Job Opportunities

Original Commissions
Production Woodworker
Custom Furniture Maker
Cabinet Maker 1001 Burkemont Avenue
Sarah Martin, Artist Morganton, NC 28655
Studio Artisan Instructor, Professional Crafts: Wood
Apprentice
Entrepreneur

The Professional Crafts: Wood program

offers an Associate in Applied Science,
Professional
a Diploma or Certificate
based on number of SHC Crafts:
Wood

For more information contact:

Lily Chair
Courtney Long Cherry, Bleached and Carved Maple
Coordinator, Professional Crafts
Western Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue
828.448.3552
Morganton NC 28655

828.448.3552
www.wpcc.edu
clong@wpcc.edu
Spring 2009
 Professional Crafts: Wood
Western Piedmont Community College General Education 16 SHC
offers a Professional Crafts: Wood program that
trains students in traditional and modern ART 114 Art History Survey I
ENG 111 Expository Writing
methods of custom furniture and wood
ENG 114 Prof Research/Reporting
accessories. Students with varying degrees of Social/Behavioral Science Elective
experience are accepted; however all courses
must be taken in consecutive order beginning in Select One:
sequence in the fall semester. Students unable to MAT 140/140A Survey of Mathematics Lab
enroll in fall woodworking courses are BIO 140/140A Environmental Bio/Lab
encouraged to complete general education and BIO 110 Principles of Biology
other major hours during the spring semester.
Major Hours: Core 34 SHC
PCW 110 Introduction to Woodworking
Throughout the program, students are PCW 111 Framing Joinery/Design
The 1750 square foot wood shop is equipped with
encouraged to develop their own personal PCW 112 Production Design
machines to support fine woodworking
creativity and vision while developing PCW 210 Chair Design
instruction: Agazzani Band Saw, Laguna Mortiser,
woodworking skills. Technical instruction is PCW 211 Casework Design
Jointer, Drill Press and Sander, General Machinery
sequential--from basic hand tool use and
Planer, (2) Oneway Lathes, Sawstop Table Saw and
sharpening, through traditional mortise, tenon, Other Major Hours: 22 SHC
Wetzler Clamps. Students work on a European-
and dovetail joinery, as well as safe and efficient ART 121 Design I
style workbench and have available a large
operation of stationary woodworking machinery. CIS 110 Introduction to Computers
selection of Festool hand tools and accessories.
As students progress through advanced ART 122 Design II
construction techniques, they will complete PCW 212 Wood Studio Planning
chair design and fabrications, casework, and PCR 212 Craft Marketing
production design courses. PCR 112 20th Century Crafts
DES 255 Furniture Design History
DFT 111 Technical Drafting
The Professional Crafts: Wood program is DFT 154 Introduction to Solid Modeling
designed to prepare graduates for multiple tasks
required of successful artisans and to establish a Total Credit Hours Required 72 SHC
business of their own. Graduates may tap into a
variety of opportunities available to custom Up to 8 SHC of Cooperative Education may be
woodworkers including private and professional substituted for appropriate coursework.
one-of-a-kind commissions, production work,
and teaching. In-state tuition is $50.00 per credit hour.
Out-of-state tuition is $241.30 per credit hour.
Additional costs exist for books, supplies, activity
fees, insurance, and special program requirements.