Studio Arts
AA-T Degree Studio Arts, AA-T · Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Arts Division
Fine Arts Department
The Associate of Arts in Studio Arts for Transfer is designed to facilitate successful transfer to baccalaureate art degree programs. This degree provides students with the lower division breadth and depth of the field of art. This degree exposes students to the core principles and practices in the field. Students will learn to visually express personal experience and thought with skill and clarity. Students will acquire fundamental visual experiences and concepts basic to many forms and fields of art, animation, and design.
To earn an Associate in Arts in Studio Arts for Transfer (AA-T) a student must complete 60 semester units that are eligible for transfer to the CSU that consist of the Cal-GETC pattern and a major of at least 18 units. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all CSU-transferable coursework to receive an associate degree for transfer and all courses in the major must be completed with a C or better. Students earning an associate degree for transfer will not be required to complete any other local graduation requirements.
Required Courses
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 12 | |
| ARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | |
| orARTH C1200H | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary - Honors | |
| ARTD 15A | Drawing: Beginning | |
| ARTD 20 | Design: Two-Dimensional | |
| ARTS 22 | Design: Three-Dimensional | |
| List A | 3 | |
| Choose one course from the following: | ||
| ARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | |
| orARTH C1100H | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era – Honors | |
| ARTH 6 | History of Modern Art | |
| orARTH 6H | History of Modern Art - Honors | |
| ARTH 9 | History of Asian Art and Architecture | |
| ARTH 11 | History of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art | |
| orARTH 11H | History of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art - Honors | |
| ARTH 12 | History of Precolumbian Art and Architecture | |
| orARTH 12H | History of Precolumbian Art and Architecture - Honors | |
| List B | 9 | |
| Choose three courses (no more than one from any one of the six curricular areas): | ||
| Ceramics | ||
| ARTS 30A | Ceramics: Beginning I | |
| ARTS 33 | Ceramics: Hand Construction | |
| Color | ||
| ARTD 21 | Design: Color and Composition | |
| Drawing | ||
| ARTD 15B | Drawing: Intermediate | |
| ARTD 17A | Drawing: Life | |
| Painting | ||
| ARTD 25A | Beginning Painting I | |
| Printmaking | ||
| ARTD 43A | Introduction to Printmaking | |
| ARTD 44A | Printmaking: Introduction to Lithography I | |
| Sculpture | ||
| ARTS 40A | Sculpture: Beginning | |
| ARTS 41A | Sculpture: Life | |
| Total Units for Major | 24 | |
| General Education (Cal-GETC) Units | 34 | |
| Total Units | 60 | |
- Courses may be double-counted for the major and Cal-GETC. However, courses may not be double-counted to satisfy more than one area of Cal-GETC.
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Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, a student will:
- Be prepared to transfer to the California State University system or other public and private colleges and universities to complete Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, Studio Art, Fine Art, or Visual Art degrees.
- Be able to apply visual arts concepts that are basic to many forms and fields of art and design in visual, oral, and written communication.
- Be able to analyze historical, contemporary, peer, and personal visual artwork that range in modes of artistic expression.
Review Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for this program.