In Ceramics, you will:
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Email the Recruitment Office: nbccdrecruiting@gnb.ca
Fine Craft: Ceramics 2025-2027 Curriculum Standard
The Curriculum Standard is an introduction to the program which includes the program’s critical performance, a program description, program learning outcomes, and the program’s potential career opportunities. This is followed by information on duration, credits, admission requirements, advanced placement, certification, articulations, and prior learning assessment and recognition.
This document also contains a program delivery sequence and the course profiles with specific course learning outcomes and grading basis.
In addition, the Curriculum Standard is used as a tool for revision and evaluation of the program and for the promotion of transfer agreements with other post-secondary institutions.
CERA 2908
Throwing and Firing
CERA 2919
Ceramic Materials
CERA 2020
Surface Design
ENTR 2011
Visual Documentation
CERA 2911
Throwing and Firing II
CERA 2913
Ceramic Science
CERA 2914
Production Studio
HIST 2921
Ceramic History and Materials Exploration
ENTR 2012
Business Practices and Marketing
CERA 3909
Production: Developing a Line
CERA 3915
Production: Teapots and Altered Vessels
CERA 3916
Alternate Firing Methods
ENTR 3000
Sales and Opportunities
CERA 3912
Designing Large Ceramic Forms
CERA 3905
Refining a Signature Line
CERA 3914
Surface Decoration: Advanced Applications
ENTR 3001
Creative Entrepreneurship
(1) The $50 application fee is in Canadian dollars, applies to Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents and is non-refundable and subject to change without notice. International applicants pay a $100 Canadian application fee. See International Students for more information.
(2) Equivalent experience is determined by NBCCD by assessing your combination of learning and experience through recognition of prior learning. If you are 21 years of age or older and have past experience, you may be assessed as an Adult Learner.
Interview
The College may contact you for an interview, it is important to consider why you want to study with us and your future goals.
Foundation Visual Arts:
Please note this program traditionally starts with the one-year Foundation Visual Arts Program as a prerequisite.
DIRECT ENTRY PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS
To ensure you are well-prepared to bypass the Foundation Visual Arts Program (FVA) and apply as a direct-entry candidate into an NBCCD Diploma Program, we need to assess your abilities and knowledge of the foundations of visual art. Please refer to Admission Requirements for full instructions.
Go to the Admission Requirements to learn more. This page will also provide more details and info on where to mail your transcript of marks, cash, cheques and/or money order.
Deadline to apply: January 15
In this course, students learn the skills to market and distribute their work to a wholesale, retail and consignment marketplace. They enhance their professional presentation skills in portfolio documentation and marketing materials. Business tools are reinforced, such as basic bookkeeping, cash flow, pricing, overhead, tracking consignments, creating estimates, and invoicing. In addition, students prepare for retail and wholesale marketing opportunities and maintain an online presence.
In this course, students practice their throwing skills, using a variety of techniques in order to produce large ceramic forms. The course emphasizes an aesthetic awareness, the refinement of form, and the development of originality through critique and research.
In this course, students gain control of ceramic processes by exploring the characteristics of glaze materials. Using testing and record-keeping methodologies, they learn to identify technical problems and eliminate them through experimentation of the glaze theory covered. Students formulate original glazes and study the science behind combustion, kiln operation and firing cycles. In addition, they examine studio setup issues and various equipment choices.
The Foundation Visual Arts (FVA) Certificate is a 1-year program that offers you a wide-ranging overview of the practice, theory and history of the visual arts. Before you begin honing your craft or digital practice, learn the language to communicate visual arts.
