Advanced Jewelry Making | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

IFA 3216

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 3

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

School:

Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts

Department:

Industrial Art and Design

Course Discipline:

Art

Course Description & Objectives:

This semester concludes training of the student in basic craft-jewelry design and production techniques that are intended for the student to function effectively within the local Ugandan market environment. The program ends with, a course that will give the student proficiency in the use of organic materials, which are readily available in Uganda. The course will also explore and encourage the student to investigate demand for jewelry in the local market environment and to learn to design and produce for it. This will be achieved through classroom exercises and project assignments that the student will do during the course of the semester.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this semester student should demonstrate that he has absorbed and can use proficiently all the jewelry design and production techniques learned so far.
The student will also demonstrate through work that will be presented in the final exhibition that the student can produce original work for the Ugandan market environment and from which the student upon graduation can rely to make a living as a self-employed jewelry artist/designer.

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