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  • ARED 504: Graduate Sculpture

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course is an advanced study in specific materials, processes, and concepts in the creation of sculptural form. (This course is also offered under the FINE 504 designation.) Repeatable up to 12 credits.
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  • ARED 505: Photography

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Making the fine photographic print is developed through the knowledge and application of the Zone System of exposure, film and print development, and darkroom processes. Other aspects of the course will include aesthetic criticism and chronology of the development of photography in the visual arts. The Zone System defines a more analytical process for the production of the fine print and only secondarily implies a learning methodology. (This course is also offered under the FINE 505 designation.) Repeatable up to 12 credits.
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  • ARED 515: Womens Issues in Arts

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course will provide an overview of women's creative achievements, experiences and status in the visual arts. The focus of this course is on gender; however, issues relating to the intersections of gender with race, class, national origin, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation will also be discussed. As well, the course will explore the portrayal of women and the way in which cultural definitions of gender shape women's aesthetic expression. This is an advanced level course open to graduate students interested in women and art. This course will require substantial reading and critical responses in written, verbal, and visual forms. (This course is also offered under the WGST 515 designation.)
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  • ARED 517: Art Criticism

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course concerns the methods of argument and language analysis as they apply to reasoning about the visual arts. The students critically assess the writing of contemporary critics and examine the theories of art and criticism upon which such writing is based. Students also refine their verbal and written critical skills as they attend to original works of art. This course is repeatable for up to 9 credits. (This course is offered under the ARCR 517 designation.)
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  • ARED 522: Perspectives in Art Education

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course focuses on contemporary and classical theoretical readings in the field of art education. An examination of the historical antecedents, theoretical bases, cultural influences, and curricular implications of various contending contemporary approaches to the practice of art education. (Repeatable to 6 semester hours)
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  • ARED 523: Assessment in Art Education

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Major theorists in the field of assessment will be studied. A specific focus will be developed around those theorists who address evaluation in the visual arts. The essential principles of art education as they relate to aesthetic assessment will be articulated. Techniques for evaluating the artistic process, appraising art, and assessing broad-based art content in relation to the goals of art education will be provided. Attention to curriculum and the design and implementation of evaluation instruments including content testing for assessment of affective and cognitive learning in art will be developed.
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  • ARED 525: Current Issues in Art Education

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    The particular needs of individual teachers, schools, districts, and/or intermediate units are addressed. The content deals specifically with identifying basic instructional problems and needs in the arts and analyzing current issues in art aesthetic education. Attention will be given to any multi-cultural influences which may need to be reflected in instructional planning. Emphasis will be placed on an examination of contending theories as they relate to those problems. Students will have the opportunity to design and implement strategies to meet individual program needs. Repeatable up to 9 credits.
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  • ARED 526: Differentiating Instruction Through Art

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course will provide an introduction to the philosophy of differentiated instruction and address the complex challenges of engaging diverse learners. The theories, research, and assumptions underlying differentiation will be examined, and applied to the implementation of successful differentiated instruction. Students will gain expertise making practical and flexible instructional decisions that help create a standards-based learning environment where all students can thrive and achieve in and through arts.
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  • ARED 532: Teaching Art in Alternative Settings

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course introduces and examines educational theories, and practices as they are implemented in alternative educational settings such as non-school settings (e.g. correctional settings, retirement centers), non-traditional or non-public school settings (e.g. cyber schools, charter schools), alternative arts venues, museums, non-profit organizations and community-based organizations and alternative art venues in relationship to art education. A range of issues, strategies, perspectives and theories associated with teaching sites will be explored through reflection responses, critical/reading responses, field experience, and seminar discussions.
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  • ARED 535: Integrated Curriculum in the Art Classroom

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course introduces and examines the history, theories, goals, and practices for integrating diverse disciplines with art education curriculum. The course offers exploration of meaningful, natural, and significant interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary connections between art and no-art subjects. Through reflective responses, critical/reading responses, field experience, and seminar discussions the students will learn how to develop substantive connections between the arts and other subject areas and explore a range of issues, strategies, perspectives, theories, and resources associated with making interdisciplinary connections for teaching an integrated art curriculum.
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