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Berkeley Global
This intermediate- to advanced-level workshop helps you realize your creative ideas by focusing on personal expression. You are encouraged to take risks, to explore unpredictable rather than predictable painting and to engage in painting rather than picture making.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate painting skills or ART X411 Painting Intermediate
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Fall 2025 enrollment opens on June 16!
Vaccine Mandate
To keep you and those around you safe, you must meet the UC COVID-19 vaccine requirements. We are following the same protocol as UC Berkeley. More details on how to do so will be sent to you shortly.
If you enroll in a class that will be held at Golden Bear Center or on the main campus, you will also need to participate in surveillance testing. If you are taking classes at our San Francisco campus or at a partner institution, you will need to comply with their public health policies. More information will be available in the coming weeks.
This course applies to the following programs:
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts
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Required Courses
- Modern Art: History and Theory
- Contemporary Art: History and Theory
- Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 1: Portfolio and Visual Dynamics
- Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 2: Portfolio and Critique
- Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 3: Portfolio and Professional Practices
- Post-Baccalaureate Mentorship
- Portfolio Review
Electives
- Abstract Drawing and Painting
- Art and Women
- Biomythography as Practice: Investigating the Autobiographical
- Chinese Calligraphy
- Collage: The Art of Sustainability
- The Creative Eye: The Art of Seeing with a Camera
- Digital Photography Fundamentals
- Digital Photography Intermediate
- Digital Photography in Practice and Context
- Drawing and Color
- Drawing Fundamentals
- Drawing Intermediate
- Experimental Drawing
- From Revolution to Romanticism: European Art of the 19th Century
- History of Photography: A Dynamic Study and Practice
- Mixed-Media Painting
- Painting Fundamentals
- Painting Intermediate
- Painting Workshop
- Photography Workshop
- Watercolor
- Working in Series
Specialized Program in Painting
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Notes
Departmental contact: extension-visualarts@berkeley.edu
Instructional Types
- Live Online
- Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
- Online, Start Anytime
- Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
- Online, Fixed Date
- Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
- Classroom
- Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.
English Language Proficiency Requirements
All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:
- TOEFL: 90
- IELTS Academic Format: 7
- DAAD: C1
- TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
- Duolingo: 125
Note: You do not need to submit test scores.