Art Program

CJD Curriculum

The Certificate in Jewelry Design is a 4-quarter program that can be completed in the following summer quarter. All CJD art students must have an art advisor and must plan their program with that advisor

If you have transferred to NSCC, and would like to have credits earned at other schools applied to your CJD, see the Credentials Office. Note that the required jewelry design courses (ART 281–285) must be taken at NSCC.

First Quarter
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
Total 15
ART111 Drawing 5
either ART251
or ART252
or ART253 		Art History—Prehistoric through Ancient periods
Art History—Medieval through Renaissance periods
Art History—Baroque through 20th Century periods 		5
ART281 Jewelry Design I 5
Second Quarter
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
Total 15
ART101 Design 5
ART282 Jewelry Design II 5
ART290 Art Business 5
Third Quarter
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
Total 15
ACCT110 Introduction to Accounting/Bookkeeping I 5
ART283 Introduction to Alloying and Jewelry Casting 5
ART285 Metal Techniques for Small Scale Sculpture 5
Fourth Quarter
Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
Total 15
ART210 Computer Art 5
ART284 Bench Techniques and Practices 5
either CMST&210
or CMST&230 		Interpersonal Communication
Small Group Communication 		5

Total credits for certificate: 60

Most general education requirements for this certificate are met by course content in various art courses:

This program of study is outlined by quarter, and courses should be taken in the indicated sequence. However, it should not be concluded that students will always proceed through their program of study exactly as prescribed here. The number of quarters listed here is minimum. Individual student experience, educational and training background, and personal schedules and demands all may affect the time it takes to finish this program. Also, in general, summer quarter is not considered one of the full-time quarters in the program.

This program curriculum contains substantial and coherent general education and related instruction. General education provides the broad, non-specialized portion of the students' education that includes:

  1. Communication
  2. Quantitative Reasoning
  3. Human Relations
  4. U.S. Cultures or Global Studies

The general education requirements address this description of general education. Other program requirements outside of this division (e.g., English and math) represent related instruction in support of skills and knowledge necessary in this field of study.

Safety and industrial hygiene are included throughout the curriculum through lectures and actual demonstrations of safe laboratory techniques.

Throughout this program of study the importance of a responsible and professional work ethic is stressed. Factors leading to such a work ethic are identified and discussed. Instruction is also provided in effective leadership and how it enhances the work environment. Input from this program's industrial advisory committee is essential to curriculum content pertaining to the work ethic and leadership as well as the technically oriented curriculum.

Effective Fall 2007
Certificate of Achievement in Jewelry Design