Introduction to visual art education content, issues, and pedagogy for non-art speciaslist educators in P-12 school or community settings. Emphases are on the exploration of visual art processes and techniques; contributions of visual art to thinking and learning; and approaches to curriculum planning that integrates visual art with non-art subjects.

Not Repeatable for Credit

An intensive professional development workshop for pre-service of practicing educators working in a range of educational settings. Emphasis is on the application of theory to practice; curricular trends and issues; instructional techniques and strategies; and the development of instructional plans and materials for general or particular populations.

Repeatable for Credit: 9 credits and 3 completions

Issues and practices affecting art education programs for artistically talented students. Past research and writings about identification, administrative arrangements, and preparation of teachers for artistically talented students are examined and evaluated.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Exploration of critical approaches to newer media, including film, video, television, and electronics, directed toward an art context. Emphasis on the development of critical skills and approaches to teaching about aesthetics, art criticism, and art history and toward integrating these with art production in classroom.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Examination of social forces and competing philosophies that have shaped art education across a range of educational settings. Emphases are on emerging theories of artistic development and growth as well as the evolution of society-centered, child-centered, discipline-based, and visual culture philosophies of art education. Required for Art Education graduate students.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Study of issues related to curriculum design, adaptation, implementation, and evaluation for artistically talented students. Examines the requirement for public schools to offer special services and activities for gifted and talented students.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Examination and evaluation of advanced methods and materials for educating artistically talented students. Teaching techniques, learning styles of students, and other skills are discussed as well as selection, development, and evaluation of instructional materials.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Advanced teaching methods and newer educational materials for art education designed to give art specialists opportunities to improve their skills and knowledge in relation to specific professional situations, including education of artistically talented students.

Not Repeatable for Credit

A flexible course planned to give experience in the use of wood, leather, textiles, ceramics, and other materials, with special emphasis on the application of design principles. Not open to art education majors.

Not Repeatable for Credit

This methods course prepares students to teach online studio courses for secondary and post-secondary students. Focus is on integrating new media in online learning, engaging higher-order thinking through small group critique, and developing units of online instruction. Includes supervised praxis experiences.

Not Repeatable for Credit

An introduction to drawing and painting specially designed for teachers who have had little art experience.es.

Not Repeatable for Credit

An introduction to textiles and weaving specially designed for teachers who have had little art experiences. (Not open to art majors or minors.)

Not Repeatable for Credit

An introduction to sculpture and ceramics specially designed for teachers who have had little art experience. (Not open to art majors or minors.)

Not Repeatable for Credit

Course content will vary from semester to semester; this course may be repeated up to three times in a graduate program. Various topics, such as art and computers, women in art and education, understanding art testing, art curriculum theory and development, designing instructional materials, and current issues in art education, are examined and analyzed as they apply to contemporary art education.

Repeatable for Credit: 99 credits and 99 completions

Individual research or study with an Art Education faculty member, arranged in advance of registration. A one- or two-page written proposal should be submitted to the instructor during the first week of the term specifying the scope of the project, project activities, meeting times, completion date, and student products. Ordinarily, Z590 should not be used for the study of material taught in a regularly scheduled course.

Repeatable for Credit: 99 credits and 99 completions

The thesis may be an organized scientific study or a systematic and comprehensive analysis of theory and practice in a specific area..

Repeatable for Credit: 99 credits and 99 completions

History of art education in Western Civilization and in the public schools of the United States. Practice in abstracting and evaluating historical studies and investigating an historical inquiry.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Principles and practices of professional leadership in schools, colleges, art museums, professional associations, and governmental agencies; program development, research interpretation. Sources of funding and conference planning will be included.

Not Repeatable for Credit

Education experiences for prospective researchers; or supervised college teaching experiences; or administrative internships in some area of art education.

Repeatable for Credit: 99 credits and 99 completions

Observation and participation experiences appropriate to education of artistically talented students. Participants will have firsthand experiences with students identified as gifted/talented in the arts.

Repeatable for Credit: 99 credits and 99 completions

Required for Art Education doctoral students. Critical examination of a range of contemporary issues and topics, including those related to learning, curriculum, pedagogy, visual culture or equity in art education.

Repeatable for Credit: 12 credits and 4 completions

Required for Art Education doctoral students. Emphasis is on the analysis of research and scholarship in art education as well as the development of independent research and publication skills within a learning community.

Repeatable for Credit: 12 credits and 4 completions