Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog
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ART 215 - Ceramics II


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3A
Developing expertise with core techniques and adding skills with new materials, concepts, and processes including complex hand-building, wheel throwing, a variety of glaze techniques, and firings.  Exploration, analysis and comparison of clay works both personal and across cultures.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3A - Arts
Prerequisites: ART 115.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: ART 102, ART 103, ART 104.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
  1. Expand the ability to analyze and demonstrate the forming processes used in creating across cultures;
  2. Produce and apply intermediate surface treatments including layering slips, underglazes, cone 5 glazes, raku, and pit or saggar firings;
  3. Examine and describe contemporary developments, trends, materials, and approaches in ceramics in the broader context of 3D Art and Design;
  4. Show proficiency in the skills required to assess and critique ceramics in group, individual, and written contexts using relevant critique formats, concepts and terminology;
  5. Identify and understand the procedures and methods of different types of kiln firing.


GE-3A. Arts Learning Outcomes
  1. Evaluate the impact of the arts on their life.
  2. Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the arts.
  3. Describe the ways that diverse identities influence the creation and experience of art.
  4. Identify the role of art in diverse settings.



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