Visual Art Pathway

Program Pathway | COLLEGE TRANSFER

Visual Art

Career Studies Certificate

info@vhcc.edu | (276) 739-2438 | vhcc.edu Revised 07/07/2023

Visual Art

Career Studies Certificate Can you see yourself pursuing a career teaching art, art history or working in a museum? If your career goals include artistic expression, this program is for you. This certificate is designed for students who plan to work or create in the visual arts field.

Program Length 1 year (2 semesters) Transfer Objectives Gain visual art credits that will transfer to four year art programs.

Is this degree for you? A career studies certificate in

visual art is appropriate for you if you want to further your own artistic abilities and knowledge of art and potentially transfer into a four-year art program.

Tuition & Fees At only $162.11 per credit hour, you’ll

save $10K to $22K, in tuition costs alone, by starting at VHCC! Out-of-state students living within a 30-mile radius qualify for in-state tuition.

Marie Porterfield is a visual artist and arts educator who is passionate about cultivating communities of artists who are collaborative, welcoming, and supportive. She teaches courses in studio art and art history. Marie earned a Master of Fine Arts in Art from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from East Tennessee State University.

Marie Porterfield

Program Coordinator OTC 210 mporterfield@vhcc.edu | 276-739-2550

YOUR PROGRAM PATHWAY | 2 Semesters First Semester (Fall) ART 121

Foundations of Drawing

3

ART 131

Two-Dimesional Design

3

ART 140

Introduction to Graphic Skills

3

ART 101

History of Art I

3

TOTAL CREDITS

12

Second Semester (Spring) ART 125

Introduction to Painting

3

ART 132

Three-Dimesional Design

3

ART 180

Introduction to Computer Graphics

3

ART 102

History of Art II

3

TOTAL CREDITS

For certain courses, substitutions are permitted. Visit vhcc.edu/ GenEdCore and talk with your faculty advisor.

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Why start at Virginia Highlands?

For more than 50 years, VHCC has been committed to making our region a better place to live, work, and learn!

Beautiful 100 acre campus in Abingdon

Receive Up to $2K Annually

Complete an Associate of Arts & Science at VHCC and you may be eligible to receive up to $2K annually for tuition expenses. Ask us about Transfer Grants.

Guaranteed Admission to 30+ Schools!

Start at VHCC and meet specified transfer agreement requirements and you’ll enjoy guaranteed admission to Virginia Tech, Radford, King University, Emory & Henry College, ETSU and more.

17:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

80+

Programs of Study

84%

of Students Get Financial Aid

#1 College in the Region

Virginia Highlands Community College was recently voted the #1 College in the Region through the Best of Bristol Awards program – from a group of two and four year colleges and universities in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee.

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