ART 253 - Ceramics 3

Credits: 5
Advanced course in ceramics with an emphasis on the rigors of developing the conceptual skills of art making. Students develop an individual approach to a full integration of ideas, materials, and process. Encourages students to experiment with different strategies of clay construction and firing.

Prerequisite: ART 252 or instructor’s permission.

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Demonstrate the different strategies of clay construction and firing.
Demonstrate a full integration of ideas, materials, and process.
Demonstrate and record anticipated results of clay construction and firing.
Demonstrate the ability to function independently in the ceramics studio.
Demonstrate a complete understanding of how the ceramic studio operates.
Document growth through completed drawings, maquettes, kiln firing charts, clay and glaze-test results.

Program Outcomes
Demonstrate elements and principles of visual arts.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.