Explore The Fine Arts Division at Fullerton College
Art Department
1,200 Art majors and over 2,500 students per semester study one or more of 50 classes in art history, advertising and graphic design, cartooning, ceramics, digital arts, drawing, jewelry, gallery operations, painting, sculpture, stained glass, and two and three dimensional design. A full gallery exhibition schedule is anchored by an Artist in Residence program that brings working professionals to the campus to conduct demonstration workshops, clinics, and talks for our students.
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875 majors and over 4,000 students per semester study one or more of 80 classes in music appreciation, music history, music theory, applied music, commercial music, piano pedagogy, sound recording, and/one or more of 25 performance groups. The Music Department maintains a special transfer agreement to the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
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Over 200 majors and 800 students per semester study one or more of 35 classes offered in theatre appreciation, acting, costuming, directing, lighting, makeup, scene painting, stagecraft, stage management, and one or more theatrical production classes. The Theatre Department sponsors a playwrights festival, a directors festival, a musical theatre conservatory, and the largest high school theatre festival in the Western United States.
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2D Design
An initial starting point for gaining an understanding of the basic principles and elements that apply to any field within art or design.
Theatre Arts
Acting, Performance and Musical Theatre
Each season of plays provides a wide variety of roles and production post experiences for Theatre students. High production values, current state of the art technologies, and a wide spectrum of very challenging styles and subject matter make the performance venues excellent laboratories for student exploration and growth.
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Advertising & Graphic Design
Instruction in advertising design, design history, graphic design, packaging, production techniques, publication design, and typography.
Music
Applied Program
The Applied Music Program provides students the opportunity to study privately with Fullerton College music faculty in their particular applied music discipline. Students receive one-on-one instruction and are expected to perform in a recital situation each semester.
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Art Business & Museum Studies
Gain a greater understanding of how business works to the benefit of the artist.
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Art History
The study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style.
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Ceramics
Taking mixtures of clay, earthen elements, powders, and water and shaping them into desired form.
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Choral Studies
Under the direction of Professor Nicola Bertoni, the Fullerton College Choral Studies Program has garnered a national reputation for excellence in performance and the training of future music educators throughout the state.
Theatre Arts
Directing and Playwriting
Few community colleges offer students opportunities to study directing and playwrighting in their first two years of undergraduate study. Students follow the classwork they successfully complete with opportunities to compete for assignments in the Playwrights Festival and the Directors Festival.
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Drawing & Painting
Learn the practice of rendering form through direct observation entails a process of retraining the eye to see in new and exciting ways.
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General Education
For both the non-major and the major alike, the Theatre Arts general education courses meet university transfer requirements and allow the student to build a strong foundation of introductory knowledge to the many facets of theatre-making and theatre-study.
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General Education
For both the non-major and the major alike, the Music general education courses meet university transfer requirements and allow the student to build a strong foundation of introductory knowledge to the many facets of music-making and music-study.
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Guitar Studies
The Guitar Studies program at Fullerton College offers opportunities for everyone from the beginner who wants to learn the basics to the more advanced player who wants to further their skills and knowledge.
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Illustration & Cartooning
An established Visual Communication field that supplies Artists to many Different areas of commercial art.
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Instrumental Music
The Instrumental Music Program offers a wide variety of ensembles in various styles for student performance. Students in these ensembles benefit from the direction of our nationally and internationally recognized faculty while also developing critical performance skills required at four-year institutions.
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Jazz Studies
The Jazz Studies at Fullerton College is coordinated by Professor Bruce Babad (Instrumental) and Professor Jamie Shew (Vocal).We offer many courses and ensembles for instrumentalists and vocalists within the program to study and perform songs from the vast, rich tradition and evolution of jazz music.
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Jewelry & Stained Glass
Casting and fabrication, exploring metal techniques used with precision processed metal or the processes using molten metal.
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Music Technology
Fullerton College is on the forefront of teaching the latest tools of the trade and offer classes in Electronic Music Production, Film Scoring, Recording using Pro Tools, Logic Pro X and Ableton Live. Third party certifications are available for Pro Tools and Logic Pro X.
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Piano Studies
The Piano Studies program, led by Dr. Monica Lee and Jeremy Siskind, provides opportunities for students of all levels to further their knowledge, technique, and love of music.
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Printmaking
Explore a variety of non-toxic print disciplines such as water-based screen printing, solar plate etching, digital imaging, and woodblock printing.
Theatre Arts
Production and Design
Fullerton College offers an extensive array of courses in theatre production and design, professional training certificates, and access to the latest technologies and practices used in the entertainment industry.
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Theory and Composition
Music theory courses train the music student into becoming a literate musician. One learns to apply music symbols, and conventions, to the writing, hearing and singing of music.