随着学生寻求独特的设计解决方案并学习以技巧和独创性来执行自己的想法，J和M的本科课程提供了逐步提高的设计复杂性和技术挑战。教授通过挑战性的作业，精选的阅读内容，生动的小组讨论以及鼓励非常规的方法进行表达性探索，帮助学生提高批判性思维和技能。通过质疑，评估选择方案并意识到自己的工作方法，进行批判性思考，阐明立场并捍卫有关材料的决策，制作过程，作品在人体和目标受众上的位置，掌握与时俱进的创作原创作品所固有的各种技术过程材料和方法，在方法，历史和文化方面，展现出对传统金/银锻造和当代珠宝制作的深刻理解，了解个人
The four-year Jewelry Metalsmithing BFA offers conceptual and technical challenges that help you discover and execute design solutions with skill and ingenuity. Faculty help you hone critical thinking and making skills through challenging assignments, selected readings and group discussions, and by encouraging unconventional approaches to the field. In the first year of the program, sophomores learn fundamental design principles, the history of adornment and the traditional skills of the gold/metalsmith. You also begin to develop your own design process for jewelry. Juniors continue to refine technical skills by delving further into a personal approach to design and content, while learning fundamental computer design skills, formal rendering techniques and the basics of enameling, casting and alternative materials usage.