The Organic Law 1/1990, of 3 October, of General Ordination of the Educational System, establishes as the purpose of the Art Teachings to provide to the students an artistic formation of quality and to guarantee the qualification of the future professionals of the arts.

Giving satisfaction to these objectives in a general context marked by the rapid pace of cultural, technological and productive changes implies a redefinition of the dimension of art and technology in our society, as well as the relations between the artistic creation and the professional fields to which it is directed.

To ensure the achievement of these objectives, the Law provides for these teachings of a special regime that caters to its own peculiarities, in order to be organized according to its specificity and, at the same time, to be connected with the general structure of the educational system, reaching, where appropriate, degrees equivalent to university students. Thus, article 49.3 of the precise Organic Law provides for the possibility that studies of a professional nature in the field of plastic arts, whose scope, content and characteristics so advise, are configured as studies higher.

Consequently, and under such legal foresight, the present Royal Decree establishes the superior title of Ceramics, which will aim for the integral formation of professionals who develop artistic abilities, technological, pedagogical and research in this sector.

The teachings of ceramics in Spain have a long tradition and an important heritage legacy. The relevance of their contribution in the European context is due not only to the development that this art achieved in ancient times, but also to the special uniqueness of Hispanic-Muslim ceramics, whose footprint will exert a powerful influence on the development of the Spanish arts. In the modern age it will be the Real Manuinvoices that will again promote the art of ceramics through the dignification of their craft craft, conferring on their productions a sumptuous character in the way of decorum and classic or romantic taste.

But, in turn, this initiative of the Factories is one of the origins of the introduction in Spain of new technological procedures and modes of organization and production of the modern industry. Thus, the development that in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has reached the sector of the ceramic industry makes today a solid pillar of our productive economy.

If extensive is the diversity of objects and uses of ceramics, the current lines of research of its technology prefigure an even richer and unsuspected field of applications and services. From the point of view of the plastic arts and architecture, ceramics are inseparable from the evolution of contemporary concepts and works of art. This double facet, industrial and artistic, underlies the structure and curricula established by the Decree of 18 February 1949, on the reorganization of the teachings of the School of Ceramics of Manises. In fact, in this plan of studies two specializations are configured, one side the Peritaje in Ceramica Technique, focused on the training in the technology of the manufacture of ceramic products, and of another the Peritaje in Artistic Ceramics directed fundamentally towards the study and application of aesthetic values and the development of mastery in the domain of the shape, texture and decoration of the pieces.

On the other hand, and in that same sense, Decree 2127/1963, of July 24, on the regulation of the studies of the Schools of Applied Arts and Arts, established the specialty of Ceramics in the field of the studies. Subsequently, and in the development of the normative forecast contained in Article 47 of the Organic Law 1/1990, the Royal Decrees 1459/1995, of 1 September, and 1458/1995, of 1 September, have established several titles of Technical and Technical In addition to the Arts and Design, respectively, they belong to the professional family of artistic ceramics, whose teachings are directed to the specific training in specific fields of the ceramic sector.

Today, both art and industry share a similar interest in ceramics, in terms of the quality and innovation constraints that both have to achieve in order to anticipate optimal solutions to the problems that may arise. in the future. In order to advance in this direction, the title of Ceramica is established, which guarantees the formation and acquisition of criteria for the creation and use of ceramic materials and for the development of artistic and creative capacities. based on them. In this way, the traditional disconnection between artistic creation and scientific formation must be overcome in favor of the benefit that its interdisciplinary nexus confers on the industrial product as well as on the artistic culture and production.

The necessary communication between the artistic, scientific and technical knowledge allows to reach professional abilities to start and solve projects of industrial and artistic quality. The benefits provided by the affluence and conjunction of these different knowledge advise that these teachings be organized in a structure of homogeneous academic ordination with other higher titles of the Teachings of Plastic Arts and Design of the same level, thus facilitating common training components and flexible academic pathways for pupils.

Also, in application of the provisions of Article 49.4 of the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October, of General Ordination of the Educational System, the conditions of access to these studies are regulated in order to guarantee the equality of the rights of students throughout the State.

In compliance with Article 49.5, in connection with Article 4 of that Law, the minimum teachings of the Ceramics curriculum are established, understanding as such the basic aspects of the curriculum in terms of objectives, content and evaluation criteria.

