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• ARU 395: HON:INDPT STUDY/THESIS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Honors Independent Study/Thesis
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• ARU 399: SENIOR EXHIBITION

  0.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Student exhibition is a requirement for graduation. All BS in Art Education degree candidates participate in a Spring Semester Senior show the year that that are graduating. December graduates will show in the Spring semester prior to graduation. Participation in a Senior Show is defined as showing at least one piece/documentation/record within the confines of the display area being used for the exhibition (usually the Sharadin Art Gallery). Showing work in alternate spaces on campus, and not in the Senior Show, will not satisfy the graduation requirement.
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• ARU 401: LEARNING VIS ARTS: CHILDHOOD

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides learners with an introduction to teaching visual arts (fine art, design, craft) and visual culture in grades preK-5 elementary settings. Learners in this class will investigate curriculum planning, individual and social development, instructional strategies, as well as historical and theoretical issues in art education. Learner activities will include narrative account, observation of elementary teaching settings, studio and critical response activities, and the design of curriculum plans and instructional materials appropriate for art and visual culture in elementary settings. The class will be conducted within a studio framework and will include presentations, discussions and performance-based activities. ARU 401 & ARU 420 are co-requisites and should be taken simultaneously.
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• ARU 420: LEARNING VIS ARTS: ADOLESCENCE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides learners with an introduction to teaching the visual arts (fine art, design, craft) and visual culture to adolescent populations. Learners in this class will investigate curriculum planning, individual and social development in the arts, instructional strategies, as well as historical and theoretical issues in art education. Learner activities will include observation of and interaction with adolescent learners, studio and critical response activities, and the design of curriculum plans and instructional materials appropriate for art and visual culture to adolescents. The class will be conducted within a studio framework and will include presentations, discussions and performance-based activities. ARU 401 & ARU 420 are co-requisites and should be taken simultaneously.
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• ARU 430: STUDIO THINKING

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Studio instruction is a central feature of art education classes in Pre K through 12 settings. In this course, students will be introduced to a wide range of strategies teachers employ to engage their students in studio thinking (Fine Arts, Crafts, Design). Students will investigate developmentally appropriate strategies used to demonstrate, facilitate, and critique artwork. Students in this class will be introduced to a range of issues, strategies, and perspectives associated with studio teaching methods.
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• ARU 440: VISUAL CULTURE PEDAGOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course aims to expand the student awareness of the proliferation and pervasiveness of imagery, artifacts, and events in art and visual culture, and provides an introduction to those critical theories and practices that have framed 20th century understandings of visual art, design, and visual culture. Students are encouraged to use critical strategies to reflect on the relationship of contemporary art and visual culture to the construction of identity, the richness of global cultures, and the integrity of human-made environments. The course is writing-intensive, emphasizing the need for students to clearly articulate their ideas, using models from disciplines engaged in similar critiques. Prerequisites: ARU 401, ARU 420.
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• ARU 450: BEST PRACTICES IN ART ED

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of exemplary teaching in art education. Case studies and model teaching will introduce students to instructional strategies practiced by experienced teachers in noteworthy K-12 art programs. Through lecture/discussion, students will examine how these practices relate to the style and personality of teachers, state and local standards, and the context of specific schools involved in the case studies. An emphasis will be placed upon specific teaching contexts and their applicability to other situations. 1-3 c.h., 1-3 s.h. Repeatable up to 9 s.h.
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• ARU 475: ART ED FIELD EXPERIENCE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a practical orientation to the teaching of art in a multicultural society through being an aide to an art teacher in a school situation. Students have opportunities to experience the adaptation of media and techniques for instruction in the classroom. Seminars, workshops, and individual conferences with the college instructor accompany the experience of the art classroom assistantship. Students are responsible for their own transportation. Students are expected to fulfill all the course requirements assigned in relationship to the number of credit hours. A minimum of 6 hours of work outside of the class is required per week. Prerequisites: ARU 401, ARU 420.
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• ARU 476: ART EDUCATION INTERNSHIP I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This internship provides candidates already teaching art in private and charter schools with clinical experience in order to earn PA Visual Arts Certification PreK-12 while on the job. An internship provides the teacher candidate with opportunities to participate instructionally as the art teacher of record at their own school while being mentored by an experienced classroom teacher and university supervisor. The internship is the first of two internships taken in sequence that will provide the teacher candidate mentorship and supervision for an entire school year.
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• ARU 477: ART EDUCATION INTERNSHIP II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This internship provides candidates already teaching art in private and charter schools with clinical experience in order to earn PA Visual Arts Certification PreK-12 while on the job. An internship provides the teacher candidate with opportunities to participate instructionally as the art teacher of record at their own school while being mentored by an experienced classroom teacher and university supervisor. The internship is the second of two internships taken in sequence that will provide the teacher candidate mentorship and supervision for an entire school year.
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