Revised: 10/22/09
College of the Redwoods
SELECTED TOPIC CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1. Course ID and Number: ART-99G
2. Course Title: Intermediate Ceramics
3. Check one of the following:
New Course (If the course constitutes a new learning experience for CR students, the course is new)
Updated/revised course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Should another course be inactivated? No
Title of course to be inactivated:
Yes
Inactivation date:
4. If this is an update/revision of an existing course, provide explanation of and justification for changes to this
course. Be sure to explain the reasons for any changes to class size, unit value, and prerequisites/corequisites.
5. List the faculty with which you consulted in the development and/or revision of this course outline:
Faculty Member Name(s) and Discipline(s): Cindy Hooper: Art, Garth Johnson: Art
6. If any of the features listed below have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current)
information and proposed changes. If a feature is not changing, leave both the “old” and “new” fields blank.
FEATURES
OLD
NEW
Course Title
Catalog Description
(Please include complete text
of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Grading Standard
Select
Select
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Other
Curriculum Approval: 01.23.09
Academic Senate Approval: pending
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College of the Redwoods
SELECTED TOPIC COURSE OUTLINE
1. DATE: October 6, 2009
2. DIVISION: Arts, Languages, and Social Sciences
3. COURSE ID AND NUMBER: Art 99G
4. COURSE TITLE (appears in catalog): Intermediate Ceramics
5. SHORT TITLE (appears on student transcripts; limited to 30 characters, including spaces): Intermediate Ceramics
6. LOCAL ID (TOPS): 4903.10 (Taxonomy of Program codes http://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/AA/CP%20&%20CA3/TopTax6_rev_07.doc)
7. NATIONAL ID (CIP): 50 (Classification of Instructional Program codes can be found in Appendix B of the TOPS code book
http://www.cccco.edu/Portals/4/AA/CP%20&%20CA3/TopTax6_rev_07.doc)
8. Discipline(s): Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualifications for Faculty
http://www.cccco.edu/SystemOffice/Divisions/AcademicAffairs/MinimumQualifications/MQsforFacultyandAdministrators/tabid/753/Default.aspx
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply: Art
9. FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Fall, 2010
10. TOTAL UNITS: 3
[Lecture Units: 1.5 Lab Units: 1.5]
TOTAL HOURS: 108
[Lecture Hours: 27
Lab Hours: 81]
(1 unit lecture=18 hours; 1 unit lab=54 hours)
11. MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 30
12. WILL THIS COURSE HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FEE? No
Yes
Fee: $50.00
(If “yes,” attach a completed “Instructional Materials Fee Request Form”—form available in Public Folders>Curriculum>Forms)
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
Pass/No Pass Only
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Grade-Pass/No Pass Option
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED TOPIC-- The description should clearly describe the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds
of student goals the course is designed to fulfill. The description should begin with a sentence fragment.
An intermediate course designed to further students' exploration of hand building and wheel
throwing methods and techniques. The course is designed to allow students to pursue concepts
and ideas of their choosing while continuing to facilitate knowledge of building, firing and glazing
techniques as well as contemporary and historical trends in ceramics.
Special notes or advisories (e.g. field trips required, prior admission to special program required, etc.):
Students must provide their own transportation to class related field trips.
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S)
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed.
COREQUISITE COURSE(S)
No
Yes
Course(s):
Curriculum Approval: 01.23.09
Academic Senate Approval: pending
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Rationale for Corequisite:
RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s): Art 31 A or Art 31B
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
The basic skills learned in ART-31A / Introduction to Ceramics: Hand Building and ART-31B /
Introduction to Ceramics: Wheel throwing, or course equivalent at another institution, will
provide the student with the essential skills to continue exploration in Intermediate Ceramics.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES –This section answers the question “what will students be able to do as a result of
taking this course?” State some of the objectives in terms of specific, measurable student actions (e.g. discuss, identify,
describe, analyze, construct, compare, compose, display, report, select, etc.). For a more complete list of outcome verbs please
see Public Folders>Curriculum>Help Folder>SLO Language Chart. Each outcome should be numbered.
1. Create functional and non-functional ceramic forms with a variety of refined hand building or
wheel throwing techniques of their choosing.
2. Appropriately select fired surfaces.
3. Illustrate an inclusive understanding of the ceramics process with written statements,
critiques and discussion.