Finally, in accordance with the legal clearance established in the second provision of Royal Decree 389/1992 of 15 April 1992 establishing the minimum requirements of the centres providing teaching The present Royal Decree collects the requirements of facilities essential for the centers that provide the superior studies of Ceramica, as well as the maximum numerical ratio teacher/pupil for the correct imparting of these studies.

For the elaboration of this Royal Decree, the Autonomous Communities have been consulted, which are in the full exercise of their competences in educational matters, as well as the various educational, professional and In this context, the Committee on Economic and Economic Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Economic Affairs and Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Affairs and the Environment, Public and Economic Affairs, and the Committee on the Environment, Public Affairs and

In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Education and Culture, prior to the report of the State School Council, in agreement with the Council of State and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting of November 6, 1998,

DISPONGO:

CHAPTER I

Superior Ceramics studies

Article 1. Establishment of the higher studies of Ceramics and purpose of the same.

1. The higher studies of Ceramics are established, in accordance with the provisions of Article 49.3 of the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October of General Ordination of the Educational System.

2. The superior studies of Ceramica are aimed at the integral formation of professionals who develop artistic, technological, pedagogical and research capacities, applied to industrial and artistic innovation and can contribute to the improvement of the quality of ceramic productions.

Article 2. Sort structure and total reading load.

The higher studies of Ceramics will comprise three academic courses, with a total of 270 credits, as well as the realization of a final project of career. For this purpose, credit is defined as the unit of assessment of academic activity, equivalent to ten hours.

Article 3. Establishment of the title and determination of their academic and professional level.

At the end of the studies established in this Royal Decree, the superior title of Ceramica will be awarded, which will be equivalent to all the effects of the University Diplomacy and will have an official character and validity throughout the national territory.

CHAPTER II

Access to the top studies of Ceramics

Article 4. Academic requirements.

According to the provisions of Article 49.4 of Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October, in order to access the higher studies of Ceramics, it will be required to be in possession of the title of Bachiller provided for in Article 29 of that Law, or declared equivalent, and exceed the proof of access regulated by this Royal Decree.

Article 5. Access test.

1. Proof of access to these studies will be used to assess the maturity, knowledge and skills to take advantage of these lessons.

2. It is up to the educational administrations, in their field of competence, to call, organize, develop and evaluate the access test to these studies.

3. The educational authorities, in the field of their competence, shall appoint the Court for the assessment of the access test. The Court shall be composed of a President and at least four Vocals, with the possibility of appointing more than one Court if the number of applicants so advises.

4. The overcoming of this test will allow access to any of the centers of the national territory where these teachings are cured, without prejudice to the availability of places of the same.

Article 6. Regulation of the access test.

1. The educational administrations of the respective management territories in which these teachings are taught shall at least one annual call for proof of access to the higher studies of Ceramics. This test shall consist of two exercises described in the following paragraphs.

2. The first exercise shall cover the following common subjects of the preceding educational level:

Spanish Language and Literature, History, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and Foreign Language. Each applicant shall select three of these subjects and shall develop in writing a question of each of the subjects chosen. To this end, the Court will propose four questions for each of the subjects. The maximum time to answer each of the subjects will be sixty minutes.

3. The Autonomous Communities with their own language recognised in their Statutes of Autonomy may include that language as eligible subject in the first financial year.

4. In this first exercise, both the knowledge of the preceding educational level and the degree of maturity in terms of understanding concepts, the use of language, the capacity for analysis and synthesis and the adequacy of integration will be valued. of the phenomena treated with other related disciplines.

5. The second exercise shall consist of two parts:

(a) The first part, with a maximum duration of five hours, shall consist of the performance of an exercise of representation of a three-dimensional model through the application of the techniques and languages of the artistic drawing and the representation of the same or other different model in a system of the technical representation languages.

(b) The second part, with a maximum duration of one hour, shall consist of the performance of a colour-positive exercise performed with a free technique, based on the free interpretation of the proposed model.

6. In the second exercise the fidelity, both artistic and technical, of the representation, as well as the creative aptitudes, the skills, the skills, the artistic sensibility demonstrated in the realization of the exercise, the knowledge, technical understanding, ability to raise and solve problems, quality and accuracy in finishing work and correct use of the techniques employed.

Article 7. Rating of the access test.

1. The rating of the first financial year shall be expressed in numerical terms using the scale of one to ten with two decimal places, with a rating of five to be equal to or greater than five.

