About
The SCC Art curriculum offers a wide range of courses to the students. Course offerings include drawing and design, printmaking, painting, three dimensional design, ceramics, and a full range of art history lecture courses. This fascinating and broad range of courses is offered over a two year span and provides an in depth learning opportunity, as well as opportunities for a wide range of creative experiences from painting to metals design .
Transfer: Students who plan to transfer to four year colleges or universities should consult the "Requirements of Transfer Institutions" section of the Sacramento City College catalog and the art or related major sections of the specific catalog for the school to which they plan to transfer to determine entrance, general education, major and graduation requirements. Consultation with a Sacramento City College counselor is urged.
Associate in Arts (A.A) Degree, Art
The A.A. degree may be obtained by completion of a minimum of 18 units in art courses, plus General Education requirements and sufficient electives to meet a 60 unit total.
Recommended Program for Major
ART 300 & 302 Elementary Drawing and Composition
ART 320 Design Fundamentals
ART 370 Three-Dimensional Design
Art Theory or History (Choose one)
ARTH 300 Intro to Art
ARTH 304 Ancient Art
ARTH 306 Medieval Art
ARTH 308 Renaissance Tradition in Art
ARTH 312 Women in Art
ARTH 324 Art of the Americas
ARTH 328 Survey of African Art
ARTH 330 Survey of African-American Art
ARTH 332 Asian Art
ARTH 320 Cultural Survey of World Art
Suggested Electives: Any other art courses
Associate in Arts Degree (A.A.) Art History
The Art History major is designed to prepare students for further study in the history of art leading to the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and/or the Ph.D. in Art History. Art Historians with advanced degrees are college instructors, museum and gallery directors, curators, or art critics and can work for public and private collectors.
Career Opportunities
Art historians with undergraduate degrees are placed as registrars, preparators, and curatorial staff in art museums and galleries; they can also be employed as art critics in mass media publications, such as newspapers and magazines. An advanced degree allows an art historian a wider range of possible career applications, including museums directorships, curators, instructors, preservationists, researchers, and auction house personnel.
Required Program
ARTH 304, Ancient Art
ARTH 306, Medieval Art
ARTH 308, Renaissance Tradition in Art
ARTH 310, Modern Art
ARTH 320, Cultural Survey of World Art
or ARTH 324, Art of the Americas
or ARTH 328, Survey of African Art
or ARTH 332, Asian Art
ART 300, Elementary Drawing and Composition
HIST 300, History of Western Civilization
or HIST 302, History of Western Civilization
or HIST 307, History of World Civilizations to 1500
or HIST 308, History of World Civilizations, 1500 to Present
or HIST 310, History of the United States
or HIST 311, History of the United States
or HIST 344, Survey of California History: A Multicultural Perspective
or HIST 380, History of the Middle East
A minimum of 6 units from the following:
ART 320, Design: Fundamentals
or ART 332, Oil Painting
or ART 370, Three Dimensional Design
or ART 390, Ceramics
Total Units Required 27
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