ART M20 - Two-Dimensional Design, 3 Units
Provides foundation level understanding of the elements and principles of two-dimensional design. Teaches design elements and principles in both theory and practical applications through specific two-dimensional projects using a variety of materials.

ART M30 - Drawing and Composition I, 3 Units
Introduces the principles, elements, and practices of drawing, employing a wide range of subject matter and drawing media. Focuses on observational skills, technical abilities, and creative responses to materials and subject matter. Emphasizes pictorial composition, perspective, and rendering. Explores a broad spectrum of drawing from historical and contemporary artists through presentations and discussions.

ART M31 - Drawing and Composition II, 3 Units
Continues the development of fundamental drawing skills and concepts with the introduction of more intermediate methods. Emphasizes the study of illustrative drawing, analytic abstraction concepts and intermediate-level problems in rendering. Expands exploration of varied media such as pen and ink, watercolor washes and collage, and emphasizes experimentation, personal expression and further development of drawing skills. Includes presentations and discussions of historical and contemporary examples of a wide range of drawing.

ART M32 - Life Drawing I, 3 Units
Introduces drawing the human figure from live models. Emphasizes structure, proportion, form and composition through an introduction of linear and tonal techniques. Explores various drawing media, including but not limited to charcoal, conte crayon, graphite and pen and ink. Includes presentations and discussions on historical and contemporary examples of figure drawing.

ART M33 - Life Drawing II, 3 Units
Expands drawing the human figure from live models. Explores various media including color. Continues studies in structure, proportion, form, and composition. Encourages experimentation in working towards an individual style in drawing the human form.

ART M34 - Life Drawing III, 3 Units
Encourages independent, self-expressive approaches to form and content in observational drawings from live models and in outside projects. Continues practice of linear and tonal concepts in a variety of media. Emphasizes consistent engagements with structure, proportion, form, composition, and content.

ART M35 - Life Drawing Portfolio, 3 Units
Emphasizes development of individual style through advanced drawing techniques and creative experimentation with media in drawing the human figure from live models. Requires the creation of a series of projects reflecting an individual and contemporary approach to drawing, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M40A - Illustration I, 3 Units
Introduces pen and ink, acrylic paint, scratchboard, graphite and charcoal as principal means of rendering. Analyzes topical themes and individual story lines as potential subject matter for weekly drawings.

ART M40B - Illustration II, 3 Units
Introduces intermediate studies in pen and ink, watercolor washes, acrylic paint and mixed media. Explores individual style appropriate to magazine, newspaper and book illustration.

ART M40C - Illustration III, 3 Units
Emphasizes development of individual style through advanced illustration techniques and creative experimentation of media. Requires the creation of a series of projects reflecting personal voice and style.

40D - Illustration Portfolio, 3 Units
Expands advanced conceptual and technical illustration skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to illustration, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M43 - Acrylic Painting I, 3 Units
Introduces basic acrylic painting techniques, skills and concepts. Emphasizes realistic representation, along with the exploration of the expressive and abstract applications of paint.

ART M44 - Acrylic Painting II, 3 Units
Continues the development of fundamental acrylic painting techniques, skills and concepts, with the introduction of more intermediate methods. Emphasizes technical competence, with a focus on exploring a greater range of unique acrylic painting materials.

ART M45 - Acrylic Painting III, 3 Units
Explores advanced acrylic painting techniques, skills and concepts. Encourages personal self-expression through experimentation with and interpretation of subject matter. Contemporary materials and concepts will be synthesized in the creation of dynamic acrylic paintings.

ART M46 - Acrylic Painting Portfolio, 3 Units
Expands advanced conceptual and technical acrylic painting skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to acrylic painting, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M49 - Watercolor I, 3 Units
Introduces basic techniques, materials and concepts of watercolor media. Builds from simple exercises to more complex problems to be solved in personal and creative ways.

ART M50 - Watercolor II, 3 Units
Continues study in the transparent watercolor medium through intermediate techniques, materials, concepts and subject matter. Exercises and projects build upon course work completed in Watercolor I.

ART M90 - Printmaking I, 3 Units
Introduces basic techniques, aesthetic concepts and history in the medium of printmaking. Focuses on relief and intaglio printmaking processes

ART M91 - Printmaking II, 3 Units
Expands work in intaglio and relief printmaking. Emphasizes individual exploration of solutions and experimental techniques.

ART M92 - Printmaking III, 3 Units
Focuses on tonal techniques for the intaglio printmaking process using aquatint, soft ground and lift ground. Studies paper types, and image registration for color prints through projects and demonstrations.