2. In addition, the rating of the second financial year shall be expressed in numerical terms using the scale of one to ten with two decimal places, with a rating of five to be obtained for exceeding five decimal places.

3. The final rating of the access test shall result from the weighted average of the ratings obtained in the two outnumbered years, with the first financial year at 40 per 100 and the second year at 60 per 100. This final rating shall be expressed in numerical terms using the scale of one to ten, with two decimal places.

4. In case of not obtaining a place to study these studies, the applicant will have a maximum of four calls to be able to improve the qualification obtained in the access test.

Article 8. Other access to these teachings.

1. Those who are in possession of any of the titles of Technical Arts and Design, or declared equivalent, will directly access these studies in the conditions that the Ministry of Education and Culture establishes. For these purposes, the convalidations of subjects of similar contents can be determined, as well as correspondences with the work and/or professional practice.

2. The Ministry of Education and Culture may also establish direct access to these studies of those who are in possession of certain qualifications of a specific vocational training or equivalent.

3. The educational authorities, under the conditions which are established, may organise tests so that those over the age of 25 who are not in possession of the title of Bachiller may have access to these studies. For these purposes, the overcoming of the test of access to the University for over twenty-five years will be considered an equivalent academic requirement. In any event, it is essential that such applicants exceed the specific access test referred to in Article 5 of this Royal Decree.

Article 9. Admission of pupils.

1. The educational administrations will determine the places available, taking into account the capacity of the centres.

2. For the award of the available places to applicants who have passed the access test, the overall qualification obtained in the access test shall be treated, and according to the following order of preference:

1. Applicants who have passed the access test at the centre where they wish to take the lessons and during the academic year of the call.

2. Applicants who have passed the access test at the centre where they wish to take the lessons and in previous calls.

3. Applicants who have passed the access test at different centres and during the academic year of the call.

4. Number Applicants who had passed the access test at different centres and in previous calls.

3. Where there are circumstances of equality between applicants in application of the procedure referred to in the preceding paragraph, they shall be addressed by means of the average note of the academic record of the Baccalaureate, or, where appropriate, of the qualifications corresponding to the third course of the Unified and Polivalent Baccalaureate and the University Orientation Course.

4. Educational administrations will reserve a percentage of the places available in the centers for those who access these studies as provided for in Article 8 of this Royal Decree.

CHAPTER III

The minimum teachings of the higher Ceramics studies

Article 10. Objectives, contents and evaluation.

1. The objectives of the minimum teachings of the higher studies of Ceramica established in this Royal Decree guarantee a homogeneous formation of those who obtain the superior title of Ceramics.

2. The contents of the minimum teachings are organized in subjects and refer to knowledge scientifically based, facts, principles, instruments, procedures and ways of knowing how to do it. (i) the work of the European Parliament and the European Parliament.

3. The evaluation of the learning process of those who study the higher studies of Ceramics should make it possible to verify the degree of achievement of the objectives of these teachings.

Article 11. General objectives.

The general objectives set out below ensure the acquisition of the skills corresponding to the educational level of these plastic arts lessons. These objectives are as follows:

a) Knowing the economic and organizational framework in which the business activity develops and the capacity of the design to intervene as a factor of identity, innovation and development in quality.

b) Understanding ceramic productions as the result of the integration of formal, functional and communicative elements that meet the criteria of social, cultural and market demand.

c) Understand, raise and resolve the formal, functional, technical and productive and socioeconomic problems that arise in the exercise of the professional activity, adapting to the evolution of the processes Technological and industrial concepts and socio-cultural concepts.

d) Develop imagination, artistic sensitivity, analysis and synthesis capabilities, critical sense, as well as enhance the creative attitudes needed to solve the problems of this activity.

e) Valorar and rigorously select the artistic, cultural and social significance of the design enriched by the evolution of scientific research and technological progress.

f) Develop self-learning and knowledge transfer capabilities.

g) to stimulate interest in the protection, promotion and growth of heritage heritage and the promotion of the identity and cultural cohesion of the societies in which this legacy is generated.

h) Work with the use of multidisciplinary teams, ensuring the appropriate and integrated use of the criteria, knowledge, skills and skills acquired during the learning process.

Article 12. Specific objectives.

