Contact Information
- Program Coordinator:
Andrew Kuebeck
akuebeck@kent.edu
330-672-2910 - Speak with an Advisor
Fully Offered
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
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Description
The Jewelry, Metals and Enameling minor focuses on approaches to jewelry making and metalsmithing, while allowing students to achieve specialization. Students will achieve such skills as cold connection techniques, small and medium scaled silver soldering, small jewelry- and object-making techniques, small scale fabrication, forming, cold forging and tool-making techniques.
Admission Requirements
Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.
Program Requirements
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | ||
| ART 10022 | 2D COMPOSITION | 3 |
| or ART 10023 | 3D COMPOSITION | |
| or ART 10024 | DIGITAL MEDIA | |
| ARTS 25700 | INTRODUCTION TO JEWELRY METALS I | 3 |
| or ARTS 25701 | INTRODUCTION TO JEWELRY/METALS FOR NON-ART MAJORS | |
| ARTS 35700 | JEWELRY CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES | 3 |
| ARTS 35701 | METALSMITHING CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES | 3 |
| Minor Electives, choose from the following: | 6 | |
| ENAMELING CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS: STUDIO ART | ||
| DESIGN AND PRODUCTION | ||
| TABLEWARE | ||
| ADVANCED ENAMELING | ||
| ADVANCED STUDIO JEWELRY METALS ENAMELING | ||
| Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 18 | |
Graduation Requirements
| Minimum Minor GPA | Minimum Overall GPA |
|---|---|
| 2.250 | 2.000 |
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
- Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).