Southwestern College Courses

Provides a lab course designed to augment comprehension of the principles of design and the application of appropriate utilization of tools and machinery in completing three-dimensional art projects a

• California Community Colleges System
• 1648 hours
• Paid Course

Emphasizes the application of gesture, proportion, balance, sighting, value, and perspective in drawing the human figure accurately. Includes the application of intellect and imagination to creative i

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Emphasizes advanced practices in drawing the live human form in a variety of media. [D; CSU; UC]

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Emphasizes an introduction to material, methods, and conceptual approaches to painting, including the use of digital technologies as a creative tool for painters. Explores the historical and contempor

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Explores the range of skills required for the development of student portfolios. Encourages the use of materials, methods, creative thinking, and problem solving. [D]

• California Community Colleges System
• 1712 hours
• Paid Course

Explores advanced concepts and ideas in painting. Emphasizes composition, color, and a variety of materials and techniques, including the use of digital technology as a creative tool for artists. [D;

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Explores advanced concepts and ideas in painting. Emphasizes composition, color, and a variety of materials and techniques, including the use of digital technology as a creative tool for artists. [D;

• California Community Colleges System
• 1728 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces three-dimensional sculpture principles through the use of traditional processes and materials such as clay, plaster, wood, metal, plastic, and assemblage. Incorporates new experimental and

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Provides extended instruction, augmenting comprehension of the principles of art and design, and the application of appropriate utilization of tools and machinery in completing three-dimensional proje

• California Community Colleges System
• 1760 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces advanced conceptual and creative assimilation of sculptural processes through the use of traditional and non-traditional materials, theoretical perspectives, refinement of personal imagery,

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Provides extended instruction, augmenting comprehension of principles of design and the application of appropriate utilization of tools and machinery in completing advanced sculptural projects assigne

• California Community Colleges System
• 1776 hours
• Paid Course

Introduces the arts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America with a look at environmental, economic, social, political, religious, and philosophical issues that help to mold the ae

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Surveys Mesoamerican and Andean art viewed within the context of economic, sociopolitical, religious, and philosophical systems to show how the worldview affected the art aesthetic pre-European contac

• California Community Colleges System
• 48 hours
• Paid Course

Investigates and emphasizes the phenomenon of light and color, and their use in art and design. Explores the historical and contemporary theories of color and their application as well as the perceptu

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course

Covers the design and production of original prints utilizing a variety of materials and techniques, including intaglio (etching and drypoint), relief printing (woodcut and linocut), embossing, and ba

• California Community Colleges System
• 32 hours
• Paid Course