Superior Ceramics studies have specific objectives to achieve the following capabilities:

a) Characterize the raw materials components of the ceramic and perform the formulation of their compositions.

b) To properly use traditional artistic and craft techniques and procedures, as well as those that characterize the artistic productions of this professional field today.

c) Generate creative solutions to problems of form, function, configuration, purpose and quality of objectives and services through analysis, research and determination of their physical and physical properties and qualities their symbolic and communicative values.

d) To design and develop properly the ceramic design projects and their models or prototypes, observing the prerequisites and prerequisites, applying criteria that involve the enrichment and improvement of the quality in the use and consumption of the products.

e) To know and understand the significance of artistic and utilitarian productions as a manifest product of the evolution of scientific knowledge, of social models and structures and of various conceptualizations aesthetic, and analyze their influence on the sociological evolution of taste and in the phenomenology of contemporary design.

f) Generate processes of ideation and creation, both artistic and technical, solving the problems that in the processes of sketch and realization can be considered.

g) Analyze, evaluate and verify the productive viability of projects, from criteria of formal innovation, business management and market demand.

h) To know the characteristics, properties, qualities, behaviors and capacity of transformation of the materials that make up the products and that affect the creative processes of formal configuration of the same.

i) to acquire a scientifically based view on the perception and behavior of the form, matter, space, movement and color; as well as, with respect to the color, to know the laws, the measure, the codes (a) regulatory framework and its development and manufacturing in this productive sector.

j) Analyze, interpret, adapt and produce information that affects the performance of projects, be it in relation to the different processes of research and development of products and services, to the requirements materials and productive suitability, such as, where appropriate, instructions for maintenance, use or consumption.

k) Know, apply and develop correctly the techniques and procedures of the various laboratories and workshops, as well as know how to control and evaluate the quality of the productions.

l) Know the tools, equipment, machinery, processes and phases of manufacture, production and/or manufactured more commonly in the ceramic sector, as well as adopt the measures of periodic maintenance of the equipment and machinery used, while observing the technical specifications in detail.

m) Adopt the regulations governing and conditioning professional activity and measures on the protection of artistic and industrial creation and production.

n) Use the necessary preventive measures so that the production and production processes used do not adversely affect health and the environment.

n) Organize, direct, coordinate or advise work teams linked to ceramic projects.

Article 13. Organization of the contents.

1. The contents of the minimum teachings are organized in subjects of a theoretical-practical nature that attend to the following classification:

a) Troncals.

b) Specific materials.

2. For the purposes set out in this article, the trunk materials develop contents that allow to achieve the general objectives of the higher studies of Ceramics.

3. The specific subjects are those that develop contents that guarantee the achievement of the specific objectives of the higher studies of Ceramics.

4. Annex I to this Royal Decree lists the basic and specific subjects of the minimum teachings, as well as their minimum contents and credits.

Article 14. Final race project.

1. The final project will consist of the design and correct development of an original design project for the field of industrial or artistic production. In Annex I (C) of this Royal Decree, the basic aspects of this draft are specified.

2. The completion of the final project will require the completion of all the subjects in the relevant curriculum.

3. The educational administrations, when setting up their respective curricula, will determine the content, organization and evaluation of the final project.

4. Such a project may be carried out in the educational and/or rather than in the educational establishment, as well as in collaboration with competent bodies, institutions, companies, design studies or art. It may also consist in the carrying out of academically directed professional work or those carried out in the framework of national or international exchange programmes.

Article 15. Evaluation criteria.

The assessment in the higher studies of Ceramics will be carried out taking into account the basic criteria set out below:

(a) The correct characterization of the raw materials and ceramic materials and the correction in the formulation of their compositions, as well as the ability to transform the same by means of the technological systems of This sector shall take into account the requirements on properties and technical specifications in accordance with the use for which they are intended.

b) The correct use of traditional artistic and artisanal techniques and procedures, as well as those that characterize the artistic productions of this professional field today.

c) The knowledge of the business economic and organizational framework and the ability of this professional to be part of it and organize, direct, coordinate and advise on professionally linked work teams projects, improving the factors of identity, innovation and the development of business quality.

d) The development of aesthetic sensitivity and the capabilities of analysis, synthesis and critical sense, as well as the creativity demonstrated in the resolution of formal, functional and communicative problems.

e) Knowledge, the correct use and research of plastic languages, artistic techniques and the development of symbolic values.

f) The knowledge and understanding of the History of Art and the History of Design, of its aesthetic significance through artistic and utilitarian productions, as well as the demonstrated capacity in the analysis of evolution sociological of taste and phenomenology of contemporary design.

