Visual and Performing Arts, Art Major (AA)

Required Courses

• SDV 100 - College Success Skills Credits: 1
• ENG 111 - College Composition I Credits: 3
• ___ ___ - UCGS Mathematics Elective Credits: 3-5
• ___ 101 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3-4
• CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking Credits: 3 or CST 110 - Introduction to Human Communication  
• ART 131 - Two-Dimensional Design Credits: 3
• ENG 112 - College Composition II Credits: 3
• ___ 102 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3-4
• ___ ___ - Science w/Lab Elective Credits: 4
• ART 101 - History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic Credits: 3
• ___ ___ - UCGS History Elective Credits: 3
• ___ 201 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3
• ___ ___ - Science w/Lab Elective Credits: 4
• ART ___ - Art Elective Credits: 3-4
• ___ ___ - UCGS Social/Behavioral Science Elective Credits: 3
• ___ 202 - Foreign Language Elective Credits: 3
• ART 102 - History of Art: Renaissance to Modern Credits: 3
• ART ___ - Art Elective Credits: 3-4
• ___ ___ - UCGS History Elective Credits: 3
• ___ ___ - UCGS Social/Behavioral Science Elective Credits: 3
• ___ ___ - UCGS Transfer Elective Credits: 3-5

Total minimum credits: 63

Foreign Language Elective: Students may test for advanced placement into the second year of some foreign languages. However, if a student places out of a level of foreign language, the student does not earn college credit for that particular level.

A list of courses that fulfills the requirements for History, Humanities, Mathematics, Science w/Laboratory and Social Science Electives can be found on the Transfer Course Electives  page. Students who wish to transfer to the University of Virginia must take the two social science courses from different departments.

Art Electives: ART 121, 132, 138, 153, 154, 223, 231, 235, 236, 241, 242, 271. 

Humanities and Foreign Language Electives: Students are advised to complete course work designed to match their area of interest and transfer requirements. Students who wish to transfer to the University of Virginia must take three semester hours (3) of literature, religion, or philosophy in addition to their art courses. Students who wish to transfer to the University of Virginia or the College of William and Mary need to take a foreign language through the 202 level. Students who have satisfactorily completed two years of foreign language in high school may test for advanced placement into the second year of the foreign language.