ENGL 1101  English Composition I

3 Credits

A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills.

ART 1100  2-D Design and Color Theory

3 Credits

Elements of art and the principles of two-dimensional design, with emphasis on line, shape, texture, space, value elements of color theory executed through conventional methods .

ART 1150  Drawing I

3 Credits

Drawing, using a variety of media and techniques, including work from figure, still-life and landscape. Some drawing with digital media. For art majors or students seeking an in-depth art study.

General Education Core Curriculum Mathematics & Quantitative Skills

3 Credits

MATH 1101 or MATH 1111 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1190 or STAT 1401 or MATH 1001

General Education Core Curriculum Arts and Humanities

3 Credits

ART 1107 or DANC 1107 or TPS 1107 or MUSI 1107

ENGL 1102  English Composition II

3 Credits

A composition course that develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, that emphasizes interpretation, and evaluation, and that incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods.

ART 1200  3-D Design

3 Credits

An introductory course in exploring, evaluating and resolving concepts related to basic three-dimensional design problems. Exercises include three-dimensional drawing techniques and model building. Emphasis is placed on the application of elements and design and principles of organization as well as form and space relationships using a variety of media.

ART 2150  Drawing II

3 Credits

Pictorial composition with studies in use of line, form, value and texture, including work from nature, the life model and setups.

EDUC 2120  Explore Socio-Cultural Perspec

3 Credits

Given the rapidly changing demographics in our state and country, this course is designed to equip future teachers with the fundamental knowledge of understanding culture and teaching children from diverse backgrounds. Specifically, this course is designed to examine 1) the nature and function of culture; 2) the development of individual and group cultural identity; 3) definitions and implications of diversity, and 4) the influences of culture on learning, development, and pedagogy.

General Education Core Curriculum Technology, Mathematics, and Science

3 Credits

STAT 1401 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1160 or MATH 1190 or MATH 2202 or DATA 1501 or MATH 1179

ARH 2850  Renaissance through Modern Art

3 Credits

This is a survey/discussion course in which students study major developments and trends in world art from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries CE. It includes an introduction to parallel developments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

ART 2550  Computer Applications in Art

3 Credits

The study of computer technology employed by professional artists. Digital presentation and documentation techniques covered. Limited work with art production software.

ART 2990  Concept,Creativity, StudioPrac

3 Credits

This is a studio art foundation course and is a prerequisite for the BFA majors in all concentrations. It is designed as an introduction to the studio practices and conceptual processes of a creative artist.

ARED 3302  Teach,Learning & Develop in VA

2 Credits

This course is designed to help students gain an understanding of the current teaching issues in the field of art education and to understand development and learning in the P-12 art room. Creative, artistic, and perceptual development will be presented through an examination of the characteristics of diverse learners and an emphasis on the physical, psychosocial-emotional, and cognitive development of P-12 learners.

EDUC 2110  Critical & Contemporary Issues

3 Credits

This course engages students in observations, interactions, and analyses of critical and contemporary educational issues. Students will investigate issues influencing the social and political contexts of educational settings in Georgia and the United States. Students will actively examine the teaching profession from multiple vantage points both within and outside the school. Against this backdrop, students will reflect on and interpret the meaning of education and schooling in a diverse culture and examine the moral and ethical responsibilities of teaching in a democracy. Includes the use of current technologies which are directly related to effective teaching and 15 hours of observation and participation in appropriate elementary/early childhood, middle grades, secondary or P-12 environments. Note: Verification of professional liability insurance and a criminal background check are required prior to receiving a school placement.

ARH 2750  Ancient through Medieval Art

3 Credits

This lecture/discussion course surveys the art and architecture of the western world from prehistory through the middle ages. It includes an introduction to parallel developments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

ARED 3304  Teaching Art Hist/Crit/Aesth

3 Credits

This course is designed to prepare students to develop strategies for teaching art history, art criticism, and aesthetics in the P-12 art classroom. Students will develop materials appropriate for classroom instruction that stimulate and assess art learning. In addition, this course meets the required learning for Visual Arts Quality Core Curriculum of Georgia and National Standards for Visual Arts.

ART 3160  Painting I

3 Credits

Painting with various media emphasizing organizational structure, technical considerations and abstract relationships.

ART 3120  Ceramics I

3 Credits

Basic processes in ceramics, including pinch pot, coil and slab method of building, and an introduction to ceramic decoration with engobes and textures.

General Education Core Curriculum Arts and Humanities

3 Credits

ENGL 2110 or ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2130 or PHIL 2010 or ENGL 2140 or WLC 1002 or WLC 2209

General Education Core Curriculum Institutional Priorities

3 Credits

BLCK 1102 or AMST 1102 or ASIA 1102 or GWST 1102 or LALS 1102 or LDRS 2300 or PAX 1102 or ISD 2700 or POLS 2401 or RELS 1102 or COMM 1100

POLS 1101  American Government

3 Credits

This course examines the institutions and processes of American government and Georgia State government. Global comparisons are made between the governments of the U.S. and other modern nation-states.

