Total credits required for a BFA in Ceramics: 120.0
Current students should use MyMICA or contact their Advisor for a personalized degree plan. If an integrated Humanistic Studies major, a minor in the Liberal Arts, or the MAT preparatory curriculum is chosen, the total credits would be 126.0.
The below degree plan is for students who entered in the 2018 - 19 academic year.
Course |
Course # |
Credits |
FIRST-YEAR-EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Art Matters | AH 100 | 3.0 |
| Critical Inquiry | HMST 101 | 3.0 |
| Forum I | FF 111 | 3.0 |
| Forum II | FF 112 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Tradition and Innovation | FF 161 | 3.0 |
| Drawing: Contemporary Practices | FF 162 | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Color/Design category | ||
| Color/Design/Process |
FF 120A | 3.0 |
| Color/Design/Pattern | FF 120B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Form/Space category | ||
| Prototype/Situate/Fabricate |
FF 130A | 3.0 |
| Body/World/Machine | FF 130B | 3.0 |
| Choose one course from the following Systems/Time category | ||
| Haptics and Optics |
FF 140A | 3.0 |
| Cartographies | FF 140B | 3.0 |
| First-Year-Experience Elective | 3.0 | |
LIBERAL ARTS REQUIREMENTS |
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| Modernism and After | AH 201 | 3.0 |
| Modern Craft: Western Ceramics | AH 363 | 3.0 |
| Art History Elective | AH | 6.0 |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (any level) | 3.0 | |
| Humanistic Studies/Literature Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3.0 | |
| Intellectual History I | -IH1 | 3.0 |
| Intellectual History II | -IH2 | 3.0 |
| Theory | -TH | 3.0 |
| Science/Math | NSCI | 3.0 |
| Academic Electives (or Writing Workshop, if required) | 6.0 | |
CERAMICS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS |
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| Introduction to Ceramics: Hand-Built Form | CE 200 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Ceramics: Wheel-Thrown Form | CE 201 | 3.0 |
| Choose one from the following | ||
| Introduction to Fiber | FB 200 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Sculpture | IS 200 | 3.0 |
| Introduction to Wood | IS 202 | 3.0 |
| Complete 3.0 credits from the following | ||
| Glaze Workshop | CE 206 | 1.5 |
| Kiln Workshop | CE 207 | 1.5 |
| Raw Materials Workshop | CE 208 | 1.5 |
| On the Surface | CE 333 | 3.0 |
| Cast Ceramics | CE 324 | 3.0 |
| Ceramics Thesis and Seminar I | CE 400 | 6.0 |
| Ceramics Thesis and Seminar II | CE 401 | 6.0 |
| Junior Seminar | SS 300 | 3.0 |
| Ceramics Studio Electives | CE | 9.0 |
| 3D Electives | CE, FB, or IS | 9.0 |
| Studio Electives | 6.0 | |