Fall 2025

(Please refer to the Schedule of Classes for a complete listing of courses and check Athena for course restrictions.)

ARED 2110S

Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Art Education

Manlangit | 62846

For education majors and related fields, this service-learning course provides an introductory space for students to interact with and learn more about critical and contemporary issues related to art education and the different forms it can take, both within and outside of K-12 settings. Students investigate a wide range of topics and approaches to art education, including community-based art practices, sustainability, play, teaching with contemporary art, and non-traditional sites of learning. This course offers opportunities for students to explore the multiple facets of art education through hands-on teaching experiences, reflection, and artmaking.

• All majors welcome!
• No prerequisites
• Fulfills UGA Experiential Learning requirement

ARED 3070

Art & Society: Visual Culture, Diversity, & Pedagogy

Bustle | 43494

Roberto Lugo, The Talented Mr. Trotter: You Can Be Anything, 2022, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Steve Weinik, © City of Philadephia Mural Arts Program/Roberto Lugo.

For education majors and related fields, this course probes intersections of visual culture, diversity, contemporary art, and pedagogy. Students investigate pedagogical implications of visual culture studies grounded in critical theories of diversity, addressing race, ethnicity, gender, sex, dis/ability and class in the U.S. Relevant contemporary art is explored for educational significance.

• All majors welcome!
• No prerequisites
• Fulfills Franklin Multicultural and University Cultural Diversity Requirements

ARED 4350S/6350S

Elementary Curriculum in Art Education

Hanawalt | Undergrads: 38305 | Grads: 38306

The purpose of this course is to engage with practices, theories, and discourses relevant to elementary curriculum in art education. Each semester, students will work both individually and collaboratively to investigate contemporary perspectives and dialogues within the field of art education through critical and experiential inquiry. Over the course of the semester, students will: perform research, analyze school contexts, study learners, engage in an art classroom in a local school, design and lead art experiences, document personal and student learning, develop art curricula, and present the results of inquiry. Through the experiences of this course, students will navigate the complex journey of developing a professional identity as a teacher and leader in the field of art education.

Time for field experiences is built into this course, therefore it is a requirement that students have their pre-service certificate processed prior to the start of the fall semester.

ARED 5460

Student Teaching in Art Education

Yim | 56909

ARED 5460/7460

Student Teaching in Art Education

Kallio-Tavin | Undergrads: 53262 | Grads: 53263

ARED 5470/7470

Issues & Practices in Teaching

Pinneau | Undergrads: 18719 | Grads: 18725

The student teaching experience is designed to allow art education students in their final semester to continue their preparation as art teachers within the classroom setting. A mentor teacher, UGA supervisor, and UGA seminar instructor will work together to help students further develop their teaching skills. Students also install an exhibition of work for the BFA Exit Show at the end of the semester.

ARED 8460

Theoretical Perspectives in Art Education

Hanawalt | 56912

Tsuneaki Hiramatsu, 2014

In this graduate seminar, students will engage with select theories that hold a place of prominence in current research, curriculum, and pedagogical dialogues in the field of art education. The course will involve careful reading of the work of key theorists through primary sources as well as an exploration of secondary sources that exemplify putting theory to work in art education and related fields. This course is not intended to promote particular theories or theorists, but rather to assist graduate students in their development as scholars who persist in the stimulating, yet often difficult work of challenging the limitations of personal experience, understanding, and ways of knowing through engagement with theories that can offer alternative perspectives and help build a framework for their own research projects.

ARED 9630

Writing Critique in Art Ed

Bustle | 53266

This course will give each student an opportunity to work on a specific research or educational project of their design in a collaborative environment characterized by critical support from peers and individualized guidance from the professor. In the past, students have worked on writing projects such as developing their Prospectus or chapters of their dissertations. A significant part of the course involves engaging in constructive-critical feedback and dialogue in connection with the research and writing process through “critical friends” discussions.