The Department of Ceramics offers a four-year bachelor of design degree. As with all departments, ceramic students go through an intensive foundation year and three years in their selected major. They are involved in learning both technical aspects and aesthetics of clay. The graduates work as freelance ceramists and designers, as consultants for the industry or as part of a design team collaborating with other professionals.
Throughout the course students are engaged in collaborative as well as individual projects. The curriculum is an amalgam of studio work and material sciences. Students are expected to produce conceptually developed and technically sound bodies of work. Internships at the ceramic industry further strengthen their knowledge of the materials and processes and are considered an integral part of the curriculum.
Dissertations carried out in the seventh semester require in-depth research and documentation especially of topics relevant to the region. These studies often lead to their respective thesis projects.
It is essential for the students to take references from both traditional and contemporary ceramics. To broaden perspective, visiting artists and designers, both national and international, are invited for workshops and lectures. Students who choose to focus in ceramics are expected to draw from other visual arts and have numerous opportunities to work with new materials through the study blocks offered to them in sculpture, photography and printmaking.
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