Cultivate your creativity

Graduates who have earned an Associate of Fine Art degree transfer to prestigious art schools including Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Moore College of Art & Design, Tyler School of Art and the University of the Arts, among others.

Program outcomes

• Describe visual concepts and express them using appropriate vocabulary in written reviews and oral presentations;
• Examine and compare culturally diverse and historically significant examples of art;
• Analyze and evaluate works of art using descriptive analysis and observation skills to critique, argue, and defend one’s work and works created by others;
• Solve problems in the creation of visual products employing the skills of problem identification, research and information gathering, analysis, generation of alternative solutions, and evaluating outcomes;
• Describe and respond to audiences and contexts that artistic solutions must address including recognizing the physical, cognitive, cultural, social, and individual factors that shape aesthetic decisions;
• Create and develop visual form incorporating principles of visual organization and composition, visual hierarchy, symbolic representation, aesthetics, and the construction of meaningful pieces;
• Create a portfolio of work applying the knowledge, techniques, and perceptual skills addressed in the studio.

Depending upon your interest, you can take courses in animation, ceramics, drawing, fashion design, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking or sculpture. You can also choose classes that easily transfer to a four-year college. Our beautiful art galleries at both the Blue Bell and Pottstown Campuses feature exhibitions of students and artists of national renown.

Program Curriculum

*Students planning to major in specific media are encouraged to select from elective below.

**Students planning to transfer should choose electives based on their transfer destination’s requirements.

***THA-105 Introduction to Acting is an option for Oral Communication requirement.