Course variations
| Study mode | Duration | Tuition fees | Start date | Venue |
| Full Time | 58 Credit-hour(s) | $ 26,400 (US$ 26,400) a year | Contact provider |
Slane College of Com...
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Course summary
Studio art majors at Bradley University learn a diverse skill set, which includes technical knowledge, creative problem solving, and academic competence. A strong foundations program grounds each studio art major in traditional processes while also introducing them to digital and time-based arts. The studio art major is flexible enough to meet the needs of each individual student. Ceramics is the art or process of making useful or ornamental objects from clay by shaping and then firing them at high temperatures. The ceramics major involves the study of clay history and techniques and the implementation of them towards an individual expression as well as contributing to that history language and contemporary art discourse. The careers in ceramics concentration are engraver, professor of art, professional artist, textile designer, landscape designer and lithographer.
Program modules
The modules include Art History (12 hours): Art History Core (6 hours): ART 140 Survey of Art History I - 3 hrs; ART 142 Survey of Art History II - 3 hrs; Elective courses in art history (6 hours); Studio (46 hours): Studio Core (19 hours): ART 101 Drawing I - 3 hrs; ART 102 Drawing II - 3 hrs; ART 105 Two-Dimensional Design - 3 hrs; ART 106 Three-Dimensional Design - 3 hrs; ART 220/221 Professional Lecture Series- 1 hr; ART 230 Life Drawing - 3 hrs; IM 113 Introduction to Multimedia - 3 hrs; Area of Concentration (18 hours); Studio Electives (9 hours): Courses from areas other than the student’s concentration area, including at least one from the 2-D areas and at least one from the 3-D areas. The required courses in Ceramics Concentration are ART 201 Introduction to Ceramics - 3 hrs; ART 202 High and Low Fire Ceramics - 3 hrs; ART 301 Ceramic Production - 3-6 hrs; ART 302 Advanced Ceramics - 3-6 hrs; ART 401 Ceramic Portfolio Design Studio - 3-6 hrs; ART 402 Ceramic Sculpture - 3-6 hrs.
Entry requirement for international students
Applicant must have completed the following minimum curriculum requirements: four units (years) of English (half or one unit of which may be speech), three units of college preparatory mathematics, two units of laboratory science and two units of social sciences. All applicants whose native language is not English have to obtain a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 paper based, 213 computer based, or 79 internet based or a minimum score of 6.5 in IELTS (International English Language Test System).
Bradley University accepts IELTS*
* Please check with your chosen school for the exact entry requirements for your programme.
Qualification
Bachelor degree
Awarding body
Bradley University
Department name
Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, Department of Art
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