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  "college": "sierra-college",
  "edition": "2025-2026",
  "departmentName": "Liberal Arts",
  "id": "liberal-arts--arts-and-cultures",
  "name": "Arts and Cultures",
  "award": "AA Degree",
  "department": "liberal-arts",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/archive/2025-2026/departments/liberal-arts/#",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "This program provides an introduction to critical thinking, multicultural studies and the arts for students interested in strengthening their analytical and communication skills and/or transferring to four-year colleges and universities. This degree builds a knowledge base appropriate for students transferring to arts and humanities programs at four-year institutions or for students building a base for transfer specialization in areas of emphasis that require primarily upper-division coursework, such as Social Work, Multicultural and Gender Studies, or World Arts and Cultures. In all cases, students should consult with a counselor for more information on university admission and transfer requirements. Students must fulfill the following major requirements with grades of “C” or better, complete a minimum of 60 degree-applicable semester units (12 of which must be completed at Sierra College) with a grade point average of at least 2.0 and complete one of the following three general education patterns:\n\n-   Sierra College Associate Degree Requirements (Local General Education)\n-   California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "title": "Required Courses",
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select 9 units from the Arts:",
          "units": "9"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0101",
          "title": "Art Appreciation",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0110",
          "title": "Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0120",
          "title": "Survey of Western Art II: Renaissance Traditions",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0130",
          "title": "Survey of Western Art III: Modern through Contemporary",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0132",
          "title": "History of Women in Art",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0134",
          "title": "History of Photography (also PHOT 0010)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0140",
          "title": "History of the Arts of Africa, the Americas, and Oceania",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0150",
          "title": "History of Asian Art",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARHI 0155",
          "title": "History of Islamic Art",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0016",
          "title": "Introduction to LGBTIQ Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0024",
          "title": "Introduction to Literary Criticism and Critical Concepts",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0027",
          "title": "Literature by Women",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0029",
          "title": "Introduction to Drama as Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0030A",
          "title": "American Literature - Beginnings through Civil War",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0030B",
          "title": "American Literature - Civil War to the Present",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0032",
          "title": "Introduction to Poetry",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0033",
          "title": "Introduction to Shakespeare (The Drama)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0034",
          "title": "Introduction to the Novel",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0035",
          "title": "Introduction to the Short Story",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0037",
          "title": "American Film Masterpieces",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0038",
          "title": "International Film Masterpieces",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0040",
          "title": "The Filmed Novel",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0042",
          "title": "The Documentary Film",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0044",
          "title": "Children's Literature (also HDEV 0044)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0045",
          "title": "Young Adult Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0046A",
          "title": "English Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0046B",
          "title": "English Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0047A",
          "title": "World Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0047B",
          "title": "World Literature",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL 0048",
          "title": "Literature of Science Fiction",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HUM 0001",
          "title": "Introduction to Humanities I",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HUM 0002",
          "title": "Introduction to Humanities II",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MUS 0002",
          "title": "Music Appreciation",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MUS 0011",
          "title": "Introduction and History of Jazz",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MUS 0012A",
          "title": "Survey of Music History and Literature to 1750",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MUS 0012B",
          "title": "Survey of Music History and Literature from 1750 to Present",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MUS 0013",
          "title": "Introduction to Music: History of Rock and Roll",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "THEA 0013",
          "title": "Introduction to Theatre",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select 9 units from Cultural Studies:",
          "units": "9"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH 0002",
          "title": "Cultural Anthropology",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH 0004",
          "title": "Native Peoples of North America",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH 0007",
          "title": "Native Peoples of California",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH 0009",
          "title": "Magic, Witchcraft, Ritual, Myth and Religion",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH 0027",
          "title": "Anthropology of Sex, Gender and Sexuality",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 0006",
          "title": "Performance of Diverse Literatures",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 0007",
          "title": "Intercultural Communication",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 0010",
          "title": "Communication Theory, Methods, and Practice",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DFST 0003",
          "title": "American Sign Language III",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "DFST 0004",
          "title": "American Sign Language IV",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ETHN 0011",
          "title": "Introduction to Ethnic Studies",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ETHN 0020",
          "title": "Introduction to African American Studies",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ETHN 0050",
          "title": "Ethnic Images in Film",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "FREN 0003",
          "title": "Intermediate French - Level I",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "FREN 0004",
          "title": "Intermediate French - Level II",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG 0002",
          "title": "Cultural Geography",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG 0003",
          "title": "Geography of California",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEOG 0005",
          "title": "World Regional Geography",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0017A",
          "title": "United States History to 1877",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0017B",
          "title": "United States History since 1865",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0018A",
          "title": "The African American Experience in American History to 1877",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0018B",
          "title": "The African American Experience in American History since 1877",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0019A",
          "title": "History of Traditional East Asia",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0019B",
          "title": "History of Modern East Asia",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0020",
          "title": "California History",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0021",
          "title": "Contemporary United States History",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0023",
          "title": "Chicano/Mexican American History",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0024",
          "title": "Russian History - 10th Century to Present",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0027",
          "title": "Women in American History",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0050",
          "title": "World History to 1500",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0051",
          "title": "World History since 1500",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HDEV 0025",
          "title": "Teaching in a Diverse Society",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HUM 0003",
          "title": "Introduction to Asian Humanities",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HUM 0010",
          "title": "World Religions",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JPN 0001",
          "title": "Elementary Japanese - Level I",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "JPN 0002",
          "title": "Elementary Japanese - Level II",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "LGBT 0001",
          "title": "Introduction to LGBT Studies/Queer Theory (also WMST 0002)",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "LGBT 0002",
          "title": "Queer (LGBTIQ) Film History",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHIL 0013",
          "title": "Introduction to Asian Philosophy",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHIL 0027",
          "title": "Introduction to Philosophy of Women in Western Cultures",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "POLS 0007",
          "title": "Politics of the Developing World",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "POLS 0009",
          "title": "Politics of the Middle East",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "POLS 0027",
          "title": "Women and Politics in a Global Society",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSYC 0103",
          "title": "Social Psychology",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSYC 0127",
          "title": "Psychology of Women",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 0003",
          "title": "Race, Ethnicity and Inequality",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0003",
          "title": "Intermediate Spanish - Level I",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0004",
          "title": "Intermediate Spanish - Level II",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "WMST 0001",
          "title": "Introduction to Women's Studies",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "18"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}