g) The analysis, interpretation and production of information concerning the processes of research and development of the products and services and, where appropriate, the instructions for maintenance, use and consumption, affecting the implementation of the projects.

h) The knowledge, correct application and development of the techniques and procedures of the various laboratories and workshops, as well as the control and correct evaluation of the quality indices of the productions and the capacity to adapt to technological and industrial developments.

i) Knowledge of the characteristics, physical and chemical properties, qualities, behaviors and capacity of processing of the raw materials and composite materials involved in the composition of the products ceramics and the creativity demonstrated in the intervention in the processes of production and formal configuration.

j) Knowledge of the most common manufacturing, production and/or manufacturing tools, machinery, processes and phases in the ceramic sector, as well as the adoption of the periodic maintenance measures of the equipment and machinery used, with detailed observation of the technical specifications.

k) The application of scientifically based criteria on the perception and behavior of the form, matter, space, movement and color; as well as, with respect to the color, to know the laws, the measure, the regulatory codes and their development and manufacturing in this productive sector.

l) The knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework that regulates and conditions professional activity and measures on the protection of artistic and industrial creation and on the protection of health and the environment.

m) The design, planning and correct development of the design projects, the degree of observation and compliance with the technical, functional, aesthetic and communicative requirements and conditions, the performance of Models and prototypes and the correct analysis, evaluation and verification of the productive viability of the same, as well as the formal innovation produced from criteria of social, cultural and market demand.

n) The demonstrated ability to integrate into teams of interdisciplinary character, for self-learning and for the transfer of knowledge.

n) The interest shown by the protection, promotion and growth of heritage heritage.

Article 16. Characteristics of the assessment.

1. The evaluation of the learning process of the students will be based on the degree of achievement of the general and specific objectives, for which it will take as an immediate reference the evaluation criteria set out in this Royal Decree, thus such as those provided for in the relevant CVs.

2. The evaluation will be differentiated in each of the subjects that constitute the curriculum. The evaluation of the final career project will be unique and inclusive.

3. The Ministry of Education and Culture, after a report by the competent bodies of the Autonomous Communities, shall establish the basic elements of the evaluation reports of the teachings contained in this Royal Decree, as well as the formal requirements arising from such a process which are necessary to ensure the mobility of pupils.

CHAPTER IV

The Curriculum of Higher Ceramics Studies

Article 17. Components of the curriculum.

1. The educational administrations will establish the curriculum of the higher studies of Ceramics, which will be part of, in any case, the minimum teachings approved in this Royal Decree.

2. For the purposes of the provisions of this Royal Decree, it is understood by curriculum of the higher studies of Ceramics the set of objectives, contents and evaluation criteria that must regulate their teaching practice.

3. The educational administrations, when setting up the corresponding curricula, may in turn have different academic pathways.

Article 18. Organisation of the curriculum.

1. The educational administrations, when establishing the curriculum, will organize each of the subjects in one or more subjects, and must make, in any case, those matters of those established in this Royal Decree to which they correspond those subjects.

They will also determine the course or courses in which they should be carried out, with the possibility of increasing the content and minimum credits that are set out in this standard for the different subjects.

2. Educational administrations will be able to complete the curriculum with other subjects not related to the subjects set out in this Royal Decree.

3. Also, educational administrations may establish optional subjects that develop content that aims to update, supplement and/or extend the training of those who pursue the higher studies of Ceramics. These contents will have to be different from those corresponding to the stem and specific subjects. For these purposes, a gradual increase will be made in the course of the studies of these optional subjects, not exceeding 25 per 100 of the total reading of these studies.

Article 19. Development of the curriculum.

1. The educational administrations, in establishing the curriculum of the higher studies of Ceramics, must take into account the economic and social development needs of the territory of their educational competence, as well as the function of these teaching in the promotion of its cultural heritage. To this end, they will promote the participation of the artistic, professional and business sectors and all those organizations and cultural and artistic institutions, or others that have objectives or functions close to their interests.

2. Educational administrations will promote the pedagogical and organizational autonomy of the centers, thus favoring the teamwork of both the teachers and the students, and facilitating the research and creative activity. They will also promote the continuous updating of knowledge and the achievement of objectives with a marked innovative and anticipatory nature, through study and research, as well as through teaching practice.

Article 20. Areas of knowledge.

1. The subjects that integrate the curriculum will be linked to areas of knowledge, according to the educational administrations and taking into account the belonging of those to a field of homogeneous knowledge.

