Arts and Humanities, Associate of Arts Degree
Banner Code: 3_AA_ARHU
Control Number: 18052
Financial Aid Eligible
The Arts and Humanities courses introduce the student to diverse aspects of human life in world cultures. Students will examine the ways that art and culture have influenced history and the ways those decisions affect the way we interact with other people in our everyday lives.
Some university majors within the Arts and Humanities include Art, English, Interior Design, Foreign Languages, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theater Arts.
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Evaluate and interpret the ways in which people through the ages in different cultures have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation.
Review Graduation Requirements and General Education.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core | ||
| Select at least 18 units from at least 2 disciplines from the following courses: | 18 | |
| Survey of Art: Prehistory through Late Gothic | ||
| Survey of Art: Renaissance to Contemporary | ||
| Contemporary Art History | ||
| History of Asian Art | ||
| The History of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art | ||
| Introduction to Art | ||
| The History and Appreciation of Italian Renaissance Art | ||
| Color and Design: 2-D | ||
| Color and Design - 3-D | ||
| Drawing 1 | ||
| Life Drawing 1 | ||
| Painting 1 | ||
| Ceramics 1 | ||
| Ceramics 2 | ||
| Art of the Ancient Americas | ||
| Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America | ||
| Contemporary Illustration and Design | ||
| Life Drawing 2 | ||
| Critical Reasoning, Reading, and Writing Through Literature | ||
| ChicanX, LatinX, and Latin American Literature | ||
| Asian American and Transpacific Literature | ||
| Intro to African American Lit | ||
| Appreciation of Literature | ||
| Children's Literature | ||
| The International Short Story | ||
| American Literature: The Short Story | ||
| Introduction to 20th Century Military Fiction | ||
| American Literature through the Civil War | ||
| American Literature 1865 to Present | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| British Literature to 1800 | ||
| British Literature since 1800 | ||
| Gothic Victorian Literature | ||
| American Gothic Literature | ||
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies | ||
| History of Ethnic Minorities in the United States | ||
or HIST C123 | History of Ethnic Minorities in the United States | |
| Racial and Ethnic Relations in America | ||
or SOC C233 | Racial and Ethnic Relations in America | |
| History of American Women | ||
| Chicano History | ||
| History of California | ||
| World History 1 | ||
| World History 2 | ||
| United States History to 1876 | ||
| United States History since 1876 | ||
| Western Civilization 1 | ||
| Western Civilization 2 | ||
| Introduction to the Humanities | ||
| Humanities through the Arts | ||
| History and Appreciation of the Cinema | ||
| International Languages (any international language) Maximum of 10 units in one language: | ||
| Elementary Arabic 1 | ||
| Conversational Arabic | ||
| Elementary Arabic 2 | ||
| Elementary Chinese 1 | ||
| Elementary Chinese 2 | ||
| Elementary French 1 | ||
| Elementary French 2 | ||
| Intermediate French 1 | ||
| Intermediate French 2 | ||
| Elementary Italian 1 | ||
| Elementary Italian 2 | ||
| Elementary Japanese 1 | ||
| Elementary Japanese 2 | ||
| American Sign Language 1 | ||
| American Sign Language 2 | ||
| Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 | ||
| Spanish for Spanish Speakers 2 | ||
| Elementary Spanish 1 | ||
| Elementary Spanish 1A | ||
| Elementary Spanish 1B | ||
| Elementary Spanish 2 | ||
| Elementary Spanish 2A | ||
| Elementary Spanish 2B | ||
| Intermediate Spanish 1 | ||
| Intermediate Spanish 2 | ||
| Vietnamese For Vietnamese Speakers | ||
| Elementary Vietnamese 1 | ||
| Elementary Vietnamese 2 | ||
| Intermediate Vietnamese 1 | ||
| Intermediate Vietnamese 2 | ||
| History and Appreciation of Music | ||
| World Music | ||
| Beginning Guitar | ||
| Intermediate Guitar | ||
| History of Rock Music | ||
| History of Jazz | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Environmental Ethics: Philosophical Approaches to Sustainability | ||
| Ethics | ||
| Introduction to Theater | ||
| Introduction to History and Literature of Theater | ||
| Acting Fundamentals | ||
| Acting 2 | ||
| Units Required for Major | 18 | |
| Local General Education, CSU General Education, or IGETC pattern | Varies | |
| Electives to satisfy unit requirement | Varies | |
| Total Units | 60 | |