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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits (2.00 lab) This course covers the basics of bezel stone setting. Students will learn stone fitting, bezel preparation, punch construction, tightening and finishing; practice bezel setting on various mounting styles; and become skilled at identifying different bezel settings, preparing various types of mountings, punch set bezel mountings and identifying various stone shapes. Industry standards will be introduced and be the standard for this course. This course has a lab fee. Prerequisite: JLRY 1500.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course provides a background for comprehensive understanding of gem materials. It teaches students how to identify the physical and optical properties of gems, and how to advise clients on the selection and best use of gems. This is a unit of loupe-based instruction. A text, notebook, loupe, locking tweezers and gemstone durability chart are mandatory. (Normal visual acuity and color perception are necessary.) Prerequisites: Placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course covers advanced gemological studies and identification skills using instruments including the microscope, polariscope and refractometer. It examines treatments and enhancements, laser drilling and fracture filling, and assesses durability risks in various bench operations. (Normal visual acuity and color perception are necessary.) Prerequisites: JLRY 1810 or instructor approval; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course offers an overview of diamonds' history, production and dollar volume. Students will evaluate the five C's of cut, color, carat weight, clarity and cost. Cutting, shapes and styles are discussed. Physical and optical properties are studied, along with durability, care and cleaning. Review of treatments will be encountered, including laser drilling and clarity enhancement. Damages, repair and re-cutting are discussed. A loupe, locking tweezers and text are mandatory. (Normal visual acuity and color perception are necessary.) Prerequisites: Placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course covers diamond instrumentation, vocabulary, techniques of the diamond grading and plotting processes, and FTC regulations concerning diamonds. (Normal visual acuity and color perception are necessary.) Prerequisites: JLRY 1820 or instructor approval; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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3.00 Credits
3.00 credits (2.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course provides a comprehensive background of information for the person preparing to work in the retail jewelry industry, with emphasis placed on different techniques of retail sales, visual merchandising, and policy and procedure for day-to-day store operations. (Normal visual acuity and color perception are necessary.) Prerequisites: JLRY 1810 or instructor approval; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits (1.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course covers identification of the various aspects of the working properties of gemstones. Students will list the stones from the hardest and most durable to the softest and most vulnerable. Various jewelry repair and manufacturing techniques are detailed. Cleaning solutions as well as industry-standard equipment are demonstrated and maintained. Legal guidelines are profiled, and stone enhancements are documented. This course has a lab fee. Prerequisite: JLRY 1500.
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits (1.00 lec/1.00 lab) This course covers the selection, preparation, description and display of students' work. They will prepare and profile a comprehensive package of the jewelry projects and skill applications. The group of selected assignments students select will become a part of their rèsumés. Their completedportfolios can be used in a job search and interview process. This course has a lab fee. Prerequisite: JLRY 1500.
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2.00 Credits
2.00 credits (2.00 lab) Students will focus on advanced lapidary cuts: tongues, bullets, tri-cab, bi-cabs and inlay into rings. The course is also an introduction to carving cabochon with diamond wheels and diamond carving points. Students will cut eight stones and inlay one ring. Prerequisites: JLRY 1650; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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1.00 Credits
1.00 credit (1.00 lab) This course covers the proposal, diagram and full process of producing a special jewelry project. A job sheet of documented time, as well as material and supply lists, will be submitted with the constructed piece for evaluation. Prerequisites: JLRY 1500 or experience in trade; placement into READ 0200 or placement into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
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