4. Navigate the ceramics studio safely and efficiently.
5. Participate in ceramics studio processes such as kiln loading and unloading.
6. Respond to research prompts and demonstrate during critique and discussion an application
of historical, contemporary, and multicultural information.
7. Theorize about, verbally describe, and respond in writing to peer artwork during critique and
classroom sessions.
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES –This section provides examples of things students may do to engage the
course content (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending a field trip). These
activities should relate directly to the Course Learning Outcomes. Each activity should be numbered.
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2.
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4.
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Completing in-class laboratory assignments.
Completing written homework and research assignments.
Completing required outside of class laboratory activities.
Watching videos related to laboratory and research assignments.
Participating in group discussion and critiques.
Participating in one-on-one discussion and critiques.
Participating in museum and gallery visits.
ASSESSMENT TASKS –This section describes assessments instructors may use to allow students opportunities to provide
evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes. Each assessment should be numbered.
Representative assessment tasks (These are examples of assessments instructors could use):
1. Group and one-on-one critique.
2. Group discussion.
3. Written gallery or museum review.
Required assessments for all sections (These are assessments that are required of all instructors of all sections at all
campuses/sites. Not all courses will have required assessments. Do not list here assessments that are listed as representative assessments
above.):
1. Regularly scheduled critiques.
2. Portfolio review.
COURSE CONTENT –This section describes what the course is “about”—i.e. what it covers and what knowledge students
will acquire
Describe course content and list texts for two representative selected topics, demonstrating clearly that each will provide
significantly different content.
Representative Topic #1
Course Title: Hand-Building
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Academic Senate Approval: pending
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Concepts: What terms and ideas will students need to understand and be conversant with as they demonstrate course
outcomes? Each concept should be numbered.
Concepts in this course include, but are not limited to:
1. Personal interpretation of color, texture, form and how they relate to sculptural artwork .
2. Personal interpretation of balance, movement, proportion, contrast, pattern, rhythm,
emphasis, unity, harmony, variety and how they relate to sculptural ceramic artwork.
3. The emotive characteristics and cultural contexts of these concepts.
4. How these concepts relate to both Western and non-Western culture and how they relate to
sculptural artwork.
5. Working in a series.
Issues: What primary tensions or problems inherent in the subject matter of the course will students engage? Each issue
should be numbered.
Issues include, but are not limited to:
1. Form and function.
2. The similarities and differences between Western and non-Western hand-built ceramic art.
3. Traditional uses versus experimental applications in hand-built ceramics
4. The intervention of feminist, queer and multicultural theories within regional, national and
global art practices.
Themes: What motifs, if any, are threaded throughout the course? Each theme should be numbered.
Themes include, but not limited to:
1. Exploration of hand-built ceramic form.
2. Functional applications using hand building.
3. Sculptural applications using hand-building.
5. Installation
6. Craftsmanship and formal integrity.
7. Surface treatments and firing methods.
8. The role of the sculptural vessel in contemporary, historical and multicultural ceramics.
Skills: What abilities must students have in order to demonstrate course outcomes? (E.g. write clearly, use a scientific
calculator, read college-level texts, create a field notebook, safely use power tools, etc.) Each skill should be numbered.
1. Students must proficiently build using variety of ceramic techniques, incorporating a refined
understanding of the handbuilding processes.
2. Students must keep a sketchbook and a glaze journal detailing surface treatments and firing
processes.
3. Students must demonstrate through critique and discussion the elements and principles of
visual art and will be able to apply these ideas to both functional, sculptural abstract/nonobjective, and naturalistic works of hand-built ceramic art.
4. Students must show technical skills associated with the creation of well crafted works to
include structural integrity, quality surface treatment, mounting and display.
5. Students must show through written assignments, critique and discussion a clear
understanding of how these skills operate within the larger context of historical and
contemporary art and also within socially and ethnically diverse artmaking practices.
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS –This section lists example texts, not required texts.
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author Rhoades Title
Clay and Glazes for the Potter Date 2000
Author Chappell Title
The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes Date 1991
Author Petersen Title
The Craft and Art of Clay Date 2003
Author Clayr
& Del Vecchio Title Post Modern Ceramics Date 2001
Other Appropriate Readings:
Curriculum Approval: 01.23.09
Academic Senate Approval: pending
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Worksheets, articles, weblinks and databases will be posted on MyCR. These materials contain research
resources, vocabulary, and diagrams that cover the concepts, themes, issues and technical skills
presented in this course
Representative Topic #2
Course Title: Wheel-Throwing
Concepts: What terms and ideas will students need to understand and be conversant with as they demonstrate course
outcomes? Each concept should be numbered.
