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Creative and Applied Arts: AA Design & Technology (IGETC)

Academic Program Plan for Full-Time Students

All plans can be modified to fit the needs of part-time students by adding more semesters.

This sample course sequence does not represent a contract or a guarantee of course availability.

  • This plan includes general education satisfying Plan C (IGETC).
  • This plan assumes student placed into transfer-level math and English.
  • This plan assumes a fall-semester start.
  • This plan assumes student has completed two years of high school coursework in a language other than English with a "C" or better or has equivalent language skills.
  • Completion of this plan satisfies the requirements for the Associate in Arts in Design and Technology. The associate degree will be awarded upon completion of at least 60 units of approved coursework, including a minimum of 18 units in a college-defined major, and satisfaction of additional MiraCosta College graduation requirements. Please see miracosta.edu/degreecertificatetransferinfo/requirements/.
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Year 1: Fall Semester
15 Units Total
DRAM 107 Introduction to Theatre

  • Typically offered only in the fall.
3 Units
DRAM 210 Rehearsal and Performance: Technical Theatre

  • May be taken multiple times to fulfill requirement.
2 Units
GE Area 1A: English Composition
4 Units
GE Area 2A: Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning
3 Units
GE Area 4: Social & Behavioral Sciences

  • All CSU campuses have a graduation requirement of History, Constitution and American Ideals. Students may be certified as completing this requirement by completing a Group I course [HIST 110, HIST 116, HIST 141, HIST 145] AND a Group II course [HIST 111, HIST 117, HIST 142, HIST 146, HIST 165] OR by completing PLSC 102. These courses also partially satisfy GE Area 4.
3 Units
Year 1: Spring Semester
13 Units Total
DRAM 105 Introduction to Theatre
3 Units
DRAM 123 Script Analysis for Performance and Design
3 Units
DRAM 139 Stage and Concert Management or DRAM 253 Makeup for Theatre, Television, and Film

  • DRAM 139 typically offered only in the fall; DRAM 253 typically offered fall or spring.
3 Units
GE Area 1B: Critical Thinking--English Composition
4 Units
Year 1: Summer Semester
6 Units Total
GE Area 3B: Humanities
3 Units
GE Area 4: Social & Behavioral Sciences

  • All CSU campuses have a graduation requirement of History, Constitution and American Ideals. Students may be certified as completing this requirement by completing a Group I course [HIST 110, HIST 116, HIST 141, HIST 145] AND a Group II course [HIST 111, HIST 117, HIST 142, HIST 146, HIST 165] OR by completing PLSC 102. These courses also partially satisfy GE Area 4.
3 Units
Year 2: Fall Semester
15 Units Total
DRAM 256 Stagecraft for Theatre, Television, and Film
3 Units
GE Area 1C: Oral Communication

  • Highly recommend completing Area 1C to keep options open for CSU transfer.
3 Units
GE Area 3A: Arts
3 Units
GE Area 7: Ethnic Studies
3 Units
GE Area 5A: Physical Science or 5B: Biological Science

  • Select one course from 5A and one course from 5B. One course must include a corresponding laboratory from 5A or 5B.
3 Units
Year 2: Spring Semester
15 Units Total
DRAM 141 Lighting Design for Theatre, Television, and Film

  • Typically offered only in the spring.
3 Units
DRAM 146 Costume Design for Theatre, Television, and Film

  • Typically offered only in the spring.
3 Units
DRAM 210 Rehearsal and Performance: Technical Theatre

  • May be taken multiple times to fulfill requirement.
3 Units
GE Area 5A: Physical Science or 5B: Biological Science

  • Select one course from 5A and one course from 5B. One course must include a corresponding laboratory from 5A or 5B.
4 Units