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Visual Arts - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

AN ARTS AND SCIENCES AREA OF CONCENTRATION

APPLICATION CODE 326

For curriculum information, contact the Division of Liberal Studies—Room AC-230—443-518-1620.

This curriculum is designed as a guide for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts. The main emphasis in this area of concentration is the development of fundamental principles, conceptual abilities, and technical skills demonstrated in a student’s transfer portfolio. Students are advised to check the requirements of the institution to which they intend to transfer.

Howard Community College is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). 

Suggested Semester 1

Course NumberTitleMinimum Credits
ENGL 121College Composition

3
ARTS 100Foundations in Visual Arts

1
ARTS 101Two-Dimensional Art and Design

3
ARTS 102Three-Dimensional Art and Design

3
Gen Ed Core Social & Behavioral Sciences - Critical & Creative Thinking Core

3
Gen Ed Core Mathematics - Quantitative Reasoning Core

3

Suggested Semester 2

Course NumberTitleMinimum Credits
ARTS 103Drawing I: Observation and Invention

3
ARTS 104Digital Fundamentals

3
OR
ARTS 105Time-Based Media

3
Gen Ed Core Arts & Humanities - Critical & Creative Thinking Core

3
Gen Ed Core Biological & Physical Sciences - Scientific Reasoning Core

3
Gen Ed Core Technological Literacy Core

3

Students should choose the appropriate course based on their intended transfer institution. ARTS 104 transfers to Towson and UMCP; ARTS 105 transfers to UMBC.

Suggested Semester 3

Course NumberTitleMinimum Credits
ARTS 190Foundations Portfolio

1
ARTS 260Survey of Western Art: Prehistory to Middle Ages

3
Gen Ed Core Biological & Physical Sciences - Scientific Reasoning Core w/ Lab

4
Gen Ed Core Information Literacy Core

3
Elective Elective*

3

Suggested Semester 4

Course NumberTitleMinimum Credits
ARTS 261Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Present Day

3
Gen Ed Core Arts & Humanities - Oral & Expressive Communication Core

3
Gen Ed Core Social & Behavioral Sciences - Global Competency Core

3
Elective Electives*

6

*Electives - Select from the following courses according to transfer plans for a particular area of study:

Course NumberTitleMinimum Credits
ARTS 200Painting I

3
ARTS 210Drawing II: Observation and Composition

3
ARTS 220Photography: Digital I

3
ARTS 222Photography: Film I

3
ARTS 230Printmaking I

3
ARTS 240Ceramics I

3
ARTS 250Digital Methods: Illustration and Compositing

3
ARTS 251Digital Methods: Structure and Message

3

Total Credit Hours: 60

A graduate should be able to

  1. Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning.
  2. Develop and demonstrate self-confidence, motivation, risk taking, and visual literacy in the context of foundational visual arts’ principles, techniques, and tools.
  3. Critique, analyze, and discuss the content and meaning of one’s own body of work and work of their peers.
  4. Critique, analyze, and discuss the content and meaning of artwork in historical and contemporary contexts.
  5. Develop and demonstrate creative reasoning, self-confidence, motivation, risk taking, and visual literacy in the context of conceptual thinking.