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Associate in Fine Arts in Visual Arts Degree - (A10600)

The Associate in Fine Arts (AFAVA) in Visual Arts degree is designed for students who wish to transfer into baccalaureate degree programs to complete a Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) degree or a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree with a major in Art.

The Associate in Fine Arts (AFAVA) in Visual Arts degree also prepares students to enter the workforce directly upon graduation as a studio artist, designer, or creative entrepreneur. The program has a concentration in the studio arts which includes courses in two- and three-dimensional design, drawing, painting, and ceramics.

Upon completion, students with an AFA should be able to present a portfolio of work that is strong enough to allow them to continue their work as juniors and begin an area of concentration at the senior transfer institution to which they have been admitted.

Note: The AFA Visual Arts to BFA Articulation Agreement establishes the procedures governing the transfer of credits for students who graduate from North Carolina Community College AFA in Visual Arts programs and apply to BFA [visual arts] programs at constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina. The AFA Visual Arts to BFA Articulation Agreement does not address admission to a specific institution or BFA program within an institution.

Plan of Study

First Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ART 114Art History Survey I

3

ART 121Two-Dimensional Design

3

ART 131Drawing I

3

ENG 111Writing and Inquiry

3

*Art Elective - Please see the table below.

3

Total Credit Hours:15

First Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ACA 122Transfer & Career Success

1

ART 115Art History Survey II

3

ART 122Three-Dimensional Design

3

ENG 112Writing and Research in the Disciplines

3

*Art Elective - Please see the table below.

3

**Mathematics Elective - Please see the table below.

3-4

Total Credit Hours:16-17

Second Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ART 214Portfolio and Resume

1

ART
Elective

3

ART
Elective

3

***Science Elective - Please see the table below.

4

****Social/Behavioral Science Elective - Please see the table below.

3

Total Credit Hours:14
 

Second Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
*Art Elective - Please see the table below.

3

*Art Elective - Please see the table below.

3

****Social/Behavioral Science Elective - Please see the table below.

3

*****Communications and Humanities/Fine Arts Elective - Please see the table below.

3

*****Communications and Humanities/Fine Arts Elective - Please see the table below.

3

Total Credit Hours:15

*Art Elective - Choose six of the following:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ART 132Drawing II

3

ART 135Figure Drawing I

3

ART 171Digital Design I

3

ART 240Painting I

3

ART 241Painting II

3

ART 242Landscape Painting

3

ART 243Portrait Painting

3

ART 244Watercolor

3

ART 283Ceramics I

3

ART 284Ceramics II

3

ART 285Ceramics III

3

ART 286Ceramics IV

3

ART 288Studio

3

**Mathematics Elective - Choose one of the following:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
MAT 143Quantitative Literacy

3

MAT 152Statistical Methods I

4

MAT 171Precalculus Algebra

4

***Science Elective - Choose one of the following:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
BIO 110Principles of Biology

4

BIO 111General Biology I

4

CHM 151General Chemistry I

4

 

PHY 110Conceptual Physics

3

And

PHY 110AConceptual Physics Lab

1

****Social/Behavioral Science Elective - Choose two of the following:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ECO 251Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECO 252Principles of Macroeconomics

3

HIS 111World Civilizations I

3

HIS 112World Civilizations II

3

HIS 131American History I

3

HIS 132American History II

3

POL 120American Government

3

PSY 150General Psychology

3

SOC 210Introduction to Sociology

3

Note: From two different subjects.

*****Communications and Humanities Elective - Choose two of the following:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ART 111Art Appreciation

3

COM 120Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3

COM 231Public Speaking

3

ENG 231American Literature I

3

ENG 232American Literature II

3

ENG 241British Literature I

3

ENG 242British Literature II

3

MUS 110Music Appreciation

3

MUS 112Introduction to Jazz

3

PHI 215Philosophical Issues

3

PHI 240Introduction to Ethics

3

Note: From two different subjects.

Total Credit Hours: 60-61