ARED 4410  Intercultural Curriculum Model

3 Credits

This course is designed to prepare prospective art teachers to be able to plan and organize effective art programs and curricula, to explore innovative and exemplary art programs and materials, to assess art learning, and to develop a rational and strategy for articulating and promoting a quality art program. In addition, this course involves an exposure to art education literature that focuses on diversity issues in historical and contemporary contexts (including ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, sexual orientation and geography). Theories and models of contemporary art education practice are explored. Students also participate in a clinical practice activity in a partner school, involving the cooperative creation, delivery and assessment of an original art curriculum unit. Proof of liability insurance required prior to school placement.

EDUC 2130  Exploring Teaching & Learning

3 Credits

Explore key aspects of learning and teaching through examining your own learning processes and those of others, with the goal of applying your knowledge to enhance the learning of all students in a variety of educational settings and contexts. Note: Verification of professional liability insurance is required

ARED 3306  Mat,Methods&Mgmt -Art (P12)

3 Credits

This course is an intensive laboratory experience using the media and materials for teaching art. Intended for prospective art specialists teaching grades P through 12. Methods and strategies for teaching various art media and processes will be covered. Classroom management strategies are integrated into teaching methods. This course will include 40 field placement hours. Proof of professional liability insurance required prior to receiving a school placement.

General Education Core Curriculum Political Science and US History

3 Credits

HIST 2111 or HIST 2112

ARED 3308  Special Populations Art Educ

3 Credits

This course focuses on content knowledge and applications for art educators teaching students with disabilities. Content includes current legal, educational, and therapeutic issues as they relate to teaching art to special populations. Distinctions between art education and art therapy are discussed. This course includes 48 field experience hours and proof of professional liability insurance is required prior to receiving a school placement.

ART 3400  Digital Photography

3 Credits

This course introduces digital photography and its basic practices for fine art applications. It explores various methods of photographic image-making in contemporary art and its interpretations. Assignments and class critiques will emphasize the development of a visual vocabulary and explore the possibilities of photography as a visual arts medium.

ART 3500  Printmaking I

3 Credits

Basic printmaking processes including but not limited to relief (wood block), intaglio (etching, engraving) and stencil (silk-screen).

General Education Core Curriculum Technology, Mathematics, and Science (1 of 2)

4 Credits

SCI 1101 or GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 or (BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L) or (PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1111L) or (PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2211L) or (CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L) or (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (PHYS 1112 and PHYS 1112L) or (CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L) or (CHEM 1152 and CHEM 1152L) or (PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L)

General Education Core Curriculum Social Sciences

3 Credits

HIST 1100 or HIST 1111 or HIST 1112

ECON 1000  

Credits

Description not available

ARED 4650  Yearlong Clinical Experience I

2 Credits

This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in art education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars. Proof of liability insurance is required.

EDUC 4610  Intro to Yearlong Clinical Exp

0 Credits

This course is the beginning to the co-teaching Yearlong Clinical Experience in education. Candidates will attend the entirety of pre-planning at their assigned school before the start of the academic year (the exact timing of which will depend on the placement school?s schedule). Additionally, candidates will also attend the first week of the academic year in order to familiarize themselves with the policies and routines of their placement school and Collaborating Teacher.

ARH 3850  Art Since 1900

3 Credits

This is a lecture/discussion course in which students study major developments and trends in visual arts since 1900. Students become familiar with the dominant artistic practices and critical theories that defined ?modernism,? and with the social, political, and cultural changes that initiated the shift in visual art from modernism to post-modernism.

ART 3300  Sculpture I

3 Credits

An introduction to selected sculptural processes using a variety of media.

General Education Core Curriculum Technology, Mathematics, and Science (2 of 2)

3 Credits

SCI 1102 or GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 or GEOG 1125 or ANTH 1105 or GEOG 1110 or (BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L) or (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L) or (CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L) or (CHEM 1152 and CHEM 1152L) or (PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1111L) or (PHYS 1112 and PHYS 1112L) or (PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L) or (PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2211L)

ARED 4660  Yearlong Clinical Exp II

8 Credits

This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in art education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars and the completion of content pedagogy assessment. Proof of liability insurance is required

ARED 4990  Senior Seminar & Portfolio

3 Credits

This graduating senior capstone course focuses on the development of a professional art educator portfolio and other supporting materials. Career and graduate school research are course components. Topics address current issues relative to the emerging art education professional. The portfolio will demonstrate work that represents an individual style and a high level of professionalism.

General Education Core Curriculum Social Sciences

3 Credits

CRJU 1101 or GEOG 1101 or PSYC 1101 or SOCI 1101 or STS 1101 or ANTH 1102 or ECON 2106