Associate of Arts

Fine Arts

Program

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Program Overview

The Fine Arts degree focuses on creative practice, problem setting, tangential research, play, articulation and exhibition. Students who champion these tenets of a creative practice will be prepared to offer considerable contributions to their industries, cultures and contexts. In addition to the Fine Arts degree, this program has an Illustration degree pathway which includes the fine art core curriculum with specific illustration courses chosen for electives.

Program Goals & Outcomes

Students who graduate from this program will be able to:

  • Apply the skills, tools and vocabulary to create work that exhibits developing technical ability, substance and artistic distinction.
  • Articulate ideas, formulate arguments, question assumptions, and demonstrate the ability to evaluate and interpret information through both written and visual mediums.
  • Collaborate with peers and professionals in the arts, thereby broadening the student's body of knowledge while developing a personal identity as an artist.
  • Demonstrate a developing awareness of global, historical, cultural, philosophical and contemporary contexts, as well as the relationship between  artist and community.

Degree Program - First Year

Fall Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
Mathematics Elective (3 credits)  +
3
0
3
Sub-Total Credits
14
9
17

Spring Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
Social Science Elective (3 credits)  +
3
0
3
English Elective (3 credits)  +
3
0
3
Sub-Total Credits
13
6
15

Degree Program - Second Year

Fall Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
ARTS or GDES (3 credits)  +
2
3
3
Mathematics Elective (3 credits)  +
3
0
3
Physical Lab Science Elective  +
3
3
4
Sub-Total Credits
13
9
16

Spring Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
ARTS or GDES (3 credits)  +
2
3
3
ARTS or GDES (3 credits)  +
2
3
3
Physical Lab Science Elective  +
3
3
4
Sub-Total Credits
12
12
16

Illustration Pathway

MCC now offers an option for students wishing to explore the discipline of illustration. The suite of courses designed within this pathway equip students with the skills essential for visual storytelling, world building, character design, and more. The pathway prepares students to take on commercial projects, while also giving them the education needed to successfully transfer to other bachelors-level illustration degree programs.

Students in the Illustration Pathway must take the following courses instead of the Fine Arts Elective options within the Fine Arts Degree Program:

First Year Spring Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
2
3
3

Second Year Fall Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
2
3
3

Second Year Spring Semester 

Course Code
Title
Theory
Lab
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
2
3
3
Total Credits
64