The School of Art and Design asks all undergraduate students to declare a concentration during orientation. Students are required to include a four-course sequence in a concentration. The following paragraphs provide basic descriptions for School of Art and Design area concentrations. Ceramics Ceramics provides the opportunity to create sculpture, pottery or tiles, in earthenware, stoneware, or porcelain, using a variety of glazes and firing methods. Students gain a thorough understanding of tools and processes, and learn how to work expressively with clay.
Technical considerations are a part of the fundamental course work.
Special instruction in glazing extends the student s control over ceramic surfaces and a variety of firing situations. Extensive equipment, including more than a dozen kilns, is available for experimental and large work. Fibers Fibers explores traditional woven structures, experimental fiber constructions and techniques, including screen printing and batik, to create surface patterns. Students acquire a thorough technical background in a field in which creative freedom must often be based on technical virtuosity. Virtually the entire course of study consists of independent, individual work.