Our Art and Design program is designed for students who wish to transfer and complete a bachelor degree, as well as for students majoring in other fields looking to complete general education or elective courses.
At CCC, you’ll have the opportunity to display your work annually during the Fine Arts Festival we hold every spring on our Columbus Campus. Our faculty encourages students to enter competitions throughout the year.
You’ll also be invited to submit illustrations for the Hilltop Review, a campus literary magazine published in conjunction with the Fine Arts Festival.
Columbus Campus
Associate Degree
You can take Art and Design courses as part of an academic transfer degree and continue toward a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college. You may also enroll in art classes to complete general education or elective requirements for another major.
This flexibility allows you to develop your creative skills while working toward your overall academic goals.
The Associate of Arts degree lets you complete your first two years of a bachelor’s degree at Central Community College before transferring. You can earn 60 credit hours, and up to 66 credits may transfer to a four-year college. To stay on track, you should earn grades of C or higher and work with your advisor to choose the right courses for your transfer school.
“The CCC Art Program has been wonderful for me. My hope is to get into set design and running lights/sound for theater. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed learning how to build sets for the various shows we’ve put on at CCC. The visual arts class I took was really fun and I learned a lot about the history of art and how it’s interpreted. It was an eye-opening class that helped me appreciate how much art has changed and evolved throughout history. I love the Arts and CCC has allowed me to learn and explore them more in depth than I’ve been able to on my own.”
Luke Brand, ’27
“I came to CCC not knowing what degree I wanted to pursue. I enrolled in some art classes that sounded interesting to me and quickly found out that I wanted to pursue graphic design. The art classes at CCC where a great introduction to the arts and are the reason why I will be graduating this May with my bachelors in graphic design from Concordia University of Nebraska.”
Lily Beck, ’26
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