Art Education

ARE500. Contemporary Approaches in Art Education. 3 Credits.

Focuses on relationships between historic and contemporary art pedagogies in terms of approaches to learning, students, conceptions of teaching, perceived educational purposes, and art teaching practices.

ARE501. Graduate Readings in Art Education. 1 Credit.

Presents contemporary and historic readings in art education. Includes antecedents to and examples of contemporary pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching in art.

ARE502. Curriculum and Instruction in Art. 3 Credits.

Design and evaluation of art curriculum in relation to contemporary art practices, instructional strategies, and assessment in secondary settings. Includes critical reflection on connections between schools and communities and culturally responsive pedagogic practices, and how to integrate contemporary art into middle and high school art classrooms.

ARE512. Material Inquiry in Art Education I. 3 Credits.

Students use material inquiry to develop PK-5 art-making projects and lesson plans, integrating computational and narrative reasoning with traditional, digital and new media materials and methods. The course emphasizes sustainable, universally accessible and culturally inclusive practices in art studio/classrooms.

ARE517. Visual Arts Research I. 2 Credits.

Working concurrently with Graduate Studio Research I, students will write a written proposal for a body of artwork based on theories, practices and contexts of the visual arts and art education pedagogy.

ARE518. Visual Arts Research II. 2 Credits.

Students continue to probe the relationship between theory and practice as a core element in artistic and pedagogical research as a result of their exploration of research in Visual Arts Research I.

ARE519. Art and Pedagogy I:Contemporary Approaches. 3 Credits.

Students will utilize theoretical frameworks shaping contemporary art education practice to develop an expanded repertoire of contemporary pedagogical strategies for engaging students with making and discussing art.

ARE520. Winter Session Review. 1 Credit.

In this Winter session weekend course, students will synthesize and refine ideas for their body of artwork, Artist Statement, Journal, and classroom experience developed during the fall semester.

ARE590. Fieldwork in Art Education I. 1 Credit.

Students observe in art classrooms to examine teaching/learning environments instructional strategies, and to document participant learning. The course must be taken concurrently with ARE500, Contemporary Approaches in Art Education.

ARE591. Fieldwork in Art Education 2. 1 Credit.

Through assisting PK-12 teachers at various levels, students will engage in preparation and organization of lesson materials and supplies, small-group instruction, and exhibition of student artwork in school. The course fulfills 45 hours of New York State's 100-hour pre-student teaching fieldwork for teaching certification.

ARE593. Art Ed Selected Topic. 3-12 Credits.

Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.

ARE594. Fieldwork In Art Ed. 3 Credits.

ARE595. Indep Study Art Ed. 0 Credits.

ARE701. Seminar in Art Education. 3 Credits.

This course will focus on the current directions and practices in art education, art and related disciplines. Attention will be given to the reflection on current practice of graduate students writing a comprehensive plan of study. This required course must be taken within the first six credits of graduate study.

ARE703. Instructional Resources in Art Education. 4 Credits.

Development of professional foundations for teaching art, which includes a critical review of related literature; designing, implementing and reflecting on differentiated culturally responsive instruction; considerations for classroom organization and material management.

ARE712. Material Inquiry in Art Education II. 3 Credits.

Visual arts practice as research in grades 6-12 art studio/classrooms. Through material inquiry, students will learn to integrate traditional art making materials and methods with digital, time-based and online artmaking in middle and secondary schools.

ARE717. Research in Art Education. 3 Credits.

Designed as an introduction to research topics and methods in art education. Topics include: Identification of research problems, the literature review, conducting searches, and reading and interpreting research journal articles. Different types of inquiry -- descriptive, quantitative, qualitative, philosophical and curriculum research -- will be examined. This course is designed for students to complete individual scholarly reviews of the literature in the topic areas for this master's thesis projects.

ARE721. Art and Pedagogy II. 3 Credits.

Students synthesize studio and pedagogical research and apply to the development of curriculum emerging from contemporary artistic practices. Includes designing curriculum and instructional strategies, organizing and presenting synthesis research in a public forum, and developing writing for publication.

ARE749. Seminar in Student Teaching in Art. 1 Credit.

Synthesizing of student teaching learning through critical reflection on planning, teaching and assessment and development of professional practices outside of classroom instruction, including preparation for certification.

ARE750. Student Teaching in Art K-6. 6 Credits.

ARE751. Student Teaching in Art 7-12. 6 Credits.

Student teaching field experience in art in which students demonstrate proficiency in all areas of art teachers' responsibility in the secondary school. A minimum of 30 hours per week for at least 8 weeks.

ARE790. Thesis in Art Education (3-6). 3-6 Credits.

Preparation and writing of a thesis under the guidance of the major professor. Required form available in the Records and Registration Office.

ARE793. Art Ed Selected Topic. 3-12 Credits.

Selected topics courses are regularly scheduled courses that focus on a particular topic of interest. Descriptions are printed in the Schedule of Classes each semester. Selected topics courses may be used as elective credit and may be repeated for credit, provided that the topic of the course changes.

ARE794. Fieldwork in Art Educat. 3 Credits.

ARE795. Indep Study Art Ed. 1-12 Credits.

ARE799. Continued Registration. 1-12 Credits.