Art courses are taken at California University and Art Education and student teaching courses are taken through the cooperating college or university. California University also has an agreement with The Art Institute of Pittsburgh that permits a graduate of the Institute s two-year program to receive sixty credit hours toward a Bachelor of Arts degree from California University. A second agreement between the schools permits California University students to take courses during their junior year in visual communication at the Institute and receive up to thirty credits in transfer if they complete one year of full-time course work there. The junior year program with the Pittsburgh Art Institute permits students to take courses not available at California University in the areas of visual communication, illustration, interior design, photography, industrial design technology, etc. These courses of study prepare students for positions in commercial art-for example, advertising, publishing and corporate communication.
Students acquire knowledge and experience in preparing art and layouts for reproduction.
The department also offers a minor in Art with several concentration opportunities. Perhaps you just love art as a hobby, and having a minor in art would help you improve your skills. A minor in art combined with a degree in education would provide a future classroom teacher with an area of concentration that could enhance employment opportunities. Minors are available in ceramics, crafts, painting, printmaking and sculpture.