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4000 Level Art Education Course Descriptions
ARTED 4015
Ethical and Educational Issues in Community-Based Programs
This course examines the theoretical and practical problematics of implementing
community-based art programs. Through selected readings, visiting artists
and lecturers, field trips, and class discussions, students will consider
the impact of the physical contexts and philosophical rationales of
a variety of models of community-based programs. Central themes will
include the variety of definitions of community, individual identity
and community, histories of community activism and grassroots organizing,
sociological perspectives on race, gender, and class and culture, and
the geographical and architectural reflections of race and class in
the urban environment. Appropriate educational, administrative, and
fund raising strategies which respond to the complexity of community-based
programs will be examined, including critical pedagogy, collective models
of program planning, and popular education techniques. Students will
be required to do extensive individual research and creative work, including
interviews in the field, program observations, and the development of
a proposal for a community-based project. Open to students at senior
level and above or junior level with instructor’s permission.
ARTED 4100
Cultural Approaches to Production
This course provides a context for the investigation of various social,
political, personal, and historical purposes for cultural production
in public schools. Students understand the role of personal experience,
public memory, cultural narrative, intertextuality, audience, and agency
in relation to cultural production. Students develop curricula to interpret,
analyze, and teach various forms of visual culture relevant to diverse
and exceptional populations including issues of race, class, gender,
ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Prerequisites: Open to BFA with Emphasis
in Art Education students or with permission of instructor.
ARTED 4110
Facilitating The Art Experience
This course addresses the psycho-dynamic foundations which characterize
the relationships of art and human interactions, and focuses on effective
communication techniques. Teaching methods include case studies, directed
observations, assessment methods, and skill development experiences.
Students study the effects of trauma, violence, neglect, family conflict,
loss, and maltreatment of youth. Group dynamics such as competition,
opposition, and consensus behaviors are discussed. Essential counseling,
intervention, and conflict resolution techniques are explored. Students
are encouraged to locate themselves within a group dynamic in order
to better equip themselves as teachers, facilitators, change agents,
or administrators with new competencies in listening, developing relationships,
giving information, and structuring creative activities. Open to students
at junior level and above.
ARTED 4220
Psychological, Sociological, and Phenomenological Approaches to Teaching
This course provides an overview of psychological, sociological, and
phenomenological approaches to teaching visual culture to diverse populations.
Students investigate historical and current theories and philosophies
of human growth and development, creativity, artistic development, cognition,
and learning disabilities. Students observe, analyze, and evaluate a
variety of K–12 art experiences involving exceptional children.
Prerequisites: ARTED 3120 or with permission of instructor.
ARTED 4390
Fieldwork: Elementary and Secondary Experiences
This course provides students with opportunities to observe, analyze,
teach, and evaluate in elementary and secondary settings. Students build
constructive relationships with K–12 students, faculty, staff,
and community members at two fieldwork sites through active observation
and concrete engagement. This experience provides groundwork, connections,
and continuity to apprentice teaching. Prerequisites: ARTED 3120, ARTED
3211, and ARTED 3125 or 4100.
ARTED 4490
Apprentice Teaching
This course provides students with in-depth experience teaching visual
culture in elementary and secondary sites. Students are responsible
for planning, implementing, teaching, and evaluating lessons and units
for K–12 students. This fieldwork culminates with student presentations
that highlight the apprentice teaching experience. Prerequisites: ARTED
3120, ARTED 3125, ARTED 3211, ARTED 4100, ARTED 4220, ARTED 4390
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