# Studio Arts with Emphasis (A.A. Degree)

Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog · Department: Art

Source: https://solano.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog2025-2026/program/studio-arts-with-emphasis-aa-fall-2023

**Minimum Units Required:** 60.0 units

The Studio Arts Degree with Emphasis offers students a strong fine arts foundation, with core courses that develop essential technical skills, aesthetic vision, historical and contemporary art context, and an understanding of the artist’s role as a global citizen. Students may select an Emphasis which will allow deeper technical, aesthetic, and conceptual study within a specific medium: drawing and mixed media; painting; printmaking; sculpture; and ceramics. The Studio Arts Degree with Emphasis is designed for students seeking to further their study at an art school or at one of the University of California art departments. Students who earn this degree will also meet the requirements for the AA-T degree in Studio Arts, and should petition for the AA-T degree only if they plan to transfer to a California State University campus. The Associate in Arts Degree can be obtained upon completion of the 25-27-unit major, general education requirements, and electives as needed to complete a minimum of 60 units. All courses in the major must be completed with a minimum grade of C or P if the course is taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.

### Program Learning Outcomes

-   Demonstrate advanced skills in selecting a broad range of appropriate materials and techniques to solve creative problems

-   Utilize appropriate language and approaches to create, analyze, and critique conceptually effective works of art at an advanced level, with breadth and depth of analysis.

-   Apply advanced composition strategies to create visually unified and compositionally effective works of art.

### Program Requirements

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Studio Arts with Emphasis Major** | | 25-27 |
| **Courses Required** | | 15 |
| ARTH 012 | Western Art, Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ART 006 | Design Principles in 2-Dimensions | 3 |
| ART 007 | Design - Color | 3 |
| ART 008 | Design Principles in 3-Dimensions | 3 |
| ART 014 | Drawing - Beginning | 3 |
| **List A: Art History (select one course)** | | 3 |
| ARTH 011 | Western Art, Prehistory through Middle Ages | 3 |
| ARTH 031 | Modern Art | 3 |
| **Area of Emphasis: (select three courses from one Area)** | | 7-9 |
| **Drawing and Mixed Media** | | 8-9 |
| ART 004 | Life Drawing - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 005 | Life Drawing - Intermediate | 3 |
| ART 015 | Drawing - Intermediate | 3 |
| ART 015B | Collage & Assemblage | 3 |
| ART 020 | Landscape Drawing and Painting--Reflections of Nature | 2-3 |
| **Painting** | | 9 |
| ART 016 | Painting - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 017 | Painting - Intermediate | 3 |
| ART 018 | Painting - Advanced | 3 |
| ART 019 | Figure Painting | 3 |
| ART 021 | Watercolor - Beginning | 3 |
| **Printmaking** | | 9 |
| ART 038 | Printmaking - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 039 | Printmaking: Etching and Engraving - Line | 3 |
| ART 040 | Printmaking: Etching and Engraving - Tone | 3 |
| ART 041 | Printmaking: Etching and Engraving - Color | 3 |
| ART 042 | Screen Printing | 3 |
| ART 043 | Printmaking: Relief | 3 |
| **Sculpture** | | 9 |
| ART 031 | Sculpture - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 032 | Sculpture: Human Figure - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 033 | Sculpture - Intermediate | 3 |
| ART 034 | Sculpture: Ceramics - Beginning | 3 |
| **Ceramics** | | 7-9 |
| ART 023 | Ceramics: Hand Building - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 024 | Ceramics: Hand Building - Intermediate | 3 |
| ART 025 | Ceramics: Hand Building - Design and Decoration | 3 |
| ART 026 | Ceramics: Wheel Throwing - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 027 | Ceramics: Wheel Throwing - Intermediate | 3 |
| ART 028 | Ceramics: Wheel Throwing - Design | 3 |
| ART 029 | Raku Pottery | 2-3 |
| ART 030C | Ceramics: History, Culture, Practice | 3 |
| ART 035A | Ceramics: Wood-Fired - Beginning | 3 |
| ART 037 | Ceramics: Clay and Glazes | 2-3 |