 |
| MUS 11 | Commercial Music Combo | 1 |
| MUS 13 | History of Rock & Roll | 3 |
| MUS 14 | Jazz Workshop | 1 |
| MUS 15 | Jazz Ensemble | 1 |
| MUS 16 | Philharmonic Orchestra | 1 |
| MUS 21A | Beginning Piano | 1 |
| MUS 21B | Intermediate Piano | 1 |
| MUS 22A | Scoring for Film and Multimedia 1 | 3 |
| MUS 22B | Scoring for Film and Multimedia 2 | 3 |
| MUS 23A | Elementary Voice | 1 |
| MUS 23B | Intermediate Voice | 1 |
| MUS 25 | Teaching Beginning Piano | 2 |
| MUS 27 | Teaching Intermediate Piano | 2 |
| MUS 28 | Keyboard Skills | 1 |
| MUS 31 | Study of Piano | 1 |
| MUS 34 | Music in Film | 3 |
| MUS 35 | Introduction to Music Technology | 3 |
| MUS 36 | Intermediate Music Technology | 3 |
| MUS 37 | Music Business | 3 |
| MUS 38 | Applied Lessons | 1 |
| MUS 41 | Instrumental Chamber Music | 1 |
| MUS 44 | Concert Choir | 1 |
| MUS 45 | Chamber Choir | 2 |
| MUS 46 | Vocal Jazz Ensemble | 2 |
| MUS 48 | Improvisation Lab | 1 |
| PHTO 50 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| PHTO 51A | Individual Projects A | 1.5 |
| PHTO 56 | Introduction to Digital Photography | 1.5 |
| PHTO 57 | Intermediate Digital Photography | 1.5 |
| PHTO 58 | Introduction to Videography | 3 |
| PHTO 60 | Intermediate Black and White Photography | 3 |
| PHTO 64A | Artificial Light Photography | 3 |
| PHTO 66 | Digital Imaging | 3 |
| PHTO 67 | History of Photography | 3 |
| PHTO 68 | Color Field Photography | 3 |
| PHTO 69 | Intermediate Videography | 3 |
| POLI 25 | Introduction to Political Theory | 3 |
| THEA 1 | Conservatory Readiness | 1 |
| THEA 1A | Theory/Practice of Acting I | 3 |
| THEA 1B | Theory/Practice of Acting II | 3 |
| THEA 3A | Beginning Improvisation | 3 |
| THEA 3B | Intermediate Improvisation | 3 |
| THEA 3C | Improvisation in Performance | 3 |
| THEA 4 | Modern American Theater | 3 |
| THEA 5 | Theater for Young Audiences | 3 |
| THEA 10 | Introduction to Dramatic Arts | 3 |
| THEA 11 | Stage to Screen | 3 |
| THEA 25 | Fundamentals of Stage Speech | 3 |
| THEA 31A | Drama Workshop - Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 31B | Drama Workshop - Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 31C | Drama Workshop - Technical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 31D | Drama Workshop - Directing | 3 |
| THEA 39B | Musical Theater Workshop - Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 39C | Musical Theater Workshop - Advanced | 3 |
| THEA 47A | Performance in Production: Introduction to Live Performance | 3 |
| THEA 47B | Performance in Production: Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 47C | Performance in Production: Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 47D | Performance in Production: Advanced | 3 |
| THEA 48A | Technical Theater in Production - Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 39A | Musical Theater Workshop - Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 48B | Technical Theater in Production - Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 48C | Technical Theater in Production - Advanced | 3 |
| THEA 48D | Technical Theater in Production - Capstone | 3 |
| THEA 50 | Stagecraft | 3 |
| THEA 50L | Introduction to Stage Lighting | 3 |
| THEA 51 | Introduction to Costume Design | 3 |
| THEA 52 | Introduction to Design | 3 |
| THEA 53 | Script Analysis | 3 |
| THEA 54 | Shakespeare Through Performance | 3 |
| THEA 55 | Movement for the Actor | 1 |
| THEA 56 | Acting for the Camera | 3 |
| THEA 57A | Performance in Production - Introduction to Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57B | Performance in Production -Beginning Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57C | Performance in Production -Intermediate Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57D | Performance in Production -Advanced Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 58 | Stage Combat | 2 |
| THEA 60 | Business of Acting | 1 |
| WLDT 71 | Welding for the Arts | 3 |
| Humanities | - | |
| FREN 1A | Beginning French | 5 |
| FREN 1B | Elementary French | 5 |
| HIST 1 | Western Civilization to 1600 | 3 |
| HIST 2 | Western Civilization since 1600 | 3 |
| HIST 3 | World History to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 4 | World History since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 14 | History and American Cultures of California | 3 |
| HIST 25 | American Indian History | 3 |
| HIST 28 | History of American West | 3 |
| HIST 32 | U.S. Women's History | 3 |
| HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | 3 |
| HUMN 2 | Introduction to Film Studies | 3 |
| HUMN 3 | Introduction to Humanities | 3 |
| HUMN 4 | Global Cinemas | 3 |
| HUMN 6 | Nature and Culture | 3 |
| HUMN 10 | American Arts and Ideas | 3 |
| HUMN 11 | Culture and the Arts I: Ancient World to the Renaissance | 3 |
| HUMN 12 | Culture and the Arts II: The Modern World | 3 |
| HUMN 28 | World Mythology | 3 |
| KIN 3 | Sports in Films & Documentaries | 3 |
| LIBR 1 | Working with Sources | 1 |
| LIBR 4 | College Research Techniques | 0.5 |
| LIBR 6 | Research in Special Subjects | 0.5 |
| LIBR 7 | The Open Web and Search Engines | 0.5 |
| PHIL 1 | God, Nature, Human Nature | 3 |
| PHIL 2 | Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 3 | Aesthetics | 3 |
| PHIL 4 | Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge | 3 |
| PHIL 5 | Feminist Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 6 | Introduction to Logic | 3 |
| PHIL 8 | Logic and Argumentation | 4 |
| RELS 1 | Religions of the World | 3 |
| RELS 3 | Introduction to Women's Spirituality | 3 |
| SPAN 1A | Beginning Spanish | 5 |
| SPAN 1B | Elementary Spanish | 5 |
| SPAN 2A | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 |
| SPAN 2B | Intermediate Spanish II | 4 |
| SPAN 21 | Spanish for Spanish Speakers I | 5 |
| SPAN 22 | Spanish for Spanish Speakers II | 5 |
| SPAN 23 | Introduction to Hispanic Literature | 3 |
| Total Units in Area of Emphasis | 18-21 | |
| Additional General Education and Elective Units | ||
| See the Las Positas College General Education (LPC-GE) pattern or the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) pattern for a listing of areas and courses. Double counting courses in GE and the major is permissible. The number of units that may be double counted will depend on the entry point to the degree program, the optional course(s) taken, and the GE pattern selected. Elective units must be degree applicable. Consult with an adviser or a counselor to plan the courses necessary to achieve your academic goal. | 39-42 | |
| Total | 60 | |