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2016-2017 College Catalog 
    
2016-2017 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Fine Arts (530), Associate of Applied Arts Degree


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Purpose: This degree is designed to provide students with extensive studio experience in a variety of media, tools, and working methodologies; to establish within students a solid basis for critical thinking, discernment, and discrimination in the visual arts; to give students sufficient knowledge of art history as a foundation to visual literacy; to encourage students in the continuing investigation of contemporary trends in the fine arts as revealed through actual production and critical treatises; and to provide students with a background in general education that will complement and balance the studio concentration.

Computer Competency: Students in this degree are required to demonstrate computer competency prior to graduation. The competency may be demonstrated by satisfactory performance on a test or by satisfactory completion of ART 283  or PHT 135 . Students should check with their advisor or division office for details on completing this requirement.

♦ Course requires pre/co-requisites.

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Semester Total Credits 16


Semester Total Credits 18


Fall II


Semester Total Credits 17


Spring II


Semester Total Credits 15


Total Minimum Credits 66


1Recommended courses to meet general education requirements are listed under General Program Information .
2In selecting transfer courses, students should consult the catalog of their intended transfer institution and major.
3Requirements for credits in social sciences must be selected from courses having the following prefixes: ECO, GEO, HIS, PLS, PSY, or SOC.
4MTH 120 , MTH 151  or MTH 163 .

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