West Valley College Courses

This course further explores sculptural techniques in casting, mixed media, wood-working, metal fabrication, and installation. Contemporary and historical art movements and concepts are discussed. Thi

• California Community Colleges System
• 45 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course introduces metal sculpture and metalsmithing using casting, fabrication, digital design, and 3D printing techniques. Students work with bronze, silver, and aluminum using investment and ce

• California Community Colleges System
• 45 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a continuation of metal casting and metalsmithing using casting, fabrication, digital design, and 3D printing techniques. Students work with bronze, silver, and aluminum using investmen

• California Community Colleges System
• 45 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course examines visual culture -- painting, sculpture, architecture, installation, site-specific, performance and digital art -- in the West from the Impressionists to the present day, emphasizin

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course examines visual culture -- painting, sculpture, architecture, installation, site-specific, performance and digital art -- in the West from the Impressionists to the present day, emphasizin

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course provides a thematic and chronological introduction to major types of design around the globe from prehistory to the present. It considers the cultural role of design in finding creative so

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course provides an introductory overview to general trends and concepts of visual expression. Art objects under study are considered both as aesthetic entities in themselves and as crystallizatio

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a general survey of arts and culture in Asia from prehistory to present. Emphasis is on painting, sculpture, ceramics and architecture of India, China and Japan. The course follows the

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a multicultural history of American Art from pre-colonial to contemporary times. The course examines the multiple histories and identities present in American art and culture providing

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a general survey of painting, sculpture and architecture from the main civilizations of Pre-Hispanic Mexico emphasizing aesthetic, cultural and historical values of the times. This cour

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a brief survey of the art of West African civilizations and the art of African Americans from colonial to contemporary time. It examines ways in which African American art has alternate

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of women in Western Art. Specifically, it traces the representation of Woman in art history, the emergence of the female artist, and the examination of feminist theory in art h

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course investigates how web-based technologies, internet multi-media, and photography have assisted in causing social change around the world through images. Evidence of social change from signif

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course introduces students to visual art and architecture from prehistory to the medieval era with a focus on art from Europe, North Africa, and the near East. The course will further consider gl

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary period with a focus on art from Europe. The course will further consider global interactions involving

• California Community Colleges System
• 54 hours
• 29th Aug, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course