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  "college": "laney-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Art & Art History",
  "id": "ceramics-a-a-degree",
  "name": "Ceramics",
  "award": "A.A. Degree",
  "department": "art-art-history",
  "sourceUrl": "https://lan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/44166/44231/44170/44596/44597",
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      "markdown": "A major in ceramics provides the necessary technical knowledge, skills, and aesthetic judgment to students transferring to four-year institutions or professional art schools. The major can lead to a career in industrial design, artist, or as a technician.\n\nA student will have skills to obtain entry level positions as an educator/technician or sole proprietor for a business.\n\n**Career Opportunities**\n\nstart own business; employeed as production potter; ceramicist; technician at a school or community center; teach at community center; add to teaching credential abilities.\n\n**Program Learning Outcomes**\n\nUpon completion of this program a student will be able to:\n\n1.  Demonstrate ability to load, fire, and unload, gas, and electric kilns\n2.  Formulate and mix glazes as well as test and evaluate the results.\n3.  Produce work using the potter's wheel as well as creating work using hand building techniques."
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          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Core Courses (23 units):",
          "units": "23"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 20",
          "title": "Beginning Drawing & Composition",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 165",
          "title": "Beginning Figure Sculpture",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 80",
          "title": "Beginning Ceramics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 81",
          "title": "Continuing Ceramics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 82",
          "title": "Intermediate Ceramics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARTH C1200",
          "title": "Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 84",
          "title": "Special Projects: Ceramics",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 83",
          "title": "Advanced Ceramics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Design Course (Select one of the following) (3 units):",
          "units": "3"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 199",
          "title": "Ceramics and Digital Technologies",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 46",
          "title": "2-D Visual Design",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 47",
          "title": "3-D Visual Design",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 40",
          "title": "Color Dynamics: The Interaction of Color",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Electives (min 3 units):",
          "units": "3"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 1",
          "title": "Introduction to Art History",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARTH C1100",
          "title": "Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 5",
          "title": "History of Asian Art (Past to Present)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 7",
          "title": "History of African American Art (Past to Present)",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 137",
          "title": "Beginning Figure Drawing and Composition",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 141",
          "title": "Eco Art Matters-Beginning",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 100",
          "title": "Beginning Printmaking",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 35",
          "title": "Beginning Portraiture",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 176",
          "title": "Beginning Sculpture",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Total Major Units:",
          "units": "29"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "General Education Requirements",
          "units": "21"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Electives to meet 60 units"
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "60"
        }
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    }
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