Associate in Arts - Humanities

Diablo Valley College

This degree is designed for students who wish to study a broad range of the arts: music, dance, visual arts, architecture, literature, drama, film, philosophy and history. Through this course of student students will learn to analyze, interpret, and compare a diverse range of art forms and cultures while deepening their understanding of the arts as human expression and honing their critical thinking and writing skills.The associate in arts in humanities degree is both an interdisciplinary and integrative degree dedicated to the student of arts and ideas in their cultural contexts and to the comparative analysis of the arts. The degree provides a well-rounded and rich background in the creative and intellectual expression of major world civilizations, intellectual and cultural movements, and cultural works of creative expression. Humanities students develop skills in artistic analysis, aesthetic judgements, and other modes of critical thinking. Students develop the ability to view cultural material from multiple perspectives, appreciate and evaluate diverse forms of cultural expression, and understand the criticism and theory regarding major artistic works, styles, forms and movements.

Arts, Communication and Language