Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits3PrerequisiteNone. Recommended: ART 501 or ART 502. Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis is an introductory course in ceramic arts, concepts, and processes including basic design principles and creative development. Students focus on fabrication techniques in hand-building, glaze techniques, firing processes and ceramic terminology. Students will employ surface enrichment and application. Emphasis will be drawn to the technical understanding of the behavior of clay, glazes and the geological and scientific components of both. The course covers aesthetics and creative development of clay objects examining Eastern and Western ceramic history, contemporary ceramics, theory, genres and personal modes of expression across cultures. 