6000 Level Art Education Course Descriptions

ARTED 6030
Museum Education
This seminar examines and analyzes the American art museum as a teaching institution based on observation, analysis, and critique of current museum education practices. Themes explored include audience analysis, evaluation methods, and the use of media, exhibition concept and design, and teaching methods. Efforts by museums to reach out to various communities, collaborations between museums and other institutions, and the way artists interact with and comment upon museums are also examined. Participants gain a detailed understanding of museum education practices in contemporary art museums.

ARTED 6040
Museum Education: Contemporary Issues
Utilizing Chicago area museums, this seminar analyzes all kinds of visual arts programming and concomitant visitor behavior. Exhibition design, interactive technology, integrative learning environments, interpretation, catalogs, and teacher curriculum guides are evaluated for efficacy and audience appropriateness. Educators learn to access the goals and objectives of the program design, determine whether the goals are reasonable for the targeted audience, evaluate the program’s success, and make relevant recommendations. Pertinent audience constituency issues are addressed. Course requirements include field observations and the design of a developmentally appropriate program for a specific audience.

ARTED 6100
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 third semester MAT students or with permission of instructor.

ARTED 6105
Graduate Fieldwork

Section 001: Graduate Fieldwork
The individual student and instructor will meet at agreed times to provide supervision and dialogue relating to the clinical experience. The choice of field site is agreed upon by student, instructor, and site supervisor. Students will spend 12 hours per week for 3 semester hours credit. This course can be taken for 3 or 6 semester hours.

Section 002: Cooperative Education Fieldwork/Internship
Graduate cooperative education and internships in art education allow students to work in part-time, art-related co-op positions in approved organizations and institutions. Students are assigned a co-op faculty adviser. Participation requires a total of 225 hours, with a minimum weekly average of 15 work hours with the internship organization. Call the Cooperative Education Program at 312. 629-9160 for further information. Permission to register for this course must be obtained from the director of the Cooperative Education Program. You must be a Master of Arts in Art Education student to take this course.

ARTED 6109
Thesis I: Research Methodology
The thesis tutorial course is designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to generate research questions, critically evaluate research studies, construct research design, and generate viable thesis project proposals. This will be accomplished through lecture and discussion, and the students developing a research proposal of their own design. The thesis proposal will be presented for evaluation to a professional panel review. The overall concern is that students develop thesis proposals which promise to yield original contributions to the field. You must be a Master of Arts in Art Education student to take this course.

ARTED 6110
Thesis II

Section 001: Thesis II
A master’s thesis is required for completion of the master’s degree in art education. The thesis should demonstrate a student’s ability to design, justify, execute, evaluate and present the results of original research or of a substantial project. Students work closely with an MAAE program advisor, and meet frequently with other MAAE participants in thesis tutorials. The final thesis is presented, in both written and oral form, to a thesis committee at a public presentation. Open to Masters of Arts in Art Education students only.

Section 002: Thesis II: Cooperative Education
This option allows art education master’s students to complete their thesis project in a part-time position in an approved organization or institution. Students are assigned a co-op faculty advisor. In addition to meeting the course requirements of ARTED 6110, participation requires a total of 225 hours of internship, with a minimum weekly average of 15 hours with the internship organization. Permission to register must be obtained from the director of the Cooperative Education Program, with the approval of the chair of the Department of Art Education. Call the Cooperative Education Program Office at 312. 629-9160 for further information. Prerequisite: ARTED 6109.

ARTED 6112
Interpretation Practicum:
Presenting Contemporary Art
This museum education course investigates the roles and responsibilities of artists, educators, and curators in the development and presentation of art programming. Participants install works of art, interpret exhibitions, and develop educational support for public audiences. Challenging issues associated with contemporary art and multiple perspective interpretation are investigated.

ARTED 6190
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: Open to third semester MAT students or with permission of instructor.

ARTED 6290
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: Open to fourth semester MAT students or with permission of instructor.