Art History

Art History

The Associate in Arts in Art History for Transfer degree is designed to facilitate the student’s passage from Riverside City College to the California State University System with an emphasis on art history. This degree is intended to satisfy the lower division requirements for the Baccalaureate Degree in Studio Art, Art History track at a California State University. It will also provide the student with a sufficient academic basis from which to pursue a career in the studio art profession.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Identify, describe, analyze, and discuss the stylistic characteristics of a wide variety of countries, regions, and periods of European and non-European artworks.
• Formulate and synthesize observations and evaluations regarding the historical, social, and political context in which various forms of art were created in both written and oral form.
• Apply various methodologies for interpreting a range of art forms to evaluate and analyze the ideas and philosophies expressed and explored within the art works.
• Critique, compare, and contrast various key artists, artworks and styles across a wide span of time using appropriate art terminology.
• Recognize distinctive iconography from a mixture of different geographical areas and relate these manifestations to local, social, cosmological, and political institutions.

Art History

Associate in Art for Transfer Degree

The Associate in Art in Art History for Transfer degree will be awarded upon completion of 60 California State University (CSU) transferable units including the above major requirements and the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) requirements and with a minimum grade point average of 2.0. All courses in the major must be completed with a grade of 'C' or better (or a 'P' if taken as Pass/No Pass).