I was eyeing the BA in Art offered by TESC and wondering, do the studio art courses (required for the major) have to be upper level?

I ask because, once I finish my BA in Psychology at Excelsior (and probably before I begin my graduate program in counseling) I will probably be taking about 24 semester units of studio art courses from a community college. I'll be doing this to fulfill later requirements for art therapy certification. It would be great if I could use those same credits at TESC to get a second BA degree. I can't imagine there is any way to meet studio art requirements without transferring credits in, as it is kind of an in-person experience.

Upper level studio art courses would be MUCH more expensive than lower level ones. Community college courses in California are $26/unit. Studio art courses at my local university (one that offers a BFA degree) are $375/unit.

If anyone has looked into this, I'd love to find out what you've learned. I tried to do a search, but of course "art" is too short a word for the forum search engine, darn it! I will try TESC as well, but I figured it didn't hurt to see if someone else already looked into this.

Thank you for your help,
Alix

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I see you didn't get a reply from an art major yet, so I'll chime in. Don't take my word for it, check with an advisor- but you can probably use the 200 levels for your major (I used many in mine). In social science (an all of the other BA majors I believe) , you are allowed 2 classes at the 100 level in your major- but beyond that, they can be any level. Now, what COULD be a problem if you are not a careful planner, is that a class from your community college may be called 200 level, but will transfer in as a 100 level. This happened to me, and it was because I made an assumption- big mistake! Lucky for me, I had slots left in my gen ed electives, but I could have earned those 3 credits in an easier way than to have taken a $250 class. So, since you will be tight (not much wiggle room) you'll want to send your advisor a list as well as the photo copy from the college catalog (or pdf file) for prior approval of selected courses. Beyond that, you shouldn't have any trouble meeting the requirement that way.
Good luck!

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