Total credits for a concentration in Ceramics: 15.
This curriculum supports students with a variety of interests, from students interested in various permutations of the use of ceramics within a mixed media context to students interested in material science, new technologies and industrial product design. This concentration is intended for students from any major outside of Ceramics who have an interest in exploring the medium as a supporting part of their studio practice. Declaration of the concentration is preferred in the sophomore year.
Requirements for the Ceramics Concentration
| Introduction to Ceramics: The Hand Built Form | CE 200 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Ceramics: The Wheel Thrown Form | CE 201 | 3.0 |
| Two of the following 1.5 credit workshops or the 3 credit course: | ||
| Ceramics: Glaze Workshop | CE 206 | 1.5 |
| Raw Materials Workshop | CE 206C | 1.5 |
| Ceramics: Kiln Workshop | CE 207 | 1.5 |
| One the Surface |
CE 333 | 3.0 |
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| Size Matters: Modular and Sectional Construction in Clay |
CE 272 | 3.0 |
| Wheel Throwing: Altered Forms | CE 315 | 3.0 |
| Cast Ceramics: Module, Multiple, and Mimic | CE 324 | 3.0 |
| Glass Blowing | CE 340 | 3.0 |
| Ceramics Problems in Design | CE 345 | 3.0 |
| Choose one of the following: | ||
| The Ubiquitous Object |
CE 328 | 3.0 |
| Hybrid Methods | CE 347 | 3.0 |
| Kitsch-n-Kraft | CE 330 | 3.0 |
| In Situ: Site Specific Work | CE 335 | 3.0 |
| Botched Taxidermy | CE 350 | 3.0 |
| Ceramics Studio I: Cut and Paste: College Mixed Media, Installation | CE 360E | 3.0 |
| Ceramics Studio I: Material Contexts | CE 360B | 3.0 |
| Ceramics Studio I: Figuring Bodies | CE 360C | 3.0 |
| Parameters: Research/Practice | CE 380 | 3.0 |