The University of Iowa Ceramic program offers BA, BFA, MA and MFA degrees. The main undergraduate studio space consists of approximately 2000 square feet. Six graduate student studios occupy another 1000 square feet. In addition to these studio areas, there is a 2000 square foot indoor kiln room, and an outdoor kiln area immediately adjacent to the studio building. The indoor kiln room houses six electric and six gas kilns, ranging in size from 30 cubic feet to an 80 cubic foot car kiln. The outdoor kilns are a 26 foot long anagama, a 12 foot anagama, and a two-chamber combination salt/wood kiln.

The studio is well-equipped with twenty-five kick and electric potters wheels, two dough mixers, a pug mill, a large slab roller, two hand extruders, a fork-lift, two hydraulic log-splitters, five chain saws, arch and gas welders, and a 1.5-ton flat bed dump truck.

Classes are taught by two full-time tenured professors: Bunny McBride (Area Head) and Chuck Hindes. McBride and Hindes have exhibited internationally and have conducted workshops throughout the United States. Dan Murphy, an adjunct instructor, teaches two evening beginning classes. in addition to these faculty, there are four quarter-time graduate assistants who maintain equipment, order and stock materials, and occasionally assist in teaching beginning classes. Reagan Yoder is a full-time studio technician who oversees the daily needs of this large facility.

Ceramics majors are encouraged to enroll in a wide range of classes in studio and Art History, to take full advantage of the richness and interaction between faculty and students of this art school. The ceramics students and staff also invite 2-3 artists each year, to come to The University of Iowa for 1-2 day workshops. Recent visiting artists include: Goro Suzuki, Jun Kineko, Linda Christianson, Val Cushing and Peter Volkous.

Other services include the slide room, stocking and ample supply of historical and contemporary slides, videos, and films. The Art Library has an excellent selection of printed materials an reserve as well as theses on technical, aesthetic, and multicultural resources. Art History classes deal specifically with African and Pacific Rim ceramics, and The University of Iowa Museum of Art holds an impressive collection of both historical and contemporary works from all geographic areas.