{ "college": "sierra-college", "edition": "2026-2027", "departmentName": "Art", "id": "art--studio-transfer", "name": "Studio Arts for Transfer", "award": "AA-T Degree", "department": "art", "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/departments/art/#studio-transfer", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "markdown": "Studio Arts is a program that provides students with broad exposure to the visual arts through basic requirements in two and three-dimensional studio and art history. Program curriculum introduces students to the fundamental concerns of art, including lab and material safety, visual literacy, design, problem solving and critical thinking. Through various hands on projects, students develop the skills necessary to approach problems, analyze constraints and requirements and use appropriate techniques to invent creative solutions in a variety of media.\n\nThe Associate in Arts in Studio Arts for Transfer degree (AA-T) prepares students to transfer into the CSU system to complete a bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts or a major deemed similar by a CSU campus. Students earning an associate degree for transfer and meeting the CSU minimum transfer admission requirements are guaranteed admission with junior standing to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus or major. Upon transfer, students will be required to complete no more than 60 additional prescribed units to earn a bachelor’s degree.\n\nTo earn the Associate in Arts in Studio Arts for Transfer degree, students must complete 60 CSU-transferable semester units with a minimum grade point average of 2.0, including both of the following:\n\n- completion of all courses required for the major with grades of “C” or better; and\n- California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)\n\nThe exact wording of the law pertaining to associate degrees for transfer may be found in Education Code Section 66746.\n\nIt is highly recommended that, prior to transferring, students complete courses that satisfy the CSU United States History, Constitution and American Ideals graduation requirement. In all cases, students should consult with a counselor for more information on university admission and transfer requirements.\n\n**RESTRICTION:** International coursework from non-United States regionally accredited institutions cannot be applied to associate degrees for transfer." }, { "kind": "courselist", "title": "Required Courses", "rows": [ { "type": "course", "code": "ARTH 0120", "title": "Survey of Western Art II: Renaissance Traditions", "units": "3", "indent": false }, { "type": "course", "code": "ARTH 0130", "title": "Survey of Western Art III: Modern through Contemporary", "units": "3", "indent": false }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0002", "title": "Two-Dimensional Design Foundations", "units": "3", "indent": false }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0003", "title": "Three-Dimensional Design Foundations", "units": "3", "indent": false }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0004A", "title": "Drawing I", "units": "3", "indent": false }, { "type": "comment", "text": "Select 3 units from the following:", "units": "3" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ARTH C1100", "title": "Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ARTH 0140", "title": "History of the Arts of Africa, the Americas, and Oceania", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ARTH 0150", "title": "History of Asian Art", "indent": true }, { "type": "comment", "text": "Select 9 units from the following:", "units": "9" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0004B", "title": "Drawing II", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0005A", "title": "Figure Drawing I", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0006C", "title": "Color Theory", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0007A", "title": "Oil Painting I", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0008A", "title": "Watercolor Painting I", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0009A", "title": "Acrylic Painting I", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0012A", "title": "Sculpture I", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0017", "title": "Ceramic Sculpture/Handbuilding", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0018A", "title": "Ceramics I", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0022", "title": "Metal Arts", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0032A", "title": "Fiber Arts I", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0041", "title": "Introduction to Jewelry and Metalsmithing", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0040A", "title": "Printmaking I", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0073", "title": "Digital Art Studio: Concepts and Practices (also AAD 0073)", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "PHOT 0060A", "title": "Beginning Photography", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0005B", "title": "Figure Drawing II", "indent": true }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0007B", "title": "Oil Painting II", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0008B", "title": "Watercolor Painting II", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0012B", "title": "Sculpture II", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0018B", "title": "Ceramics II", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0019", "title": "Figure Sculpture", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0020", "title": "Raku Ceramics", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "course", "code": "ART 0040B", "title": "Printmaking II", "indent": true, "connector": "or" }, { "type": "total", "text": "Total Units", "units": "27" } ] } ] }