Glass Minor
Overview for Glass Minor
The glass minor provides students with an opportunity to diversify their voice and vision through an extensive experience in all glass working processes supported by the glass studios in the College of Art and Design. Aside from developing a breadth of technical understanding in working with glass, the minor culminates in a portfolio of work demonstrating a diversified approach to glass making and glass thinking. Completing the glass minor will further amplify students' creative potential and supplement each student’s overall education at RIT.
Notes about this minor:
- This minor is closed to students majoring in studio arts BFA who have chosen the glass option.
- Posting of the minor on the student's academic transcript requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor.
- Notations may appear in the curriculum chart below outlining pre-requisites, co-requisites, and other curriculum requirements (see footnotes).
The plan code for Glass Minor is GLASS-MN.
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Curriculum Update in Process for 2024-2025 for Glass Minor
Current Students: See Curriculum Requirements
| Course | |
|---|---|
| Required Course | |
| CGLS-124 | Studio Glass Survey This open elective course will introduce students to the glass studio and to glass as a creative material. The content of the course will focus on introductory tools, techniques, and experimentation. The students will learn basic skills and safety procedures for the Hot Shop, Flame Shop, Kiln Shop, and the Cold Shop. **Fee: There is a materials fee required for this course and an additional course fee applied via SFS bill. See course notes for course fee information.** Studio 5 (Fall or Spring). |
| Electives | |
| Choose four of the following: | |
| CGLS-506 | Molten Glass Practice* |
| CGLS-511 | Mold and Kiln Glass Practice* |
| CGLS-505 | Hot Phenomena Glass Practice |
| CGLS-312 | Kinetic Glass Practice* This course will introduce students to basic flame working processes. Solid working techniques with borosilicate glass will be covered as ways to activate ideas about making glass move. Basic processes of finishing and further manipulating annealed glass in the cold shop will also be introduced. Students will build technical understanding and material comprehension in the application of these processes. Students will develop projects motivated by themes regarding mechanics, the experimental, and absurdity. ** Fee: A course fee applied via student account** Studio 6 (Spring). |
| CGLS-530 | Glass Processes This course will introduce the beginner to the glass studio and to glass as a creative material. ** Fee: There is a lab fee required for this course** (This course is available to RIT degree-seeking undergraduate students.) Studio 6 (Fall, Spring). |
* CGLS-206, CGLS-211, CGLS-307, and CGLS-312 are repeatable for credit, and can be used towards fulfilling the Minor.
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