Ceramics is offered within the Visual Arts (BA)
Ceramics courses encourage students to explore the medium of clay as a means of developing personal sensibilities and giving expression to a wide range of experiences. Experimental in nature, the program allows students to work with clay in its pure form or to combine it with mixed media to develop unusual and unique pieces.
Most graduates of the program continue their involvement in the arts long after graduation, many also becoming recognized through grants and awards (e.g. one of our alumni received the gold medal for her ceramics from an international exhibition at Faenza, Italy, while another has held several offices in the National Council for Education through Ceramic Arts.) Alumni have also been accepted by some of the most prestigious graduate programs in the country.
In addition to working as fine artists and craftspeople exhibiting and marketing their work, ceramicists find employment in the ceramics industry as technicians and engineers, working for companies that produce tableware, artifacts and other commercial ceramic products.