Course Title: Ceramics I
Title Abbreviation: CERAMICS I
Department: ART
Course #: 241
Credits: 4
Variable: Yes
IUs: 4.5
CIP: 500711
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
An introductory studio course that focuses on fundamental hand building and glazing techniques. Emphasis will be placed on discussion and analysis.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: Grade of 2.0 or higher in ENGL 097, or AESL 098, or appropriate test score.
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 33
Lab: 22
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Academic Humanities, Elective
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
1. Information Literacy
Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 1.5 Effectively integrate and use information ethically and legally to accomplish a specific purpose.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline. 2.2 Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline. 2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.
3. Communication
Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 3.1 Recognize, read, and comprehend academic and/or professional writing. 3.2 Recognize, produce and demonstrate appropriate interpersonal, group, and public speaking skills. 3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills. 3.4 Produce academic and/or professional writing and integrate it into written and spoken projects. 3.6 Recognize, comprehend, and use visual communication appropriate to a given context. 3.7 Adapt communication to diverse audiences and media.
4. Community & Cultural Diversity
Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture. 4.3 Understand the historically and socially constructed nature of—and the meanings attributed to—human differences. 4.4 Demonstrate effective communication across differences in human communities and cultures. 4.6 Utilize ethical practice in relation to diverse communities and cultures for the promotion of equity and social justice.
5. Global & Local Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding the complexity and interdependence of, and stewardship responsibilities to, local and global communities and environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 5.4 Understand the concept of local/global stewardship, and its ethical components, to communities and environments.
6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 6.1 Identify ethical and healthy choices and apply these personally, socially, academically, and professionally. 6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community. 6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects. 6.4 Use self-reflection to recognize and define a sense of self-identity in personal, social/gender, and/or cultural/global terms and in relationship to others.
7. Aesthetics & Creativity
Definition: Interpreting human experience through engagement with creative processes and aesthetic principles.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process. 7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles. 7.3 Use knowledge of creative processes and aesthetic principles to understand humans and the world around them. 7.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the role of arts and creative expression in societies.
8. Mathematical Reasoning
Definition: Understanding and applying concepts of mathematics and logical reasoning in a variety of contexts, both academic and non-academic.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 8.2 Correctly apply logical reasoning and mathematical principles to solve problems. 8.3 Interpret information and reasoning expressed mathematically (for example in spreadsheets, diagrams, charts, formulas, etc.). 8.4 Communicate mathematical information effectively.
9. Scientific Literacy
Definition: Understanding scientific principles, and analyzing and applying scientific information in a variety of contexts.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 9.2 Demonstrate their understanding of the principles of scientific methods, analysis, and reasoning.
10. Technology
Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 10.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the development and impact of technology in human experience (history, global, and local). 10.2 Demonstrate an understanding of legal, ethical, and environmental issues in the use and misuse of technology. 10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.
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