2. The educational administrations, by arranging the centers that provide the superior studies of Ceramics, will link the basic organs responsible for organizing, coordinating and developing the research and teaching to the areas of knowledge referred to in the previous paragraph.

CHAPTER V

Other Provisions

Article 21. Academic and professional effects of the title of Ceramics.

1. The Ministry of Education and Culture shall establish access to the second cycle of other higher or university studies of those who obtain the title of Ceramics established in this Royal Decree, under the conditions that are also determined.

2. The Ministry of Education and Culture, after consulting the Autonomous Communities, will establish the additional provision of the "Additional provision" 3 of the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October of General Ordination of the Educational System. equivalence for the purposes of teaching the title of Ceramics for access to certain specialties of the Body of Teachers of Plastic Arts and Design.

Article 22. Validation of subjects.

The Ministry of Education and Culture will determine the conditions for the validation of subjects between the different titles of Plastic Arts and Design of this same educational level.

Article 23. Teachers.

1. In order to impart the teaching of the higher studies of Ceramics it will be essential to be in possession of the degree of Bachelor, Engineer or Architect, or of the title declared equivalent to those, for the purposes of teaching.

2. In order to provide teaching in the public institutions which set up the higher studies of Ceramica, the provisions of the Additional Article 14 (2) of the Organic Law 1/1990 of 3 October, as well as the provisions of the the second paragraph 2 of the Organic Law 9/1995 of 20 November of the participation, evaluation and government of the educational institutions.

Additional disposition first. Name of the centers that provide the superior studies of Ceramics.

The public centers that provide the superior studies of Ceramica established in this Royal Decree will be called the Superior Schools of Ceramics. Also, the private centers that provide these teachings will be called the Authorized Ceramics Centers.

Additional provision second. Minimum requirements of the centres.

The teaching centers that provide the superior Ceramica studies regulated in this Royal Decree must meet the following requirements:

(a) Those established as a general rule in Title I of Royal Decree 389/1992 of 15 April 1992 on the minimum requirements of the centres which provide artistic teachings, as well as those laid down in the Chapter III of Royal Decree 389/1992, of 15 April, of the higher education institutions of Design.

(b) The derivatives of the special nature of these teachings, as provided for in the second provision of the aforementioned Royal Decree 389/1992, and which are specified in Annex II to this Royal Decree.

Additional provision third. Numerical ratio teacher/pupil.

The maximum number of teacher/pupil ratio for the allocation of each subject corresponding to the higher Ceramics studies will be 1/15, without prejudice to the fact that, when establishing the corresponding curriculum, the Educational administrations can determine a lower numerical ratio for the delivery of certain subjects.

Additional provision fourth. No regulation of profession entitled.

The elements described as the purpose of the studies established in this Royal Decree will be understood in the context of the same, not constituting regulation of the exercise of profession entitled some.

Final disposition first. Specialist and emeritus teachers.

1. For the delivery of certain subjects or aspects of the curriculum, the educational authorities may establish, under the conditions to be determined, the recruitment of the specialist teachers provided for in the Organic Law 9/1995, 20 November.

2. The Ministry of Education and Culture shall establish regulatory regulations to allow the hiring of teachers who are declared to be in development of the additional provision of Law 1/1990 of 3 October 1990, according to The wording of the final provision of the Organic Law 9/1995 of 20 November.

Final disposition second. Character of the standard and enablement for its development.

1. This Royal Decree, which is made in use of the powers conferred on the State in Article 149.1.30. of the Constitution, as well as in the additional provision of the Law of Education, of 3 July 1985, of Law 8/1985, and by virtue of the habilitation that confer on the Government Articles 4 and 49.3, 4 and 5 of the Organic Law 1/1990, of 3 October, of General Ordination of the Educational System, is of a basic standard.

2. It is for the educational authorities to issue, within the scope of their respective powers, how many provisions are necessary for the implementation and development of the provisions of this Royal Decree.

Final disposition third. Reference to educational administrations.

All references to the educational administrations contained in this Royal Decree will be understood in relation to those that are in the full exercise of their competences in educational matters.

Final disposition fourth. Review and update of the teachings.

Periodically and, in any case, within a period of no more than five years, the Ministry of Education and Culture, at its own request or at the request of the educational administrations, will review and, if necessary, update the studies In order to guarantee their permanent adaptation to the evolution of the professional exercise, the artistic, scientific, industrial and technological innovation, as well as the social demand.

