SRJC Course Outlines

12/8/2024 12:35:18 AMART 31B Course Outline as of Fall 2019

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CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  ART 31BTitle:  INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS  
Full Title:  Intermediate Ceramics
Last Reviewed:10/22/2018

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum3.00Lecture Scheduled2.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled35.00
Minimum3.00Lab Scheduled4.005 min.Lab Scheduled70.00
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total6.00 Contact Total105.00
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:
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Continuation of Art 31A introducing a greater variety of ceramic processes, subject matter and concepts. Experiments in glaze making.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 31A


Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description: Untitled document
Continuation of Art 31A introducing a greater variety of ceramic processes, subject matter and concepts. Experiments in glaze making.  
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 31A
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:Effective:Inactive:
 Area:
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
CSU Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable



COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1.  Create complex functional and sculptural forms.
2.  Employ traditional and non-traditional ceramic decoration techniques.
 

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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Analyze sophisticated visual and functional relationships such as form and surface features,
    suitability of materials, proportion and scale.
2. Demonstrate advanced throwing and hand-building skills.
3. Practice glaze mixing skills and employ a working vocabulary of glaze formulation terms.
4. Experiment with a variety of glaze decorations.
5. Apply a more complex vocabulary in ceramics.
6. Demonstrate the ability to make aesthetic and technical judgments of one's work and the work
    of others.
7. Examine and analyze examples of historical and contemporary ceramics.
8. Demonstrate a creative process that includes good work habits, the practice of hand skills,
    risk-taking, and experimentation.
9. Define health and safety issues that arise from the use of ceramic materials and equipment.

Topics and Scope
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I.  Production of Advanced Thrown Forms on the Potter's Wheel
    A. Cups, pitchers, bowls
    B. Lidded containers
    C. Teapots
II. Creation of Complex and Larger Scale Hand-Built or Thrown Ceramic Objects Displaying
    Personal Expression
III. Analysis of Aesthetic and Technical Decisions and Judgments About Glazes and Complex
    Ceramic Forms
IV. Mixing Glazes
    A. Reading a glaze formula
    B. Using a gram scale
    C. Using a glaze sieve
    D. Applying test tiles
    E. Firing test tiles
V.  The Use, Care and Safety for Materials, Tools and Equipment of Ceramics
VI. The Concepts and Elements of Historical and Contemporary Ceramics
 
All topics and scope are addressed in both lecture and lab components of this course.

Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Write two reports (500 words each); one on a ceramic artist and one on a gallery exhibition
 
Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Use the potter's wheel to make 5-8 cups, pitchers and large bowls
2. Use the potter's wheel to make 4-6 lidded containers
3. Use the potter's wheel and/or hand-building techniques to make 3 functional teapots
4. Explore one's own thoughts and feelings around a particular social issue and express one's
    ideas in sculptural teapot form
5. Measure and mix glazes from basic ingredients and apply them to test tiles
6. Final exhibit of completed glazed work

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.Writing
10 - 20%
Short reports on artists and gallery exhibition
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
60 - 75%
Class performances, Final exhibit of completed glazed work
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
15 - 20%
Attendance, artistic growth and participation.


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Hand Book. 5th ed. Peterson, Jan and Peterson, Susan. Laurence King Publishing. 2012 (classic)

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