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Jewelry, Metals and Enameling - Minor

The Jewelry, Metals and Enameling minor focuses on approaches to jewelry making and metalsmithing, while allowing students to achieve specialization. Students 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.

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Minor in Jewelry, Metals and Enameling

Kent State University’s Minor in Jewelry, Metals and Enameling allows students to enhance their education with specialized knowledge in jewelry, metals and enameling. This minor provides additional career prospects in the art sector.

Program Information for Jewelry, Metals and Enameling - Minor

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate jewelry, metalsmithing and enameling skills.
  2. Analyze jewelry, metalsmithing and enameling within a contemporary art lens.
  3. Demonstrate design skills for the creation of art jewelry and metalsmithed objects.
Admissions for Jewelry, Metals and Enameling - Minor

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.

Coursework
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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
ARTS 25700INTRODUCTION TO JEWELRY METALS 3
ARTS 35700JEWELRY CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES 3
ARTS 35701METALSMITHING CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES 3
ARTS 35704ENAMELING CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES 13
Minor Electives, choose from the following:6
ARTS 35704
ENAMELING CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES 1
ARTS 45095
SPECIAL TOPICS: STUDIO ART 2
ARTS 45700
JEWELRY DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
ARTS 45705
CAD FOR JEWELRY
ARTS 45707
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES IN METALSMITHING
ARTS 45708
BODY ORNAMENTATION 3
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18
1

Maximum 6 credit hours of ARTS 35704 may be applied toward minor requirements.

2
 may be used with approval from a faculty or academic advisor.
3

Maximum 6 credit hours of ARTS 45708 may be applied toward minor requirements.

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).
Program Delivery
  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus
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