Courses

Continued study and use of the basics learned in Ceramics, with emphasis placed on wheel throwing, glazing, and firing.

Emphasis on perfecting throwing and handbuilding techniques, glaze formulation, and experiemental firing. May be repeated for three hours credit per semester.

A continuation of ARS 341 with emphasis on hand building or wheel processes. May be repeated for a total of 12 semester hours credit.

Advanced study of ceramic techniques and concepts. Student will create an independently-designed, instructor-approved body of work. Individual instruction and supervision of material exploration, research and reading. Frequent individual and group critiques. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Advanced studies in the discipline of ceramics with an emphasis on indepth individually generated projects. Students will focus on professional development and portfolio preparation.

Advanced individual exploration in the production of ceramic art works.

LAB. 3. Pr. CIVL 3820. This course introduces theories and procedures for determining fundamental properties of asphalt materials for advanced material evaluation and pavement design.

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, macroscopic and microscopic theories of diffusion, chemical reaction rate laws and mechanisms, transition state theory, gas phase molecular dynamics, electrical conduction in electrolyte solutions, electrode kinetics.

First, second, and third laws of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic functions. Applications to thermal properties of gases, liquids, solids, and solutions. Chemical reactions, phase transitions, and electrochemistry.

Advanced chemistry laboratory introducing reactions and techniques not covered in any previous Chemistry laboratory; this may include Organic, Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry or Inorganic Chemistry. Pursuit of a special open-ended problem by each student.