Final disposition fifth. Entry into force.

This Royal Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".

Given in Madrid to November 6, 1998.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Education and Culture,

HOPE AGUIRRE AND GIL DE BIEDMA

ANNEX I

Minimum Teachings of the Top Ceramics Studies

A) Stem materials:

1. Artistic fundamentals.

a) Number of credits: 36.

b) Contents: conceptual elements and basic behaviors of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional form. Description, representation, configuration, and formal expression. Structural elements and compositional languages. Deepening of the study of means, processes, techniques and graphic methods, pictorial and volumetric. Study of the phenomenology of color, its scientific foundations and its intervention in the symbolic configuration of plastic languages. Study of sensory, perceptual and cognitive processes.

Iconic memory. Study and analysis of the representative, expressive, communicative and interactive elements and concepts of matter, form, color, space and movement.

2. History and theory of art and design.

a) Number of credits: 12.

b) Contents: artistic and utilitarian productions as a manifest product of human activity and the anthropological, cultural and technological evolution of peoples. Knowledge of the history of humanity through the analysis, interpretation and systematization of artistic and utilitarian productions and their social function. Analysis of theories, methodologies and interpretative approaches to the phenomenology of art and design. The visual languages: narrative, significance and aesthetic theorization. Iconography and iconology.

Shape, use and value of objects, images and spaces in different cultures and over time. Analysis of the latest trends.

3. Scientific fundamentals.

a) Number of credits: 9.

b) Contents: study of the mathematical foundations and the numerical and statistical methods necessary for analysis, simulation and geometric, artistic, technological and socioeconomic interpretation.

Study and analysis of physical concepts and their articulation in laws, theories and models. Behaviour of solid materials and fluids, as well as their characteristics and mechanical, thermal, optical, electromagnetic and chemical properties. Study and analysis of the chemical concepts and their articulation in laws, theories and models, as well as the properties of the elements and the compounds and their chemical transformations in the field of ceramic productions.

4. Systems of representation.

a) Number of credits: 6.

b) Contents: study and correct use of the various systems of technical representation of space, objects, lights and shadows, as well as symbology and specific normalization. Study correlated and compared representation systems in terms of universal languages and instruments that guarantee the transmission of forms and inventions.

Specific regulations applicable to design projects in the ceramic sector.

5. Basic projects.

a) Number of credits: 6.

b) Contents: fundamentals of the design. Techniques of creativity. Design methodologies. Practical foundation of the procedures, techniques, languages and methodologies for the realization of the projects and their use in the ideation and resolution of projects corresponding to the different fields of the design. Analysis of the historical evolution of the product. Product lifecycle. Practical application of the criteria for analysis, synthesis and methodology. Decision criteria. Methods of resolution of the project. Workshop plans and final plans. Models, models and prototypes. Final evaluation.

B) Specific materials:

1. Sciences and technologies applied to the ceramic sector.

(a) Number of credits: 37.5.

b) Contents: enumeration and classification of the main materials used by man throughout his history. States of aggregation and structure of matter. Crystalline, amorphous and vitreous solids.

Phases transformations. Balance diagrams.

Structure, physico-chemical properties, configuration, classification and analysis of raw materials and organic and inorganic composite materials; characteristics, behavior, technical and utilitarian qualities.

Test methods and materials characterization techniques. Formulation, calculation and adjustment of the compositions. Identification and quantification of the components of the material. Scientific foundations, principles, laws, theories, transformations and thermodynamic processes.

Physical-chemical processes in the various technological stages of the manufacture of ceramic products.

Physical test methods. Classification and enumeration of stages or phases of industrial processes and evaluation of basic operations. Study of fuels and cooking processes. Analytical procedures for the control of the manufacturing stages. Classification and description of ceramic products for use.

Technology for the preparation of pastes and coatings, shaping and finishing of parts. Environmental impact.

2. Projects: Ceramics.

a) Number of credits: 18.

b) Contents: definition and implementation of ceramic projects. Analytical study of the historical evolution of the uses and products, of the technical-technological, functional and communicative conditions. Product lifecycle. Requirements and specifications. Ideation and Sketch. Realization of plans and memory. Presentation material and trim levels. Definition and realization of models, models, prototypes and preseries.

