CHERRYPICKERFoothill College
ART 45A
BEGINNING CERAMICS HANDBUILDING · 4 units · used in 40 transfer pathways
Where this page’s information comes from
- Foothill catalogcourse record · 2026-2027
- FHDA class listingsFall 2026 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
An introduction to basic ceramic hand-building techniques, and its historical and contemporary significance. This course introduces ceramic hand-building techniques, including pinching, coil, and slab construction, as well as examine various high and low-fire glazing techniques. In addition to sculpting and constructing hand-built vessels, students will examine, critically discuss, analyze, and write about clay, glaze, and hand-building techniques, tools, ceramic terminology, and processes of historical and contemporary clay hand-built vessels. Students will learn ceramic vocabulary and participate in verbal and written class critiques.
Sections this term
Fall 2026 · updated Sep 3, 3:30 PM UTCART 45ABEGINNING CERAMICS HANDBUILDINGFull1 section · 0 seats reported · 1 instructor
- CRN 20999 · 02Full · 0
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “Advisory: This course is included in the Ceramic Handbuilding family of activity courses.”
What this course unlocks
Foothill courses that list ART 45A as a prerequisite.
Transfer pathways that use ART 45A
ASSIST maps ART 45A to a requirement in 40 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.
- Art History & Museum StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
- Art B.A. - Art Studio ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
- Art B.A. - Art Education ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
- Fine ArtFoothill → Humboldt State
- Art: Concentration in Art History and Studio ArtFoothill → San Francisco State
- Studio ArtFoothill → San Francisco State
- Art HistoryFoothill → San Francisco State
- ArtFoothill → UC Irvine
- Art B.A. - Art Studio OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Art B.F.A. - Art Studio OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Art B.A. - Art Education OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Art B.A. - Art History OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
- Art, B.A. Art HistoryFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
- Art, B.A. Art Studio EmphasisFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESFoothill → UC Merced
- Art, B.F.A.: Transdisciplinary Arts ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Hayward
- Art, B.F.A.: Fine Arts Practice ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Hayward
- Art, B.A.: Art & Design ConcentrationFoothill → CSU Hayward
- Art, Concentration in Studio Practice, Preparation for TeachingFoothill → San Jose State
- Art, Concentration in Digital Media ArtFoothill → San Jose State
- Art, Concentration in Studio PracticeFoothill → San Jose State
- KinesiologyFoothill → San Jose State
The other FHDA college
The district declares these courses cross-listed with ART 45A. 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.
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