About Our Program
The program is designed for the student intending to transfer to a college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree in visual art. While it is possible to complete the two-year program and secure entry-level employment, further education is usually required. Students majoring in this program study art theory, development, history, and application of the core art concepts.
Nature of Work and Employment
Types of employment in the field of art vary widely. Many students who complete an AA degree with an emphasis in art transfer to a four-year institution to pursue the professional degree for a studio artist, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Others choose to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in art with an emphasis in museum education or art history.
Special Considerations
The listed coursework is a recommendation only. Students should check with a student advisor for HCC graduation requirements and specific university requirements in this major. Students must meet with an advisor to ensure that the special requirements of the department and institution to which they plan to transfer are met. Colleges and universities have specific requirements for transfer students. Students are encouraged to speak with art faculty members to discuss various four-year degree options in the field of art as well as specific issues regarding their field of study.
Requirements
Associate of Arts Requirements
Students must meet all requirements for the Associate of Arts degree in order to graduate from Highland Community College. For more information, please see your advisor.
Recommended Courses
The following are recommended courses for this major only.
Art Electives
Program Outcomes
Graduates will be able to:
- Written Communication: The development and expression of ideas in writing.
- Oral Communication: A prepared, purposeful presentation designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.
- Quantitative Literacy: The ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations.
- Information Literacy: Engage in reflective discovery of information, evaluate information based on an understanding of how it is produced and valued, synthesize information to create new knowledge and participate ethically in communities of learning.
- Critical Thinking: A habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.
- Diversity: Students will recognize diversity in the global community and model culturally competent civic and social participation.
Program Contacts
Call Highland at 815-235-6121 for the following program contacts:
- Robert Apolloni, Art Faculty
- Vicki Schulz, Student Advisor/Transfer Coordinator
- Rae Schupbach-Roe, Dean, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Fine Arts
