Certificate in Jewelry at The Corcoran College of Art Columbia
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009The Certificate in Jewelry program offers students the instruction and opportunity to create their own designs in metal. Required courses will teach basic and advanced fabrication skills, casting techniques, basic stone setting, and the use of color, connections, clasps, and the history and de-sign of jewelry. Additionally, students will acquire the technical skills required to create jewelry, and will experiment with alternative approaches to art jewelry and jewelry’s function. Elective courses offer students the chance to use more in-depth advanced techniques, enabling the transla-tion of ideas into works of art. Emphasis is placed on individual designs for the beginning through the advanced classes.
Five (5) required courses:
JE1200 Introduction to Jewelry
JE1210 Introduction to Jewelry II
JE 2200 Intermediate Jewelry
JE1350 Casting Techniques
JE3200 Advanced Jewelry Studio
Five (5) elective courses may be chosen from the following:
JE1250 Experimental Enameling
JE2250 Wearable Experimental Metals
JE2300 Jewelry As Sculpture
JE2350 Color In Metals
JE1230 Basic Stone Setting
JE1240 Connections: Chains, Clasps and More!
JE1220 Glass Bead Making
AH2200 History of Jewelry I
Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.
Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.
Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.