3/11/2026 12:03:34 AM	ART 31D Course Outline as of Fall 1981	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 31D	Title:  ADVANCED POTTERY
Full Title:  Advanced 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:

Designed around the individual needs and interests of the more advanced student.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Art 31C or equivalent

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Designed around the individual needs & interests of the more adv student.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Art 31C or equivalent
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.  Use clays and glazes in the search for an increasingly personal

   expression.

2.  Continue to deepen creative thinking skills (nonverbal and abstract

   forms of thought) and to refine decision making skills (aesthetic

   judgements) inherent to the visual arts.

3.  Continue to refine visual perception skills and their applications

   to the search for a personal aesthetic.

4.  Continue the examination of historical and contemporary pottery in

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

   making.

5.  Practice aesthetic criticism and form analysis by participating in

   advanced class discussions of work.

Topics and Scope

1.  Continue the exploration of hand building and potter's wheel methods

   of creating ceramic objects.

2.  Continue to adapt clays and glazes to suit decorative and/or express-

   ive uses.

Assignments:

1.  Utilize potter's wheel and/or hand building methods to create a

   series of ceramic objects that present solutions to individualy

   chosen problems.

2.  Resolve surfaces of the ceramic objects by means of colored clay,

   glaze or non-fired finishes.

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: attendance, effort, artistic growth and class participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Ceramics, Glenn Nelson (current edition)

Ceramics, Philip Rawson

Introduction to Ceramics, Graham Flight

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