AED 2100 Art Education for the Pre-Primary and Primary Child

[3 credit hours]

Focuses on the supporting the young child's capacity to create, perceive and appreciate the visual arts. Orientation to materials and instructional techniques will be explored through studio and gallery instruction with a young child.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AED 3100 Art Education for the Pre-Primary and Primary Child

[3 credit hours]

Focuses on the supporting the young child's capacity to create, perceive and appreciate the visual arts. Orientation to materials and instructional techniques will be explored through studio and gallery instruction with a young child.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AED 3130 Multi-Cultural Approaches For Art Appreciation

[3 credit hours]

An investigation of innovative methods for teaching multi-cultural understanding through art history and art appreciation. The Toledo Museum of Art's collection will be the focus for the course.

Term Offered: Summer, Fall

Multicultural US Diversity

AED 3300 Crafts In Art

[3 credit hours]

This course is designed to investigate the philosophy and variety of craft processes used to make art. Topics that may be covered include fibers, metal crafts, ceramics, paper making.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

AED 3500 Innovations In Art Education

[3 credit hours]

An introduction to new directions in secondary art education. Current views of philosophy and psychology are explored as the rationale for contemporary curricula in art education. This course has a prerequisite of an upper division score of 1 and is a corequisite with AED 3510 Art Education Practicum: Secondary.

Prerequisites: Upper Division with a score of 1

Corequisites: AED 3510

Term Offered: Spring

AED 3510 Art Education Practicum: Secondary

[1 credit hour]

This practicum is a supervised opportunity for students to gain experience in the classroom and other settings that provide instruction to children to students in a Secondary environment (Grades 6-12). The course assists students in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills needed to function as an art educator in a changing and diverse society through the act of observing and assisting a mentor teacher assigned by the University, and focuses on lesson plan implementation, differentiated instruction, behavior management strategies and assessment of student learning in their practicums. Furthermore, field activities assist students in understanding learners and the learning processes; gaining experience using instructional technology necessary for professional practice; and working effectively in both professional and community roles. This course has a prerequisite of an upper division score of 1.

Prerequisites: Upper Division with a score of 1

Corequisites: AED 3500

Term Offered: Spring

AED 3940 Art Field Placements In The Elementary School

[1-4 credit hours]

Field placement in an elementary school setting allowing the undergraduate student, with art teacher approval, to develop a course of study that will satisfy the special needs of the student in art education.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall

AED 4140 Art Education For The Special Child

[3 credit hours]

This course introduces and surveys a wide variety of art strategies and instructional adaptations for use with the child with physical, emotional or mental differences.

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AED 4300 Media And Methods In Therapeutic Art

[3 credit hours]

An investigation into group and individual processes as they relate to art media and methods in therapeutic art will be presented. Experiences in art media will be explored.

Prerequisites: AED 4560 with a minimum grade of D-

Term Offered: Spring

AED 4450 Curriculum In Art Education

[3 credit hours]

An exploration on the ways art educators develop and implement an art education curriculum in schools, with a particular focus on art history and primary school (K-5) environments. This course has a prerequisite of an upper division score of 1 and is a corequisite with AED 4460 Art Education Practicum: Primary.

Prerequisites: Upper Division with a score of 1

Corequisites: AED 4460

Term Offered: Fall

AED 4460 Art Education Practicum: Primary

[1 credit hour]

This practicum is a supervised opportunity for students to gain experience in the classroom and other settings that provide instruction to children to students in a Primary environment (Grades K-5). The course assists students in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills needed to function as an art educator in a changing and diverse society through the act of observing and assisting a mentor teacher assigned by the University, and focuses on lesson plan implementation, differentiated instruction, behavior management strategies and assessment of student learning in their practicums. Furthermore, field activities assist students in understanding learners and the learning processes; gaining experience using instructional technology necessary for professional practice; and working effectively in both professional and community roles. This course has a prerequisite of an upper division score of 1.

Prerequisites: Upper Division with a score of 1

Corequisites: AED 4450

Term Offered: Fall

AED 4560 Introduction To Therapeutic Art

[3 credit hours]

This course will introduce students to therapeutic art through investigation of theories in art education and art therapy. Students will explore art media and methods in therapeutic art programming.

Term Offered: Fall

AED 4900 Seminar In Professional Development

[2 credit hours]

This seminar is designed to enhance the student teacher's final preparation for employment. Professional issues, ethical behavior, interview techniques and other processes and concerns involved in entry into the profession will be examined.

Corequisites: AED 4930

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AED 4930 Student Teaching In Art

[6-12 credit hours]

Planned field experiences in public school classrooms under the direction of experienced art teachers. Gradual acceptance of full responsibility by student teacher. A scheduled time will be included to facilitating professional practices.

Prerequisites: Upper Division with a score of 1

Term Offered: Spring, Fall

AED 4990 Individual Study In Art Education For The Undergraduate Student

[1-4 credit hours]

Individual study is designed to provide the student the opportunity to work individually on professional problems under the direction of the art education staff without formal class meetings.

Term Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall