Course List - Master of Professional Studies in Art Education
| Required Core Courses (18 credits) | ||
| A ED 811 | New Media and Pedagogy An exploration of the relationships between new forms of communication technologies and beliefs about the nature of knowledge and the nature of art. |
3 credits |
| A ED 812 | Diversity, Visual Culture, and Pedagogy Diversity matters in museum and K–12 art education contexts. |
3 credits |
| A ED 813 | Contemporary Art and Public Pedagogy Inquiry into the public pedagogy of contemporary visual culture for relevancy to museum and K–12 art education contexts. |
3 credits |
| A ED 814 | Pedagogy of Informal Learning Pedagogy and contexts for learning in museums and other cultural institutions. |
3 credits |
| A ED 815 | Action Research in Art/Museum Education Develop a reflective process with the aim of improving strategies, practices, and knowledge of the environments within which you practice art education. |
3 credits |
| A ED 594 | Research Topics Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis. |
3 credits |
The following courses are approved foundational courses for this program.
| Foundational Courses (6 credits)* | ||
| C I 550 | Overview of Contemporary School Curriculum Current school programs and options and their impact on pupils; problems in introducing new content into the curriculum. Prerequisite: 12 credits in education and psychology or teaching experience |
3 credits |
| EDLDR 551 | Curriculum Design: Theory and Practice The analysis and use of the foundations that underlie models of curriculum design. |
3 credits |
| EDLDR 560 | Principles of Instructional Supervision Social and institutional settings for instructional supervision; functions, activities, and practices of supervision; supervisory case studies. |
3 credits |
| EDLDR 563 | Designing Staff Development Programs Designing, implementing, and evaluating effective staff development programs for personnel in educational settings. |
3 credits |
| ADTED 460 | Intro to Adult Education History, methods, agencies, program areas, and problems of adult education in the United States. |
3 credits |
| ADTED 498 | Teaching Adults Responsibly Virtues operating in particular teaching situations are examined. Also examined are opportunities and challenges enabling and constraining those virtues. |
3 credits |
*You must speak with an art education academic adviser before choosing your foundational courses.
The following courses are approved as 400-level or above electives for this program.
| Elective Courses (6 credits)* | ||
| EDLDR 553 | Issues in Curriculum The course provides a broad overview of contemporary school-based issues that stem from or become associated with the school curriculum. |
3 credits |
| C I 501 | Teaching as Inquiry In this course, students are expected to complete a sustained, systematic inquiry (typically empirical in nature). |
3 credits |
| LL ED 502 | Studies in Literature for Children Study of various genres of children's literature from various critical perspectives; emphasis on role of literature in children's lives. |
3 credits |
| ADTED 470 | Introduction to Distance Education An introduction to the history, philosophy, organizations, learning theories, and instructional procedures used in American and international distance education. |
3 credits |
| EDTEC 440 | Introduction to Computers for Educators Use of personal computers, video, and other media in education; models use technologies that include video, audio, print, computer, and telephone. |
3 credits |
| EDTEC 448 | Using Internet in the Classroom An introduction to methods and models of using the Internet effectively in the classroom. Prerequisite: EDTEC 400 or demonstrated Internet awareness |
3 credits |
*You must speak with an art education academic adviser before choosing your elective courses.