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ARTZ 347 - Advanced Scientific Glass

4 Credit(s)
This course will introduce students to lathe working techniques, the lathe anatomy and how to control it, which will enable students to work larger, more complex, and with more physical and technical ease. Use of stoppers, blow hoses, Bunsen burners, premix hand torches will be covered. Introduction to quartz, sodium silicate, fused silica, and other exotic glass types, as well as use of hydrogen as a fuel will be covered in this course work. This course requires technical precision and proficiency, and will therefore be the main criteria for assessment, but thoroughness, commitment, effort, dedication, perseverance, timeliness, and experimentation will also be considerations for
assessment. $150 cousre fee

Prerequisite(s): ARTZ 147   and ARTZ 247  



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