Courses Offered

Art Education – Spring 2013

ARTE 2440. Art for Early Childhood Education (2). Fall, Spring, Summer. Introduction to art education for prekindergarten through third grade, approaches to planning and teaching developmentally appropriate art learning activities in preschool settings and elementary schools. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Extra fee.

ARTE 2450. Art for Middle Childhood Education (2). Fall, Spring, Summer. Introduction to art education for grades four through eight, approaches to planning and teaching developmentally appropriate art learning activities. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Extra fee.

ARTE 2520. Foundations of Art Education (3). Fall. Introduction to historical/contemporary approaches to art education, study of child art development, and lesson planning. Includes field experience in schools. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; PSYC 1010; a grade of "C" or better in GSW 1120. C/F hours: 40. Extra fee.

ARTE 3520. Media and Methods in Art Education (3). Fall. Studio practices, art criticism, and art history methods; curriculum development and lesson planning; preschool field-based practicum. Prerequisites: ARTE 2520, junior standing. May be taken concurrently with ARTE 3820. C/F hours: 40. Extra fee.

ARTE 3820. Art Methods for Special Needs Learners (3). Fall, Spring. Art teaching methods for exceptional populations in regular and alternative settings. Field-based practicum. May be taken concurrently with ARTE 3520. C/F hours: 40. Extra fee.

ARTE 4070. Visual Arts Methods and Teaching Practicum (3). Fall, Spring. Implementation of planned curricula, teaching methods, and assessment strategies in School of Art’s Saturday Art Program (ages 3-17). Prerequisites: ARTE 3420, ARTE 3520, ARTE 3820. May be taken concurrently with ARTE 4520. C/F hours: 70. Extra fee.

ARTE 4520. Advanced Methods in Art Education (3). Fall, Spring. Curriculum development in art criticism, art history, and aesthetics, assessment, classroom management, and curriculum issues for middle childhood through young adult. Prerequisites: ARTE 3420, ARTE 3520, ARTE 3820. May be taken concurrently with ARTE 4070. C/F hours: 20. Extra fee.

ARTE 4700. Independent Studies in Art Education (1-3). Supervised individual problems in selected art education research for students who have shown proficiency and marked degree of independence in other art education coursework. May be repeated. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

ARTE 4920. Teaching Internship (7). Fall, Spring. Classroom teaching under supervision on full-day basis at early childhood/middle childhood levels, including conferences and seminars. Required for State multi-age licensure in visual arts. Eligibility requirements must be met. C/F hrs.: 35 hours per week. Graded S/U. Extra fee.

ARTE 4950. Special Topics in Art Education (1-3). Workshop topics and intensive group studies relative to special needs of visual arts teachers. May be repeated.

ARTE 4970. Teaching Internship (7). Fall, Spring. Classroom teaching under supervision on full-day basis at middle childhood/adolescent through young adult levels, including conferences and seminars. Required for State multi-age licensure in visual arts. Eligibility requirements must be met. C/F hrs.: 35 hours per week. Graded S/U. Extra fee.

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