Overview

The Ceramic Arts program at California State University Long Beach is dedicated to the mission of fostering advanced production and dialogue, an expansive understanding of ceramic arts and contemporary art, and an inclusive, diversity-embracing community of learning, teaching, making, and exchanging ideas.

We are committed to assisting, challenging, and propelling students toward fully realizing their individual voices and visions via working in clay as well as other media, and toward achieving full agency in critical/analytical discourse.

The program is intent and equipped to get students making, thinking, discussing, and writing in ways that are:

more ambitious, more intentional, and more informed;
more specific in both conceptualization and crafting;
more considered with regard to matters of form, material, genre, style, presentation, and contextual engagement;
and more conscious and deliberate regarding the artists’ participation, propositions, and positions within the fields and discourses of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary art in general.

Key Facts

Students work with a faculty comprised of active artists and scholars who also are engaged, committed, and generous teachers. Core faculty members maintain studios in the ceramic arts area and work alongside our students.

Part-time faculty also are encouraged to work on the premises, and students benefit from being able to work alongside artists in residence who are invited to our campus as part of our Center for Contemporary Ceramics programming.

Accreditation

Accreditation

The University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (National Association of Schools of Art and Design, 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA 20190, phone: 703-437-0700).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Life Sculpture: From the Figure to the Body
Writing about Visual Art
Ceramic Arts: Wheel Throwing
Handbuilding and Sculpture
Use of the Wheel
Ceramic Arts: Glaze and Clay Technology
Ceramic Arts: Plaster Lab
Ceramic Arts Experimental Processes and Practices
Ceramic Arts: Studio Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-02 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

132 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Long Beach, United States

Disciplines

Ceramics and Sculpture View 145 other Bachelors in Ceramics and Sculpture in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete each of the courses in the comprehensive pattern of college preparatory subject requirements with a grade of C or higher prior to high school graduation.
Graduate from high school by the end of the Spring term prior to Fall enrollment.
All transcripts from all institutions attended
SAT/ACT scores

Graduates of California high schools and other California residents:

2.5 GPA or greater in college preparatory subjects, AND 3,200 minimum “CSULB Index” to be considered, for non-STEM major
a 3,600 minimum “STEM Index” for STEM majors. (Be aware this is higher than the minimum for CSU system-wide eligibility.)

Other non-California residents:

3.0 GPA or greater in college preparatory subjects, AND 3,500 minimum “CSULB Index” to be considered, for non-STEM major
a 3,600 minimum “STEM Index” for STEM majors.

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
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Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

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International

18972 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18972 USD per year during 48 months.
National

9499 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9499 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

3225 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 3225 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Long Beach

1400 - 2000 USD /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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