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Associate Degree and Certificate Programs
2015-2016 Catalog
FINE ARTS
Program Learning Outcomes:
• Demonstrate progressive technical comprehension
and practice of one or more artistic media.
• Demonstrate an aesthetic and intellectual
comprehension of culturally diverse works in the
visual arts (both traditional and new media) and
the performing arts (including music).
FINE ARTS
(MAJOR
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
The fine arts major is an interdisciplinary program which
embraces the philosophy that the arts communicate value
through both content and performance experience. Subjects
in the fine arts complement each other to give the student a
well-rounded arts background.
The fine arts program is well suited for the transfer student
as well as the student who completes his/her education at
Reedley College.
ART 37A or Photoshop®: Digital Visual Art
ART 38 Painter®: Computer Digital
Imaging ....................................... 3
PHOTO 1 Basics of Digital Photography.......... 3
Select from the following: . .............................................3
ART 2 Art Appreciation
ART 5 Art History 1
ART 6 or Art History 2
ART 6H Honors Art History 2
Select from the following: . ............................................. 3
MUS 1A Music Theory I
MUS 3 Music Fundamentals
Select from the following: . ............................................. 3
ART 7 Beginning Drawing
ART 9 Beginning Painting
ART 10 Beginning Ceramics
Select from the following: . ............................................. 3
MUS 12 Music Appreciation
MUS 16 Jazz History and Appreciation
Select from the following: . ............................................. 2
MUS 20 Beginning Piano: Level I
MUS 21 Beginning Piano: Level II
MUS 22 Intermediate/Advanced Piano
MUS 31 Concert Choir
MUS 33 Chamber Singers
MUS 40 Concert Band
MUS 41 Jazz Ensemble
MUS 45 College Orchestra
Total Units 23
Advisors: Ledgerwood, Masterson, Snyder, Norton (Madera)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Program Learning Outcomes:
• Engage in conversation using the target language in
daily life situations.
• Read with a certain depth of understanding magazine
or newspaper articles, short stories and literary
excerpts written in the target language.
• Write at the intermediate level in the target language
in a variety of modalities including personal and
professional letters, short narratives and descriptive
essays.
• Recognize and understand cultural similarities
and differences between U.S. culture and that of the
target language. Distinguish simple behavioral patterns
that represent these cultures and behave in
culturally appropriate ways in specific situations.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
(MAJOR )
ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE
Students will understand the phonological, semantic, and
syntactic features of a foreign language and the relationship
of that language to one or more cultures in which it is used.
Students will possess the receptive skills (listening and reading)
and the productive skills (speaking and writing) necessary to
achieve communicative competence in at least one foreign
language and will be prepared to pursue more advanced study
of that language at a four-year institution. Requirements for
the major: A minimum of 22 units must be completed for
the major.
Select at least three courses from a minimum of two
languages................................................................. 12
CHIN 1 Beginning Chinese .............. 4
CHIN 2 High-Beginning Chinese ..... 4
FRENCH 1 Beginning French ................ 4
FRENCH 2 High-Beginning French ....... 4
FRENCH 3 Intermediate French ............. 4
GERMAN 1 Beginning German .............. 4
GERMAN 2 High-Beginning German ..... 4
GERMAN 3 Intermediate German .......... 4
SPAN 1 Beginning Spanish ............... 4
SPAN 2 High-Beginning Spanish ..... 4
SPAN 3 Intermediate Spanish ........... 4
SPAN 3NS Spanish for Spanish
Speakers ............................... 4
Fine Arts - Foreign Language