Rapid prototyping. Study of budgets and feasibility analysis. Resolution of the projects. Quality criteria. Assessment and verification. Management of industrial projects. New technologies applied to the industrial design and production of ceramics. Global computing and comprehensive design. Office-based networks. Modelling and simulation. Integrated communications. Organization of the work. Different techniques of rapid prototyping.

3. Modelling, matricery and ceramic seriation.

a) Number of credits: 9.

(b) Contents: materials, machinery, equipment and techniques for making use of modelling and matricery for the ceramic sector. Design and production of moulds.

Playback methods. Types of molds.

Storage and storage. Estimation of mold life parameters. Assembly and rework of parts. Defect defects in prototypes and preseries. Control tables and technical sheets. New technologies applied to the design and production of models, moulds and matrices for the ceramic sector.

4. Ceramic decoration:

a) Number of credits: 9.

b) Contents: classification of decorative and industrial decorative techniques: procedures, pastes, supports, color, texturations. Integration of aesthetic and compositional analysis. Direct, semi-direct and industrial procedures. Adequacy to the pavement and ceramic coating industry.

5. Social sciences and legislation applied to the ceramic sector:

a) Number of credits: 6.

b) Contents: study of the business characterization and techniques of organization of the resources applied to the study of the improvement of the processes and methods of industrial production. Legislation and regulations relating to the ceramic sector. Study of existing regulations regarding trademarks, patents, approvals and certifications.

C) Final race project.

The following are considered basic aspects of the final career project:

a) Study of the technical, functional, aesthetic and communicative requirements and conditions that affect their performance.

(b) Planes, mock-ups and/or prototypes performed as well as the conditions and instructions for use and consumption.

c) Analysis of its productive and economic viability from formal innovation, business management and market criteria.

d) Analytical, methodological and supporting memory of the same, including a complete documentary and graphic report of the various stages of development.

D) Distribution of the subjects and the teaching load of the minimum teachings of the higher studies of Ceramics:

Lective Load Materials

Credits

A) Stem materials:

1. Artistic fundamentals ..................................................... 36, 0

2. History and theory of art and design ................................ 12, 0

3. Scientific fundamentals ..................................................... 9, 0

4. Systems of representation ................................................ 6, 0

5. Basic projects .............................................................. 6, 0

B) Specific materials:

1. Science and technologies applied to the ceramic sector ............... 37, 5

2. Projects: Ceramics ......................................................... 18, 0

3. Modelling, matricery and ceramic seriation........ 9, 0

4. Ceramic decoration .......................................................... 9, 0

5. Social sciences and applied legislation

to the ceramic sector ................................................................. 6, 0

Total credits for minimum teachings ............................ 148.5

ANNEX II

Minimum requirements to be met by the centers that deliver the top studies of Ceramics

In addition to the provision of the second-first provision of this standard, centres providing higher learning of Ceramics must have the following facilities and material conditions:

1. A classroom of projects, with a surface of not less than 90 square meters, equipped with independent or networked computers, shared printing peripherals, scanner for capture of high-definition images and software suitable for the development of the material.

2. A classroom of computer applications, with a surface of not less than 90 square meters, equipped with independent or networked computers, and a professor's computer with a screen projection.

Print peripherals shared by multiplexer and scanner for image capture and software suitable for the development of matter.

3. A classroom-prototype workshop, equipped with machine tools for the manufacture of these in plaster, polymers or metal and specific machinery for the industrial realization of revolution pieces (Uniroller system).

4. A general ceramic laboratory, with a surface of not less than 200 square meters, structured in areas equipped with the own equipment of the specific techniques of each of them defined as follows:

a) Area of chemical, mineralogical and structural characterization of raw materials, materials and ceramic products, provided with the following techniques: sequential spectrophotometry of X-ray fluorescence, spectrophotometry Atomic absorption, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, X-ray diffractometry with high-temperature camera, ATG-ATD thermogravimetry, specific surface determination (BET), optical microscopy, electron microscopy (MET and MEEB) and preparation of samples for optical microscopy.

b) Industrial colorimetry and technological testing area, provided with the following techniques: dilatometry, granulometric analysis, determination of rheological properties, finished product control devices, control of the industrial colorimetry and cooking curve.

5. An oven, with a surface of not less than 200 square meters, equipped with the necessary ovens for the biscuit and decoration of pieces.

6. Pilot plant area, with a surface of not less than 100 square meters, equipped with the devices for the study and realization of crushing and grinding operations, mixing and disreading, sorting, filtering, part formation, drying and cooking of experimental samples of ceramic materials and products.