Associate in Fine Arts Degree - Art

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The associate in fine arts (A.F.A.) degree is designed to complete the lower-division (freshman and sophomore) portion of a bachelor of fine arts degree in art. Baccalaureate degree programs in the fine arts are highly structured and require many sequential courses in the major field at the lower-division level. As a result, the A.F.A. degree does not include the entire General Education Core Curriculum. Therefore, students will need to complete MORE general education courses after transfer by completing the GECC curriculum while enrolled at the participating Illinois transfer institution OR fulfilling the general education requirements of their selected non-participating transfer institution.

• General Education (28-33 Semester Hours)
  • Communications (9 semester hours)

    A grade of “C” or better is required in the Communication writing courses.

    • ENG 101
    • ENG 103
    • COM 131
  • Mathematics (3-4 semester hours)
    • MAT 111
    • MAT 115
    • MAT 203
    • MAT 204
    • MAT 205
    • MAT 220
    • MAT 221
    • MAT 230
    • MAT 240
  • Humanities (6 semester hours)

    Only one course noted with identical subscript letters can be utilized toward general education credit

    • Foreign Language
      • LAN 262
    • Literature
      • ENG 160
      • ENG 201
      • ENG 203
      • ENG 212*
      • ENG 225
      • ENG 226
      • ENG 227
      • ENG 228
      • ENG 230*
    • Philosophy
      • PHL 101
      • PHL 102
      • PHL 103
    • Religious Studies
      • PHL 104*
    • Interdisciplinary Humanities
      • HUM 150*
      • HUM 210
  • Physical and Life Sciences (7-8 semester hours)

    One course must be selected from Life Science and one course from Physical Science. At least one course must be a laboratory course (LAB).

    • Life Sciences
      • BIO 103 (LAB)
      • BIO 104
      • BIO 105 (LAB)
      • BIO 123 (LAB)
      • BIO 131 (LAB)
      • BIO 140
    • Physical Sciences
      • CHE 102
      • CHE 103 (LAB)
      • CHE 105 (LAB)
      • GSC 105 (LAB)
      • GSC 106
      • GSC 115
      • PHY 175 (LAB)
      • PHY 201 (LAB)
      • PHY 211 (LAB)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (3-6 semester hours)

    Music requires 3 hours of Social and Behavioral Science and Art requires 6 hours of Social and Behavioral Science. Only one course noted with identical subscript letters can be utilized towards general education credit.

    • Anthropology
      • SOC 115*
      • SOC 116*
    • Economics
      • ECO 211
      • ECO 212
    • History
      • HIS 131
      • HIS 132
      • HIS 155*
      • HIS 221
      • HIS 222
    • Human Geography
      • GEO 122*
    • Political Science
      • PSC 163
      • PSC 164
      • PSC 232
      • PSC 233*_B
      • PSC 251*_B
      • PSC 261
    • Psychology
      • PSY 103
      • PSY 200
      • PSY 214
      • PSY 215
    • Sociology
      • SOC 111
      • SOC 112
      • SOC 251
• SVCC Degree Requirements (4 Semester Hours)
  • First Year Experience (1 semester hour)

    (SVCC Requirement-This is not a General Education Core Curriculum IAI course and is not required by the State for degree completion.)

    • FYE 101
  • Personal Health and Development (3 semester hours)

    (SVCC Requirement-These are not General Education Core Curriculum IAI courses and are not required by the State for degree completion.) Art students should choose courses from their prospective majors which will be applied to this requirement.

    • ART 101
    • ART 113
    • BIO 120
    • BUS 237
    • CIS 109
    • EDU 105
    • MUS 106
    • MUS 155
    • THE 145
    • COM 161
    • THE 232
    • Any 100 level physical education course
  • Art Core Requirements (18-21 Semester Hours)
    • Art History I and II (6 semester hours)
      • ART 120
      • ART 121
    • Drawing I and II (6 semester hours)
      • ART 113
      • ART 114
    • Two-Dimensional Design (3 semester hours)
      • ART 101
    • Three-Dimensional Design (3 semester hours
      • ART 102
    • Additional Requirement (3 semester hours)
      • ART 122
  • Elective Studio Art Courses (12 Semester Hours)
    • ART 203
    • ART 204
    • ART 213
    • ART 214
    • ART 225
    • ART 230
    • ART 250
    • ART 251
• Total Credit Hours for A.F.A. - Art Degree (65 Semester Hours)

*Human Diversity

While General Education Core Curriculum courses incorporate as much as possible throughout all of its courses, authors, sources, and topics that expose students to the realities of a culturally diverse world, several courses (marked with an asterisk) are designed specifically to recognize and engender respect and value for human diversity. Therefore, as a state mandate, one or more courses incorporating human diversity for the purpose of improving human relations throughout an educated citizenry should be completed as part of graduation from SVCC.

All students must satisfy graduation requirements. See  Policies.