ART M93 - Printmaking Portfolio, 3 Units
Expands advanced conceptual and technical printmaking skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to printmaking, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M80 - Internship in Art, 1-4 Units
Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid internships that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of an internship paper, presentation, or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. Course Credit Limitation: To take this course, contact the Career Transfer Center. Requires orientation session. Students receive one unit of credit for each 60 hours unpaid or 75 hours paid work. May enroll in up to 4 units a semester with a maximum of 16 total units of any type of work experience.

ART M110 - Gallery Practice/Portfolio, 3 Units
Introduces gallery practices through exhibition selection and design, installation, documentation, and promotion of exhibits in the campus art gallery. Involves the development of a personal portfolio that will prepare students for transfer and/or professional artistic activity outside the college environment.

ART M112 – Business of Art, 3 Units
Provides artists with essential entrepreneurial skills to turn their creative practice into a sustainable career. Emphasizes hands-on experience in developing products, building a business plan, managing finances, understanding legal rights, branding, and promoting work in both digital and traditional marketplaces.

ART M122 - Independent Study – Art, 0.5-3 Units
Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Art instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic.

ART M123 - Independent Study II – Art, 0.5-3 Units
Allows additional independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art through research, study, practice, and/or exhibition. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Art instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic.

ART M23 - Three-Dimensional Design, 3 Units
Provides foundation level understanding of the elements and principles of three-dimensional design. Teaches design elements and principles in both theory and practical applications through specific weekly three-dimensional projects using a variety of materials.

ART M70 - Ceramics I, 3 Units
Introduces and offers practice in elementary clay construction methods and glazing techniques. Explores basic ceramic design concepts, form, color, texture, decoration, and craftsmanship.

ART M71 - Ceramics II, 3 Units
Explores the functional/sculptural forms of elementary clay construction. Introduces the development of glazes, decoration and firing methods.

ART M72 - Ceramics III, 3 Units
Explores clay bodies, glaze materials and calculations, and firing techniques through independent projects. Develops individual growth and creative expression.

ART M73 - Ceramic Portfolio, 3 Units
Expands advanced conceptual and technical ceramics skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to ceramics, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M74 - Glaze Design I, 3 Units
Examines glaze formulation and ceramic technology, including clays and kiln firing. Continues work in all forms of clay construction, techniques and design.

ART M75 - Glaze Design II, 3 Units
Investigates glaze experimentation. Develops techniques for formulating new glazes, including firing at various temperatures.

ART M77A - Sculpture I, 3 Units
Introduces formal, spatial and conceptual problems in sculpture. Focuses on techniques in materials such as paper, cardboard, plaster, wood, wire, and clay. Encourages personal expression through the investigation of materials.

ART M77B - Sculpture II, 3 Units
Expands technical and conceptual skills while developing self-expression and personal style in sculpture. Offers problem solving assignments with media and content of choice as students explore new material.

ART M77C - Sculpture III, 3 Units
Explores advanced concepts and techniques in the sculpting. Encourages individual and self-expressive approaches through experimentation with materials and subject matter.

ART M77D - Sculpture Portfolio, 3 Units
Expands advanced conceptual and technical sculpting skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to sculpting, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M79A - Figure Sculpture I, 3 Units
Introduces basic principles, materials and techniques of sculpting the human figure from live models. Emphasizes structure, proportion, balance, and self-expression in three-dimensional form. Explores various sculpting materials such as clay, wire, and mixed media. Includes presentations and discussions on historical and contemporary examples of figurative sculpture.

ART M79B - Figure Sculpture II, 3 Units
Continues the development of fundamental skills in the sculpting of the human figure from live models, with the introduction of more intermediate concepts and methods. Includes materials such as clay, wire, and mixed media. Emphasizes technical competence, while encouraging self-expressive approaches to sculpting the human form.

ART M79C - Figure Sculpture III, 3 Units
Explores advanced concepts and techniques in the sculpting of the human figure from live models. Encourages individual and self-expressive approaches through experimentation with materials and subject matter.

ART M79D - Figure Sculpture Portfolio, 3 Units
Expands advanced conceptual and technical figure sculpting skills through creative experimentation in the development of a personal style. Requires the creation of a series of works that reflect an individual and contemporary approach to sculpting the live model, documented within a final portfolio.

ART M80 - Internship in Art, 1-4 Units
Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid internships that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of an internship paper, presentation, or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. Course Credit Limitation: To take this course, contact the Career Transfer Center. Requires orientation session. Students receive one unit of credit for each 60 hours unpaid or 75 hours paid work. May enroll in up to 4 units a semester with a maximum of 16 total units of any type of work experience.

ART M110 - Gallery Practice/Portfolio, 3 Units
Introduces gallery practices through exhibition selection and design, installation, documentation, and promotion of exhibits in the campus art gallery. Involves the development of a personal portfolio that will prepare students for transfer and/or professional artistic activity outside the college environment.

