Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts
(EDP 022442)
This exciting curriculum provides the rigorous studio practice and conceptual/art-historical framework necessary to develop a portfolio of work for application to graduate programs in fine art. Designed for students who have completed an undergraduate degree with a non-art major, this program offers a solid, Berkeley-quality education in the visual arts that can be completed on a part-time or full-time basis. It is also perfect for professionals already working in the arts who want to formalize their training, or for people interested in making a career change that requires a strong visual arts background. Our students learn from industry professionals to build a comprehensive portfolio and advance in the field.
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The curriculum consists of twelve courses (24 units), including four required theory/critique courses (8 units) designed to develop creative and conceptual thinking, two visual art history courses (4 units) that function to integrate issues of contemporary art within a historical context, and six visual arts electives (12 units) chosen from a wide array of studio courses in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and film/video media. The range of electives available offers the opportunity to focus on a specific concentration or span disciplines, and to develop the technical and perceptual skills needed to grow artistically and create an independent body of work.
Program Requirements
Electives offered this term:
New! Post-Baccalaureate Mentorship
Art HistoryNew! The Art and Times of Goya
New! Cinema Studies: Silent Silver Screen
Landscape Art of the Romantic Era
Minoan and Greek Art
Drawing
Drawing Fundamentals
New! Drawing on the Environment
Exploring the Portrait and Self-Portrait
Pen and Ink Drawing
New! Process Drawing
Painting
Chinese Brush Painting
Figure Painting
Painting Fundamentals
Painting Workshop
Watercolor Fundamentals
Photo/Film
Beginning Photography
New! Cinema Studies: Silent Silver Screen
Digital Photography Fundamentals
New! Intermediate Digital Filmmaking
The Informed Photographer
Other Media
Experimental Monoprinting
The Found Object: Recycling as Art
Illustrating Children's Books
Application Procedure
Apply for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts by filling out the application and submitting it with the nonrefundable application fee.
Send an official transcript of your bachelor's degree to: Visual Arts Certificate, UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave., Suite 110, Berkeley, CA 94704-7000.
Receive the certificate by completing all required and elective courses for academic credit with a grade of C or better. The curriculum can be completed within one year by attending full time or in two years by attending part time. Five years is the maximum expected completion time. Contact the program office when you have completed the curriculum to have your records reviewed and the certificate awarded.
For more information about the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts, call (415) 284-1041, e-mail , or write to Visual Arts, UC Berkeley Extension, Suite 110, Berkeley, CA 94704-7000.
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