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Courses: Art Education (ARED)

6325: Selected Crafts for the Secondary School
Cr. 3. (2-4). Prerequisite: baccalaureate in art. Survey of traditional crafts and their application in contemporary society with emphasis on materials, processes and design adaptable to secondary art programs.

6330: Art in the Elementary Classroom
Cr. 3. (3-0). Children's development in art and application of art activities to learning in the basic skills areas in the elementary school.

6335: Art for the Secondary School
Cr. 3. (2-4). Prerequisite: baccalaureate in art or consent of instructor. Study of art criticism, history, and media appropriate for secondary school art programs.

6340: Art for the Elementary School
Cr. 3. (2-4). Prerequisite: ARED 6330. Introductory study of art criticism, history, and media appropriate for elementary school art programs.

6345: Art in the Elementary and Secondary Schools
Cr. 3.(3-3). Children's and adolescents' artistic development and the application of contextualized art education in elementary and secondary schools.

6350: Art Education Technology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Examines the use of video production, laser discs, hypermedia, and computer graphics for image making in the art classroom.

6360: Teaching Art History in K through 12 Programs
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in art. Teaching the historical and cultural aspects of the visual arts and the skills of art criticism in K through 12 art programs.

6365: Teaching Art Criticism, History, and Aesthetics
Cr. 3. (3-3). Methods of integrating art criticism, art history, and aesthetics into K through 12 art program.

7305: History or Art Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Art education as a social instrument is studied in the context of general culture.

7315: The Philosophy of Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Aesthetics is studied in terms of its application to contemporary issues in art education.

7350: Curriculum Development in Art Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ARED 6360 or equivalent. Study and application of principles of art education curriculum design, development, and evaluation.

7352: Issues and Trends in Art Education
Cr. 3. (3-0). Examination and analysis of selected current issues, trends, and problems in art education.