Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This course provides a general introduction to art that offers a look at works of art through the study of theory, terminology, themes, design principles, media, techniques, with an introduction to the visual arts across time and diverse cultures. In addition, the student is given studio art experiences dealing with various studio media in order to reinforce the concepts presented. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3 & 6.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This course provides an overview of western art and architecture from prehistory through the Middle Ages. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary period. (ART C105 is not a prerequisite for ART C106.) Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Prerequisite: ENGL C070. Limitation on Enrollment: Acceptance for the Honors Program or eligibility for this honors course as determined in consultation with the instructor.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

72 hours lecture. This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary period. The honors section provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors class. (ART C105 is not a prerequisite for ART C106H.) Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This course provides a select overview of art and architecture from India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan from pre-history to modern times. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Western modern period of the 19th and 20th centuries. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This course provides an introduction to the concepts, applications, and historical references related to two-dimensional art and composition, including the study of the basic principles and elements of line, shape, texture, value, color, and spatial illusion. A combined lecture and studio approach provides students with the opportunity to develop a visual vocabulary for creative expression. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $20 materials fee. This course is an introduction to the concepts, applications, and historical references related to three-dimensional design and spatial composition, including the study of the elements and organizing principles of design as they apply to three-dimensional space and form. A combined lecture and studio approach provides the student with the opportunity to develop a visual vocabulary for creative expression. The course uses appropriate materials for representational and non-representational three-dimensional studio projects. Approved for Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This is a studio course that introduces the principles, elements, and practices of drawing, employing a range of subject matter and drawing media. A strong focus is placed on perceptually based drawing, observational skills, technical abilities, and creative responses to materials and subject matter. $10 materials fee. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This course is a beginning level studio arts course introducing the materials, methods, and techniques of painting as a means of creating two dimensional art images. The course focuses on exploration of painting materials, perceptual skills and color theory, paint mixing and technique, as well as creative responses to materials and subject matter. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This course introduces students to ceramics materials, concepts, and processes including basic design principles, creative development, hand-building, throwing, glaze techniques, firing and ceramic terminology. The course covers aesthetics and creative development of clay objects examining historical, contemporary, and personal modes of expression across cultures. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $20 materials fee. This course introduces sculptural principles, concepts, processes and techniques. Modern materials and their relationship to design, form, and three-dimensional space are examined. A combined lecture and studio approach provides students with the opportunity to develop perceptual skills that enable them to create sculptures for personal artistic expression. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Prerequisite: ART C121

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This studio course provides an exploration of artistic concepts, styles, and creative expression in intermediate-level drawing, focusing on complex subject matter and concepts and using a variety of drawing mediums, techniques, and methodologies. Students in this course build on fundamental drawing skills to develop personalized approaches to content and materials in exercises covering multiple historical and contemporary approaches to drawing.

Prerequisite: ART C131

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $10 materials fee. This course provides students opportunities for advanced projects in painting. Approved for Local GE Area 3.

Prerequisite: ART C141

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $20 materials fee. This course provides an opportunity for advanced work in basic ceramic techniques, glaze and clay formulation, and kiln firing. Approved for Local GE Area 3.

Prerequisite: ART C151

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/81 hours laboratory. $20 materials fee. This course introduces intermediate sculptural principles, concepts, processes, and techniques. A combined lecture and studio approach provides students with the opportunity to develop perceptual skills that enable them to create sculptures for personal artistic expression. Approved for Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This course is a survey of art music in Western civilization, tracing the development of Western music from approximately 450 A.D. to the present. Topics studied include the elements of music, basic musical forms, music style periods, and the role of music and musicians within the Western world. Musical examples used in class are drawn from a variety of musical styles. Concert attendance is required. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C101 Limitation on Enrollment: Acceptance to the Honors Program or eligibility for this honors course as determined by the instructor.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

72 hours lecture. This course is a survey of art music in Western civilization, tracing the development of Western music from approximately 450 A.D. to the present. Topics studied include the elements of music, basic musical forms, music style periods, and the role of music and musicians within the Western world. Musical examples used in class are drawn from a variety of musical styles. The honors course provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors course; the honors course also requires at least one extra paper assignment beyond that required in the non-honors. Concert attendance is required. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This course is an introduction to the historical and stylistic developments of American popular music, with an emphasis on its cultural, social, economic and political consequences. This course studies the development of Anglo-American folk music, African-American music, Latin music, musical theatre, and various rock styles. Concert attendance required. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3 & 6.

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

27 hours lecture/27 hours laboratory. This is a beginning-level guitar course designed to familiarize students with the techniques and repertoire of the guitar. Guitar techniques and repertoire include both classical and popular styles. Students learn to play the instrument through the use of technical exercises and reading music notation. Students learn to play simple chord progressions on the guitar using both strumming and finger-style techniques. Students must provide their own guitar. Approved for Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Repeatable

54 hours activity. This course includes the preparation and performance of basic to advanced orchestral works. Participation in a public performance is required. Students are expected to be able to read standard music notation. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Repeatable

54 hours activity. This course includes the preparation and performance of basic to advanced concert band and wind ensemble works. Students are expected to be able to read standard music notation. Approved for Local GE Area 3.

Repeat Status: Repeatable 3 times

54 hours activity. This course includes the preparation and performance of basic to advanced choral works, including one masterwork yearly. Participation in a public performance is required. Students are expected to be able to read standard music notation. Approved for CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3.

Advisory: ENGL C070

Repeat Status: Not repeatable

54 hours lecture. This is a survey of 20th Century jazz styles and performers with a historical background of the antecedents of jazz. This course traces the musical and cultural contributions of diverse racial and ethnic groups that lead to the development of jazz, from its roots in West African music and the slave culture in the United States through the blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing, Bop, Cool, Hard Bop, Free jazz and Fusion styles. Concert attendance required. Approved for IGETC Area 3A, CSU GE Area C1, Local GE Area 3 & 6.