3/11/2026 12:03:33 AM	ART 31B Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 31B	Title:  INTERMED POTTERY
Full Title:  Intermediate Pottery
Last Reviewed:3/10/2025

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	4.00		5 min.	Lab Scheduled	70.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total 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:

Wheel and hand-building methods of forming.  Surface enrichment and experiments in glaze making.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Art 31A or ART 34A

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Wheel & handbuilding. Glaze experimentation.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Art 31A or ART 34A
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:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Continue to explore the use of clays and glazes.

2.  Develop a working vocabulary of glaze making terms.

3.  Acquire the specific skills used in glazemaking.

4.  Expand creative thinking skills (non verbal and abstract forms of

   thought) and refine decision-making skills (aesthetic judgments)

   inherent to the visual arts.

5.  Continue the development of visual perception skills to recognize

   forms and surfaces found in nature and the manmade environment and

   apply those skills in the formation of ceramic objects.

6.  Examine in greater depth the cultural and historical uses of pottery

   in order to better understand one's own and others efforts in pottery-

   making.

7.  Continue to practice aesthetic criticism and form analysis by part-

   icipating in class discussions of work.

Topics and Scope

1.  Refine the skill of using the potter's wheel.

2.  Acquire further experience with handbuilding methods.

3.  Decorate clay forms with individually formulated clays and glaze.

4.  Continue the study of ceramic objects, contemporary and ancient, by

   means of photographs and hands-on examination.

Assignments:

1.  Use the potter's wheel to create objects demanding increased skill:

   bottles, lidded forms, large forms.

2.  Utilize hand building methods - slab, coil, pinch-to create forms

   of increased size and/or complexity.

3.  Measure and mix glazes from basic ingredients and apply to test pots.

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 0 - 0%
None
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 0 - 0%
None
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 75 - 100%
A final exhibit of completed work will be the major basis for course grade Other factors include attendance, effort, artistic growth and participatio

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Ceramics, Fifth Edition, Glenn Nelson

Ceramics, Philip Ranson

Introduction to Ceramics, Graham Flight

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