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ARTS 18A
Ceramics · 4 units · used in 58 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course is an introduction to ceramics materials, concepts, and processes, including basic design principles, creative development, hand-building, throwing, glaze techniques, firing, and ceramic terminology. Aesthetics and creative development of clay objects examining historical, contemporary, and personal modes of expression across cultures will be covered.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:15 PM UTCARTS 18ACeramicsOpen3 sections · 55 seats reported · 2 instructors
- CRN 34472 · 01Open · 25
- CRN 34473 · 02Open · 12
- CRN 38176 · 03Open · 18
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “ESL D261. and ESL D265., or ESL D461. and ESL D465., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list ARTS 18A as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use ARTS 18A
ASSIST maps ARTS 18A to a requirement in 58 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.
- Art B.A. - Art Education ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Art B.A. - Art Studio ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Art History & Museum StudiesDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Fine ArtDe Anza → Humboldt State
- Art HistoryDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Art: Concentration in Art History and Studio ArtDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Studio ArtDe Anza → San Francisco State
- ArtDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Art B.A. - Art Education OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Art B.A. - Art History OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Art B.A. - Art Studio OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Art B.F.A. - Art Studio OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Wildland Stewardship BS - Environmental Arts OptionDe Anza → CSU Chico
- Art, B.A. Art HistoryDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- Art, B.A. Art Studio EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESDe Anza → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
- Studio ArtDe Anza → Fresno Pacific University
- Art, B.A.: Art & Design ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
- Art, B.F.A.: Fine Arts Practice ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
- Art, B.F.A.: Transdisciplinary Arts ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
- Art - Emphasis in Applied DesignDe Anza → San Diego State
- Art - Emphasis in Painting and PrintmakingDe Anza → San Diego State
The other FHDA college
The district declares these courses cross-listed with ARTS 18A. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.
- ART 45
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