Ceramics Certificate
This curriculum is designed to provide students a wide range of traditional and non-traditional ceramic approaches. Concentrated studio work engages students in contemporary practices, and advanced technical proficiencies that enhance idea-based constructional methods while developing a personal identity through utilitarian, sculptural, and design applications.
Duration
3 years
Starting Date
August, January
Tuition Fee
$ 376 per credit
Location
Brookings, United States
About the program
As students advance through the program they take an active role in studio operations, including materials research, glaze calculation, and kiln/firing technology. The immediacy of working with clay offers opportunities for model making in design build professions. Ceramics processes also offer opportunities to bridge technology in agronomy, design, engineering, and medical fields. The certificate in Ceramics is a stand-alone program and may be taken by any student regardless of major or may be selected by Studio Art majors as part of their degree. This certificate prepares you for entry-level positions as a studio technician, production potter, or dealing with ceramics education, gallery, or retail settings.
Is it for you?
This program will be a good fit if you:
- Have strong skills in art or design
- Are committed to developing your talent
- Have a creative, expressive, curious personality
- Like to design and build things
- Are detail-oriented
Career Opportunities
- Art assistant
- Art handler
- Community art instructor
- Foundry applications
- Gallery assistant
- Independent artist
- Preparator
- Public artist
- Technology fields
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the certificate, students are able to demonstrate the following outcomes through studio projects:
- The technical skills, perceptual development, and understanding of principles of visual organization sufficient to achieve basic visual communication and expression in one or more ceramic media.
- Ability to make workable connections between concept and media.
- Some familiarity with the works and intentions of major artists/designers and movements of the past and the present, both in the Western and non-Western worlds.
- Students should understand the nature of contemporary thinking on art and design, and have gained at least a rudimentary discernment of quality in design projects and works of art.
Interested? Get started today!
Other interesting programs
-
-
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (B.S.)
- The curriculum of the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences course at South Dakota State University prepares undergraduate students for exciting careers…
The curriculum of the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences course at South Dakota State University prepares undergraduate students for exciting careers in wildlife and fisheries conservation and management.
-
-
-
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate
- The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate at South Dakota State University will provide the knowledge and skills necessary to apply this…
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certificate at South Dakota State University will provide the knowledge and skills necessary to apply this technology to a field of study or field of work.
-
-
-
Theatre (B.A./B.S.)
- Students in this Theatre major at South Dakota State University are exposed and participate in all aspects of theatre, through…
Students in this Theatre major at South Dakota State University are exposed and participate in all aspects of theatre, through a broad-based education. Students will gain practical experience with the newest techniques and technology of theatre.
-
-
-
Studio Art (B.F.A.)
- This Studio Art degree at South Dakota State University is comprised of in-depth studio experiences, art history courses, and engagement…
This Studio Art degree at South Dakota State University is comprised of in-depth studio experiences, art history courses, and engagement in professional practice. Studio Art majors study a variety of art making methods and techniques that include traditional and contemporary approaches, as well as art history.
-
-
-
Studio Art – Sculpture (B.F.A.)
- This Studio Art – Sculpture program at South Dakota State University will help you develop both the creative and professional…
This Studio Art – Sculpture program at South Dakota State University will help you develop both the creative and professional skills you need for a future as a studio artist in today’s global art communities.
-
-
-
Studio Art – Printmaking (B.F.A.)
- Students of the Studio Art – Printmaking program at South Dakota State University explore a wide variety of technical and…
Students of the Studio Art – Printmaking program at South Dakota State University explore a wide variety of technical and conceptual approaches to these mediums, developing personal vocabularies and content through the completion of limited editions, broadsides, portfolio exchanges, serial projects and installations.
-
-
-
Studio Art – Painting (B.F.A.)
- This Studio Art – Painting program at South Dakota State University will help you develop both the creative and professional…
This Studio Art – Painting program at South Dakota State University will help you develop both the creative and professional skills you need for a future as a studio artist in today’s global art communities. The painting area engages students with historical and contemporary approaches to painting in various media.
-
-
-
Studio Art – Ceramics (B.F.A.)
- You are passionate about your art, and you want to share your talents with the world. This Studio Art –…
You are passionate about your art, and you want to share your talents with the world. This Studio Art – Ceramics program at South Dakota State University will help you develop both the creative and professional skills you need for a future as a studio artist in today’s global art communities.
-
-
-
Studio Art – Art Education (B.F.A.)
- The Studio Art – Art Education specialization at South Dakota State University prepares majors for careers as art educators in…
The Studio Art – Art Education specialization at South Dakota State University prepares majors for careers as art educators in public and private elementary or secondary schools (K-12).
-
-
-
Sport and Recreation Management (B.S.)
- The curriculum in Sport and Recreation Management program at South Dakota State University is designed to prepare students for professional…
The curriculum in Sport and Recreation Management program at South Dakota State University is designed to prepare students for professional positions in sport, recreation, parks and outdoor recreation programming and administration.
-
-
-
Spanish (B.A.)
- The curriculum of the Spanish course at South Dakota State University will also help you develop what employers call desirable…
The curriculum of the Spanish course at South Dakota State University will also help you develop what employers call desirable “soft skills” such as empathy, creativity, mental flexibility, critical thinking, and intercultural communication strategies.
-
-
-
Spanish – Teaching (B.A.)
- The Spanish – Teaching specialization at South Dakota State University consists of language, culture, literature and professional courses to prepare…
The Spanish – Teaching specialization at South Dakota State University consists of language, culture, literature and professional courses to prepare students for teaching careers in primary, middle or secondary schools or for further graduate study.
-