Concepts in this course include, but are not limited to:
1. Personal interpretation of line, composition, shape, value, space. color, texture, form and how they relate
to wheel-thrown ceramic forms .
2. Personal interpretation of balance, movement, proportion, contrast, pattern, rhythm, emphasis, unity,
harmony, variety and how they relate to wheel thrown ceramic forms.
3. The emotive characteristics and cultural contexts of these concepts.
4. How these concepts relate to both Western and non-Western culture and how they relate to wheel thrown
ceramic forms.
5. Working in a series.
Issues: What primary tensions or problems inherent in the subject matter of the course will students engage? Each issue
should be numbered.
Issues include, but are not limited to:
1. Form and function.
2. The similarities and differences between Western and non-Western wheel thrown ceramic art.
3. Traditional uses versus experimental applications in wheel thrown ceramics
4. The intervention of feminist, queer and multicultural theories within regional, national and
global art practices.
Themes: What motifs, if any, are threaded throughout the course? Each theme should be numbered.
Themes include, but not limited to:
1. Exploration of wheel thrown ceramic forms.
2. Functional applications using wheel-throwing.
3. Sculptural applications using wheel-throwing.
4. Installation
6. Craftsmanship and formal integrity.
7. Surface treatments and firing methods.
8. The role of the wheel thrown vessel in contemporary, historical and multicultural ceramics.
Skills: What abilities must students have in order to demonstrate course outcomes? (E.g. write clearly, use a scientific
calculator, read college-level texts, create a field notebook, safely use power tools, etc.) Each skill should be numbered.
1. Students must proficiently create using variety of ceramic techniques, incorporating a refined
understanding of using the potters wheel as a tool.
2. Students must keep a sketchbook and a glaze journal detailing surface treatments and firing
processes.
3. Students must demonstrate through critique and discussion the elements and principles of
visual art and will be able to apply these ideas to both functional, sculptural abstract/nonobjective, and naturalistic works of wheel thrown ceramic art.
4. Students must show technical skills associated with the creation of well crafted works to
include structural integrity, quality surface treatment, mounting and display.
5. Students must show through written assignments, critique and discussion a clear
understanding of how these skills operate within the larger context of historical and
contemporary art and also within socially and ethnically diverse artmaking practices.
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS –This section lists example texts, not required texts.
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Curriculum Approval: 01.23.09
Academic Senate Approval: pending
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Author Rhoades Title
Clay and Glazes for the Potter Date 2000
Author Chappell Title
the Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes Date 1991
Author Petersen Title
The Craft and Art of Clay Date 2003
Author Clark
and Del Vecchio Title Post Modern Ceramics Date 2001
Other Appropriate Readings:
Worksheets, articles, weblinks and databases will be posted on MyCR. These materials contain research
resources, vobabulary, and diagrams that cover the concepts, themes, issues and technical skills
presented in this course
COURSE TYPES
1. Is the course part of a Chancellor’s Office approved CR Associate Degree?
No
Yes
If yes, specify all program codes that apply. (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/ Curriculum/Degree
and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course for degree(s)
Restricted elective for degree (s)
Restricted electives are courses specifically listed (i.e. by name and number) as optional courses from which students
may choose to complete a specific number of units required for an approved degree.
2.
Is the course part of a Chancellor’s Office approved CR Certificate of Achievement?
No
Yes
If yes, specify all program codes that apply. ( Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/ Curriculum/Degree
and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course for certificate(s)
Restricted elective for certificate(s)
Restricted electives are courses specifically listed (i.e. by name and number) as optional courses from which students may
choose to complete a specific number of units required for an approved certificate.
3.
Is the course Stand Alone?
4.
Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
5.
Work Experience: NWE Not Coop Work Experience
6.
CTE Funded Course (applies to vocational and tech-prep courses only):
7.
Purpose: A Liberal Arts Sciences
8.
Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
9.
Disability Status: S Approved Special Class
Submitted by:
No
Yes
(If “No” is checked for BOTH #1 & #2 above, the course is stand alone)
Shannon Sullivan
Tel. Ext.
Division Chair/Director: Rachel Anderson
yes
no
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Date: October 7, 2009
Review Date: 10/8/09
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Academic Senate Approval Date:
Curriculum Approval: 01.23.09
Academic Senate Approval: pending
Yes
Date:
Board of Trustees Approval Date:
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