Professional Crafts-Clay

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The Professional Crafts: Clay curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for employment as professional potters or in pottery-related fields. Using traditional and contemporary concepts, instruction includes technical knowledge, design skills, and marketing and business essentials.

Course work includes development of basic and advanced throwing skills with emphasis on form and design. Study will include a pottery studio and marketing procedures.

Graduates will be able to open and operate their own pottery business, work for existing pottery businesses, or transfer to a four-year degree program.

Making, glazing, and firing functional pottery is the underlying philosophy of the Clay program. Students learn through personal experience by designing pots for preparation, cooking, and serving food. Through practical learning, students are able to refine ideas as they progress toward a cohesive body of work. With the making of bowls, cups, casseroles and teapots, students develop abilities to translate ideas into one-of-a-kind objects as well.

The clay studio is well-equipped with necessary equipment for making a variety of work. Each student is provided with a personal workspace in which to develop basic and advanced throwing skills and refine ideas.

The studio is equipped with:

  • Clay mixing equipment
  • 5 Electric kilns
  • 2 Reduction car kilns
  • Raku kilns
  • Wood fire salt kiln

Upon graduation, students will have and understanding of forming techniques, glaze composition and application, and various firing processes for electric and fuel burning kilns.

For more info about the Professional Crafts Program, visit profcrafts.haywood.edu.

Program Information

Use the links to the right to move straight to each degree offered in this program. Clicking on a class title will bring up a description of that class.

Suggested Schedule for 2011-2012 (Updated Feb 13, 2012)

Associate In Applied Science Degree (AAS) A30300

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
ACA-111 College Student Success 1 0 0 1
CIS-110 Introduction to Computers 2 2 0 3
ENG-111 Expository Writing 3 0 0 3
PCC-110 Intro to Pottery 3 15 0 8
PCC-112 History of Pottery 1 0 0 1
PCD-110 Intro to Craft Design 1 3 0 2
Total: 18
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
COM-120 Intro to Interpersonal Communication 3 0 0 3
COM-231 Public Speaking 3 0 0 3
PCC-111 Functional Pottery I 3 15 0 8
PCC-113 Contemporary Pottery 1 0 0 1
PCD-111 Advanced Craft Design 1 3 0 2
Total: 17
Summer Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
PCR-112 20TH-CENTURY Crafts 2 0 0 2
Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 0 0 3
Elective - - - 5
Total: 10
Fall Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
MAT-115 Mathematical Models 2 2 0 3
or MAT-140 Survey of Mathematics 3 0 0 3
PCC-117 Glaze Testing 1 3 0 2
PCC-210 Functional Pottery II 3 15 0 8
PCR-210 Studio Craft Photo 1 3 0 2
PCR-212 Craft Marketing 2 0 0 2
Total: 17
Spring Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
PCC-211 Decorative Pottery 3 15 0 8
PCD-211 Prof Craft Design 1 3 0 2
PCR-213 Craft Enterprise 2 0 0 2
Total: 12

Total Credit Hours: 74

Electives: Choose 5 hours from the following courses
PCC-114 Raku 1 3 0 2
PCC-116 Pottery Tool Making 1 3 0 2
PCC-118 Clay: Special Study 0 4 0 2
PCC-119 Clay Design: Spec Study 0 4 0 2
PCC-120 Clay Business: Spec Study 0 4 0 2
PCC-130 Pottery Production 2 9 0 5
PCR-115 Lab I - Beginning Lab 0 2 0 1
PCR-116 Lab II - Intermediate Lab 0 2 0 1
PCR-125 Lab III - Advanced Lab 0 2 0 1
PCR-126 Lab IV - Advanced Design 0 2 0 1
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Diploma in Professional Crafts - Clay D30300

Fall Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
ENG-111 Expository Writing 3 0 0 3
PCC-110 Intro to Pottery 3 15 0 8
PCC-112 History of Pottery 1 0 0 1
PCD-110 Intro to Craft Design 1 3 0 2
Total: 14
Spring Semester 1
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
PCC-111 Functional Pottery I 3 15 0 8
PCC-113 Contemporary Pottery 1 0 0 1
PCD-111 Advanced Craft Design 1 3 0 2
Total: 11
Fall Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
PCC-210 Functional Pottery II 3 15 0 8
PCR-210 Studio Craft Photo 1 3 0 2
PCR-212 Craft Marketing 2 0 0 2
Total: 12
Spring Semester 2
Course Number Course Title Lecture Lab Clinic Credits
PCC-211 Decorative Pottery 3 15 0 8
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 0 0 3
or Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 0 0 3
Total: 11

Total Credit Hours: 48

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