圣塔芭芭拉城市学院的艺术系为学生提供了学习和体验艺术的机会，其重点是：针对传统艺术专业的结构完善的艺术工作室或艺术史课程，这是针对来自以下专业的专业的结构化课程的一部分其他部门，例如MAT或图形设计，或用于丰富，发展和满足非艺术专业的大学要求。该系提供设计，制图，三维设计，绘画，版画，艺术家书籍，陶瓷，雕塑和艺术史等课程，以为学生提供全面的背景知识和培训，以便他们转学到另一所机构或独立进行。
Students interested in art, either as a vocation or as an avocation, have an outstanding opportunity to prepare themselves for this field under the guidance of the Santa Barbara City College art faculty. All instructors are professional artists who exhibit on a national and international basis.<br><br>The department has planned an art curriculum to prepare students in their primary field of interest, plus a range of disciplines and fundamentals important to artistic development. The department offers courses in drawing, design, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking and art history to give the student maximum background and training either for transfer to another institution or to proceed independently after leaving SBCC.