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Nov 23, 2024
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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art History, AA with Designation
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Additional information available on the Art History Department website at www.ppcc.edu/degrees-certificates/art.
Recommended basic skills standards are
Art History is the study of human expression through an examination of the history and development of painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture and other decorative objects. Art Historians translate from the visual to the verbal, through analysis and interpretation, using a number of different approaches and methodologies. The Associate of Arts (AA) degree with designation in Art History includes courses that are common to all four-year institutions in Colorado and will prepare you for continued study at a four-year institution in pursuit of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree or a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Art or Art History. With a degree in Art History you may be employed in one of the following career areas: museum and gallery management, media, research, arts administration, journalism, arts education, exhibition and events coordination or antiques dealer.
Full list of requirements can be found at Associate of Arts Degrees, AA .
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Written Communication
Six (6) credit hours
Mathematics
Three (3) credit hours
Arts and Humanities
Six (6) credit hours.
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EXCEPT the courses listed in the Additional Required Courses section below
History
Three (3) credit hours.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Six (6) credit hours.
Natural and Physical Sciences
Seven or eight (7 or 8) credit hours.
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Additional Required Courses
Eighteen (18) credit hours.
Please note: if these credits are not required for the major at a receiving four-year institution, they will be applied to the Bachelor’s degree as elective credit towards graduation. Please check with the receiving institution to determine in which way these courses will be applied.
Electives
Ten-eleven (10-11) credit hours selected from the AA approved course list can be found at Approved Electives Course List of AA Degrees and Course of Study .
Students planning to transfer to CSU-FC will be required to complete a 200-level foreign language for completion of the BA in Art – Art History. Students will be expected to be prepared upon completion of the associate’s degree to take an intermediate foreign language or be able to pass the CSU-FC Foreign Language placement exam at the sophomore level. It may not be possible to complete the BA in Art – Art History concentration in two years without this prior foreign language competency.
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