Fine Arts (530) Associate of Applied Arts Degree for Students Attending Part-Time

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