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Art History – Associate in Arts Degree for Transfer — Associate of Science

An associate degree — designed to transfer to a 4-year school. About 2 years full-time.

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$1,180

In-state tuition / yr

48%

Graduate on time

$27,351

Median earnings after

59%

Earn above HS-grad wage

Source: federal College Scorecard (2026). College-wide — not specific to this program.

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Showing transfer outcomes to California State University (system-wide) for 117 required courses at Pasadena City College. Browse all transfer pathways →

Recommended Course Sequence

ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
ART 001C · 3 credits
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
ART 003A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART: CHINA, KOREA, AND JAPAN
ART 003B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PRE-COLUMBIAN ART HISTORY
ART 007
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MEXICAN AND CHICANA/O ART HISTORY
ART 008
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ISLAMIC ART HISTORY
ART 009
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
FOUNDATION DRAWING
ART 011A · 3 credits
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART
ART 004A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
ART 004B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
ART 004C
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF MODERN ART
ART 004D
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
ART 014
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
BEGINNING LIFE DRAWING
ART 012A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PERSPECTIVE
ART 016
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
RENDERING
ART 018
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
BEGINNING PAINTING
ART 020A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE PAINTING
ART 020B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ADVANCED PAINTING
ART 020C
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PRINTMAKING - INTAGLIO AND RELIEF
ART 023A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
BEGINNING SCULPTURE
ART 025
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
SCULPTURE
ART 026
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
FIGURE SCULPTURE
ART 028
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
COLOR AND COMPOSITION - TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN
ART 031A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
COLOR THEORY
ART 031B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
DESIGN - THREE DIMENSIONAL
ART 032A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
APPLIED DESIGN I - MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
ART 034A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS
ART 038A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS
ART 038B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ADVANCED CERAMICS
ART 038C
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO HANDBUILT CERAMICS
ART 039A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
DIGITAL ART: DESIGN FOUNDATION
DMA 010
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
DIGITAL ART: PAINTING & DRAWING
DMA 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
TYPOGRAPHY I
DMA 022A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I
PHOT 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOT 021
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ART FUNDAMENTALS
ART 005
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 1
CHIN 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH - LEVEL 1
FRNC 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH - LEVEL 2
FRNC 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 1
GRMN 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 2
GRMN 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715
HIST 001A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715
HIST 001B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
HIST 002A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
HIST 002B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714
HIST 005A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714
HIST 005B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877
HIST 007A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865
HIST 007B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
HIST 008
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLOMBIAN TO 1825
HIST 009A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT
HIST 009B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
HIST 016
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
HIST 018
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
HIST 019
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
HIST 025B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HIST 025D
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS
HIST 025F
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
THE UNITED STATES & THE WARS IN VIETNAM
HIST 025I
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF MEXICO
HIST 030
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
HIST 051
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
ETH 051
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
HIST 061A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
ETH 061A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
HIST 061B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ETH 061B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 071
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ETH 071
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 081
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
ETH 081
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
HUM 001
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HUMANITIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HUM 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
HUM 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS
HUM 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 1
ITAL 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
ITAL 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 1
JAPN 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
JAPN 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 001
or take PHIL 001H (HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ETHICS
PHIL 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
PHIL 007
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS
PHIL 008
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 020A
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 020B
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 031
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
PHIL 037
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 1
PORT 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 2
PORT 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WORLD RELIGIONS
RELG 001
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN RELIGIONS
RELG 002
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
WESTERN RELIGIONS
RELG 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH - LEVEL 1
SPAN 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH - LEVEL 2
SPAN 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 001
or take ANTH 001H (INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - HONORS) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 002
or take ANTH 002H (HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
ANTH 003
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION, WITCHCRAFT, AND MAGIC
ANTH 004
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH 005
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION
ANTH 006
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE
ANTH 009
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES
ANTH 012
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
ANTH 086
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
ETH 086
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN HISTORY
HIST 027
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 062
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
ETH 062
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
PSYC 082
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
ETH 082
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
SOC 014
or take SOC 014H (HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
ETH 014
or take ETH 014H (HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES) instead
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER
SOC 030
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 063
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ETH 063
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 073
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ETH 073
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
SOC 083
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
ETH 083
Not offered this term
Counts as an elective

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