Fine Art: Ceramics
Associate of Arts Degree Art-Fine Art · San Diego Mesa College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Summary
The Fine Art: Ceramics Associate of Arts Degree focuses on the expansion of artistic practice through exploration, experimentation, studio work and study. Students are encouraged to integrate traditional, contemporary and alternative materials and processes as they express themselves through skill development, critical thinking and artistic discourse relevant to the ceramics medium.
Award Note: The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.
Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Fine Art: Ceramics Program will be able to:
- Expand the vision of the role of art in the greater culture.
- Develop an awareness of cultural diversity (and its use/effect on art-making).
- Engage visual art as defined in a progression of change.
- Apply critical thinking in visual terms
- Employ art concepts and terminology effectively.
- Understand the creative process of art-making.
- Understand materials, methods and techniques both historical and contemporary and the contexts in which they are employed.
- Be assessed through a combination of performance evaluations, written assignments, and written tests and quizzes.
Requirements
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE MAJOR: | 18 | |
| ARTF 107 | Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTF 109 | Modern Art | 3 |
| orARTH C1100 | Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era | 3 |
| orARTH C1200 | Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary | 3 |
| ARTF 150A | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ARTF 151 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 |
| ARTF 155A | Freehand Drawing I | 3 |
| ARTF 231 | Introduction to Digital Art | 3 |
| Complete the Requirements for the Ceramics Emphasis: | 9 | |
| ARTF 195A | Ceramics I | 3 |
| ARTF 195B | Ceramics II | 3 |
| ARTF 197A | Handbuilding Ceramics I | 3 |
| Select six units (two courses) from the following: | 6 | |
| ARTF 175A | Sculpture I | 3 |
| ARTF 197B | Handbuilding Ceramics II | 3 |
| ARTF 220A | Life Sculpture I | 3 |
| ARTF 196 | Clay and Glaze Technology | 3 |
| Select three units (one course) from the following: | 3 | |
| ARTF 113 | Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas | 3 |
| ARTF 115 | African Art | 3 |
| ARTF 120 | Native American Art | 3 |
| ARTF 125 | Art History: Arts of the Asian Continent | 3 |
| BLAS 110 | African American Art | 3 |
| CHIC 230 | Chicano Art | 3 |