ACR - Art: Ceramics

ACR 2550 Ceramics and Pottery Design I Cr. 3

Introduction to beginning clay forming, glazing and firing. Primarily for non-art and beginning art majors. Offered Every Term.

ACR 2560 Ceramics and Pottery Design II Cr. 3

Continuation of ACR 2550. Development of personal approach is encouraged. Offered Every Term.

Prerequisites: ([ACR 2550])

ACR 3550 Beginning Ceramics Cr. 3

Basic techniques of wheel throwing, hand building, glazing and firing. Lectures, demonstrations, critiques. Offered Every Term.

Prerequisites: ([ACO 1200]) AND ([ADR 1060])

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art or Art Honors; enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

ACR 4000 Ceramics: Wheel Throwing Cr. 3

Development of personal, technical and aesthetic skills in using potter's wheel as tool to create utilitarian and non-utilitarian objects. Group and individual critiques. Offered Yearly.

Prerequisites: ([ACR 2550]) AND ([ACR 3550])

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art or Art Honors; enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

Repeatable for 12 Credits

ACR 4001 Handbuilding Cr. 3

Intermediate and advanced handbuilding techniques including coiling, extrusions, mold and slab construction. Surfacing, glazing and firing processes as they apply to completing the objects. Offered Yearly.

Prerequisites: ([ACR 2550]) AND ([ACR 3550])

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art or Art Honors; enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

Repeatable for 12 Credits

ACR 4550 Intermediate Ceramics Cr. 3

Advanced building techniques; glaze and clay body calculation, mold-making and aesthetic evaluation. Offered Every Term.

Prerequisites: ([ACR 3550])

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art or Art Honors; enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

ACR 5550 Advanced Ceramics Cr. 3

Advanced hand building and wheel throwing demonstrations. Lectures on historical and contemporary issues. Emphasis on personal growth and development. Offered Every Term.

Prerequisites: ([ACR 4550 with a minimum grade of D-])

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art or Art Honors; enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Fine Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

Repeatable for 12 Credits

ACR 5880 Directed Projects: Ceramics Cr. 3-6

Independent projects and study in consultation with faculty. Offered Fall, Winter.

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art or Art Honors; enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Fine Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

ACR 7550 Graduate Problems in Ceramics Cr. 3

Individual problems in advanced ceramics. Offered Every Term.

Prerequisites: ([ACR 5550 with a minimum grade of D-])

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art; enrollment is limited to Graduate level students; enrollment limited to students in a Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

Repeatable for 24 Credits

ACR 8880 MFA Studio: Ceramics Cr. 3-9

Extended problems in ceramics; individual research with eighteen to twenty-seven hours of laboratory per week. Offered Fall, Winter.

Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Art; enrollment is limited to Graduate level students; enrollment limited to students in a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Repeatable for 36 Credits