Plan of Study
The Artistic Silversmithing program is designed to enable students in the acquisition of skills necessary for self-employment or employment with a major manufacturer in the field of traditional western culture arts. Western culture arts include custom designing, fabricating, and the engraving of bits, spurs, various buckles, bracelets and pendants worn and used in traditional western culture.
FALL First Year
ENGL 1110 Composition I (Area I) | 3 Credits
ARTS 1860 Beginning Spur Making | 3 Credits
ARTS 1870 Engraving I | 3 Credits
ARTH 2140 Art of the American Southwest (Area VI) | 3 Credits
ARTS 1830 Shop Foundation | 2 Credits
TSC 100 Welding I | 1 Credit
Semester Credit Total: 15
SPRING First Year
MATH 1130 Survey of Mathematics (Area II) | 4 Credits
ARTS 1867 Bit Making | 3 Credits
ARTS 2870 Engraving II | 3 Credits
ARTS 1854 Artistic Blacksmithing | 3 Credits
ARTS Cowboy Arts/Silversmithing Elective | 3 Credits
Semester Credit Total: 16
FALL Second Year
ARTS 1810 Jewelry Making and Small Metal Construction | 3 Credits
ARTS 2871 Engraving III | 3 Credits
ARTS 2996 Special Topics in Studio: Blade Smithing | 3 Credits
ARTS Cowboy Arts/ Silversmithing Elective | 3 Credits
Science Elective (Area III) | 4 Credits
Semester Credit Total: 16
SPRING Second Year
COMM 1130 Public Speaking (Area I) | 3 Credits
ARTS Cowboy Arts/ Silversmithing Elective | 3 Credits
ARTS 2880 Advanced Project Design | 3 Credits
ARTS 2999 Capstone: Engraving Project | 3 Credits
ENGL 2999 Capstone Portfolio Course | 1 Credit
Semester Credit Total: 13
TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS: 60
*degree plans are under review and subject to change
***FYEX 1110 First-Year Seminar is required for all degree-seeking students with fewer than 30 credit hours successfully completed including transfer credits. The course must be taken in the first semester of enrollment at MCC.
Faculty
Nate Glaspie
[email protected]
Building D Foundry
(575) 461-6665