ART M112 – Business of Art, 3 Units
Provides artists with essential entrepreneurial skills to turn their creative practice into a sustainable career. Emphasizes hands-on experience in developing products, building a business plan, managing finances, understanding legal rights, branding, and promoting work in both digital and traditional marketplaces.

ART M122 - Independent Study – Art, 0.5-3 Units
Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Art instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic.

ART M123 - Independent Study II – Art, 0.5-3 Units
Allows additional independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art through research, study, practice, and/or exhibition. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor. Interested students should contact an Art instructor for assistance in developing a contract for learning about a specific topic.

Associate in Arts (AA)

The Associate in Arts program provides students with a curriculum that is preparatory for transfer to most universities and professional schools of art. The Art program allows students to focus in Two Dimensional or Three-Dimensional artwork. The program empowers students with strong fundamental skills and the creation of portfolio level artwork. With a portfolio students can apply to be accepted into high level art colleges.

Click HERE For detailed information on the AA degree in the college catalog.

Associate in Arts for Transfer, Studio Arts (AA-T)

The Associate in Arts in Studio Arts for Transfer (AA-T in Studio Arts) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Studio Arts, or a “similar” major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AA-T in Studio Arts within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designated as “similar” to this degree at each CSU campus, please refer to the CSU’s Associate Degree for Transfer Major and Campus Search website and seek guidance from a Moorpark College counselor. Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus or major.

Click HERE For detailed information on the AA-T degree in the college catalog.

ARTH M80 - Internship in Art History, 1-4 Units
Provides on-the-job learning to develop effective work habits, attitudes, and career awareness in paid or unpaid internships that are related to the discipline. Involves the development and documentation of learning objectives and the completion of an internship paper, presentation, or project. Includes both workplace supervisor and faculty adviser feedback and/or written evaluations. Course Credit Limitation: To take this course, contact the Career Transfer Center. Requires orientation session. Students receive one unit of credit for each 60 hours unpaid or 75 hours paid work. May enroll in up to 4 units a semester with a maximum of 16 total units of any type of work experience.

ARTH M100 - Understanding Art, 3 Units
Studies general art concepts including the major principles and techniques used to create visual art objects in diverse media. Assists students in developing informed perceptions and evaluations of works of art and understanding of the diverse historical, cultural and theoretical contexts across the world and across time. Examines art theory, terminology, themes, design principles and other components of visual and performing arts.

ARTH M100H - Honors: Understanding Art, 3 Units
Studies general art concepts including the major principles and techniques used to create visual art objects in diverse media. Assists students in developing informed perceptions and evaluations of works of art and understanding of the diverse historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts across the world and across time. Examines art theory, terminology, themes, design principles, and other components of visual and performing arts. Honors work challenges students to be more analytical and creative through expanded assignments, real-world applications, and enrichment opportunities.

ARTH M110 - History of Western Art: Prehistoric Through Gothic, 3 Units
Introduces the history of art and architecture from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the Western World. Provides an overview of non-Western cultures that influence Western art. Examines key styles and movements in art history and introduces techniques for art production.

ARTH M120 - History of Western Art: Renaissance through Modern, 3 Units
Introduces the history of art and architecture from the early Renaissance to modern times with an emphasis on the Western world. Provides an overview of non-Western cultures that influence Western art during the time periods studied. Examines key styles, movements and figures in art history and introduces new techniques for producing art.

ARTH M122 - Independent Study - Art History, 0.5-3 Units
Allows independent study for students who wish to extend their knowledge of a particular area of Art History through research and study. Utilizes an approved independent project. Includes one-on-one work with instructor.

ARTH M130 - History of Art: Asian, 3 Units
Provides an overview of the art and architecture of India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Examines key styles and monuments of Asian art within the context of the historical and religious background.

ARTH M150 - History of Western Art: Modern through Contemporary, 3 Units
Investigates the theory and practice of visual arts and architecture from about 1850 to the present. Examines the various movements and explores how they reflect social and technological changes in the modern western era, including globalization in art.

Associate in Arts for Transfer, Art History (AA-T)

The Associate in Arts in Art History for Transfer (AA-T in Art History) is intended for students who plan to transfer and complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History, or Studio Art - Art with Emphasis or Concentration in Art History, or a "similar" major at a CSU campus. Each CSU campus determines which of the degrees it offers are “similar” and can be completed with the preparation included in the AA-T in Art History within 60 units once a student transfers, so which majors are “similar” varies from CSU to CSU. For a current list of what majors (and what options or areas of emphasis within that major) have been designated as “similar” to this degree at each CSU campus, please refer to the CSU’s Associate Degree for Transfer Major and Campus Search website and seek guidance from a Moorpark College counselor. Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the CSU system, but not to a particular campus or major.

Click HERE For detailed information on the AA-T degree in the college catalog.