Information Of Programmes

AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / SER112 - CERAMICS, GLASS AND TILE

Code: SER112

Course Title: CERAMIC GLAZING AND FIRING TECHNOLOGY

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

1 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

CERAMICS, GLASS AND TILE

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

BAHADIR CEM ERDEM (bahadirerdem@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	He, She use kiln types and cooking techniques.	PO-25 Life-long learning with a sense of current developments is followed by the ever-changing information and communication technologies and applies them to work.	Examination
LO-2	He, She Can the methods of firing pottery.	PO-10 Recognize the basic materials in accordance with the experiences and the acquired knowledge in the field of glass and ceramics technology and ceramics chemistry; are able to form mud, gloss and plaster; are able to do an experimental research; collect data and present them.	Examination
LO-3	Know the methods of ceramic glazing.	PO-7 Recognize the techniques which are shaping ceramics and design; practice three-dimensioned workshops; achieve new things by following the reforms in their fields and combining the traditional and contemporary things in terms of design and practice; carry out porcelainization and firing processes; use the technological devices, electrical appliances and machines related to their branch; understand the problems and their solutions.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents

Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Glazing methods and application of industrial and artistic bodies	Lecture, question and answer
2	Glazes melting temperature, thermal expansion coefficient, liter weight, screen, and surface tension balance	Lecture, question and answer
3	Firing methods and types	Lecture, question and answer
4	Cooking techniques and firing ceramics of the importance of narrative elements to be considered during the sample firing	Lecture, demonstration
5	Biscuit firing furnace filling and incineration practices	Lecture, demonstration
6	Filling and glaze firing kiln firing applications	Lecture, demonstration
7	Oxidizing atmosphere furnace applications in secret trials	Lecture, demonstration
8	mid-term exam
9	Reducing atmosphere furnace applications in secret trials	Lecture, demonstration
10	Narrative technique of raku, glaze preparation and application	Lecture, demonstration
11	Oil (Oil) narrative technique of Raku glaze, prepared	Lecture, demonstration
12	Sagar narrative technique, preparation and applications of the secret	Lecture, demonstration
13	Salt Firing narrative paper explaining the oven	Lecture, demonstration
14	Wood Firing narrative, the fire pit (pit firing) expression Firing	Lecture, demonstration
15	Porcelain, soda firing to describe	Lecture, demonstration
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	BURLESON, Mark. The Ceramic Glaze Handbook. 2003.
2	Ateş Arcasoy Seramik Teknolojisi 1983, Susan Peterson Working with Clay 2002.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	4	8
b) Search in internet/Library	2	4	8
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	4	5	20
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	4	6	24
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90