Provides the skills necessary to transfer to a four-year institution offering undergraduate degrees in Visual Fine Art or related fields of studies, and provides skills in art to students in search of personal enrichment.
Program Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of all courses in the program, students will be able to:
- demonstrate the concepts associated with formal artistic composition in two-dimensional image creation
- demonstrate skills in handling materials in drawing, painting, and design
- exhibit the importance of craft and professionalism in creating visual works of art
- demonstrate the ability to work out visual problems as they occur in specific projects to achieve competent design resolutions
- control spatial illusions and learn how to manipulate materials to create spatial illusions on a two-dimensional surface;
understand form and shape relationships - control materials to produce pre-determined desired visual effects
- exhibit a sense of color systems, tonal relationships, and value relationships
- demonstrate an understanding and ability to use art terminology
- demonstrate creative solutions to aesthetic problems via a professional portfolio presentation
- exhibit a sense of aesthetics and sensitivity toward diverse areas of visual art
- demonstrate the ability to communicate artistic ideas and concepts clearly and effectively
- use critical thinking and philosophical skills as they apply to the artistic process
- demonstrate knowledge of art history to complement studio course work; understand professional artistic development
within a broad historical background.
Program Coordinator: Jacqueline Decker
| First Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course # | Title | Credits |
| ART*109 | Color Theory | 3 |
| ART*111 | Drawing I | 3 |
| CSS-101 | First Year Experience | 3 |
| ENG*101 | Composition (a) | 3 |
| GRA*101 | Design Principles | 3 |
| Second Semester | ||
| ART*112 | Drawing II (a) | 3 |
| ART*122 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| Mathematics Elective (a) (from MAT*135 or above) | 3-4 | |
| Fine Arts Elective (from ART*, COM*154, COM*167, DGA*, GRA*, NMC*, MUS*, THR*) | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| ART*151 | Painting I (Acrylics/Oils) (a) | 3 |
| ART*220 | Electronic Painting and Drawing (a) | 3 |
| Art History Elective (from ART*101/102/103/201/205) | 3 | |
| Directed Elective (b) (from ART*113, 131, 132, 141, 142, 152, 155, 156, 212, 221, 240, 242, 243, 245, 250, 257, 284 or 289; DGA*; GRA*; NMC*) | 3 | |
| Social Science Elective (a) (from ANT*, ECN*, GEO*, POL*, PSY, SOC*) | 3 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| ART*211 | Drawing III (a) | 3 |
| ART*215 | Illustration (a) | 3 |
| Directed Elective (b) (from ART*113, 131, 132, 141, 142, 152, 155, 156, 212, 221, 240, 242, 243, 245, 250, 257, 284 or 289; DGA*; GRA*; NMC*) | 3 | |
| Humanities Elective (d) | 3 | |
| Science Elective (c) (from AST*, BIO*, CHE*, EAS*, EVS*, MET*, PHY*, SCI* ) | 3-4 | |
| Total | ||
| 60-62 | ||
(a) Prerequisite and/or co-requisite required.
(b) To be selected in consultation with faculty advisor based on student’s program of study.
Externship may be taken in lieu of one Directed Elective – see faculty advisor.
(c) Students intending to transfer to a four-year program should take a 4-credit lab science.
(d) To be selected from courses in ANT*, ART*, CHI*, COM*, ENG*, ESL*143 or above, FRE*, HIS*, ITA*, LAT*, LIN*, MUS*,
NMC*, PHL*, PLH*, POL*, Religious Studies, RUS*, SPA*, and THR*.
NOTES: The art faculty reserves the right to retain, exhibit, and reproduce any work submitted by students for credit in any art
course for a period of one year after the course was taken.
The Community Colleges are undergoing a merger with a plan to become Connecticut State Community College in Fall
2023; please work closely with your advisor/program coordinator to select your courses accordingly. See page 49 for more
detail about this exciting transition!
STUDENTS: The Community Colleges are undergoing a merger with a plan to become Connecticut State Community College in fall 2023; please work closely with your advisor/program coordinator to select your courses accordingly. Get more details about this merger.