Ceramics: Advanced. (0-9) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: ART 2713 . An exploration of advanced techniques and processes including large-scale ceramic sculpture, the use of armatures, and clay body and glaze development. Emphasis is placed on technical execution and the use of the material for personal expression. Readings, lectures, and presentations are designed to broaden the students’ historical and contemporary reference. ART 4753 may be repeated for credit, no more than 18 credits will apply to a degree. Specific School of Art degree plans require students to take this course multiple times up to 15 credit hours (including Internship and Independent Study where the work falls primarily in the discipline of Ceramics). Students are introduced to new processes and expected to experiment with and refine processes used in previous semesters of ART 4753 . This process of developing a refined skill set is time consuming and individualized to each student, as are the benchmarks of material, process, and conceptual success that characterize each student’s work. Students taking ART 4753 for additional credit will be evaluated on an increased mastery of the skill sets defined above in the learning outcomes of this course. Increased mastery of skills will include but not be limited to: the exploration of an additional material(s) not used in prior semesters, the experimentation with, and the refinement of, an additional processes(s) not used in prior semesters; improved personal standard of quality demonstrated by a refinement in the sophistication of conceptual, material, and process success that characterize the student’s work; a demonstrated improvement of the student’s ability or skill to formulate and verbally articulate their developing artistic direction measured against performance in prior semesters; and, over the course of the semester, an increased and more specific understanding of the history of ceramics especially directed towards the interests and investigations of the student. Generally offered: Fall, Spring, Summer. Course Fee: LRLF $10.27; SAF1 $45; SAF2 $150; STLF $18.48; DL01 $75.