DeAnza College Courses

This is an introductory course in acrylic painting with an emphasis on basic techniques in both traditional and contemporary techniques that relate to the unusual characteristics of the medium.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a continuation of ARTS 015A with further emphasis on basic techniques that relate to the unusual characteristics of the medium. Surfaces other than canvas will be introduced allowing fo

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a continuation of ARTS 015B with an emphasis on processes rather than techniques. Problems in class will relate to the aesthetic concerns of idea, content, and expression within the acr

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid 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 t

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course provides students with beginning techniques of throwing on the potter's wheel, along with forming, shaping, trimming, and decorating basic wheel-thrown pieces.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course provides students with intermediate techniques of throwing on the potter's wheel, as well as forming, shaping, trimming, and surface development of intermediate wheel-thrown pieces.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This ceramic construction techniques course teaches students the use of pinch, coil, and slab processes. Students will use a variety of clay bodies and various firing techniques associated with functi

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course provides students with advanced techniques of throwing on the potter's wheel, as well as an introduction to combined forms and developing the vessel as an aesthetic object. Students will l

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course covers the historical development, firing techniques, glazes, kilns, and clay bodies involved in the Raku ceramic process.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course covers techniques of hand-building and wheel construction, combined with experimental glazing and texturing treatments.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course covers surface treatments and refinement techniques used in the production of stoneware, earthenware, and porcelain.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course is a survey of earthenware as a ceramic material, exploring the use of surface decoration, glazes, and ceramic kiln firing techniques.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This is a beginning sculpture course with an emphasis on idea development, visual investigation, and the sculpture-making process, including construction, carving, casting, and mixed media.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This is an intermediate sculpture course with emphasis on further formulation of idea development, visual investigation, and the sculpture-making process. Additional materials and processes will be ex

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course

This course covers advanced idea development, visual investigation and the sculpture-making process. Additional materials and processes will be examined and demonstrated.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• 21st Sep, 2026 · Fall 2026
• Paid Course