AED 321C
Children’s Artistic Development

Instructor TBA 
MW 2–4

Examine how arts-based learning strategies can be used to promote inquiry into the world. One lecture hour and three laboratory hours a week for one semester.

AED 330 
Introduction to Art Education

Dr. Dawn Stienecker 
T 2–5

Introduction to art education. Examine philosophy, current trends, instructional methods, evaluation, and advocacy. Explore careers in art education, museum education, and cultural or social educational settings. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Visual Art Studies 330 and Art Education 330 may not both be counted. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Studio Art 311C and 312C with a grade of at least C in each.

AED 341C 
Learners and Instructional Sites

Instructor TBA 
TTH 8–11

In this course, students will explore artistic practices and art instruction within alternative spaces in community settings. Students will examine the theoretical framework, basic characteristics, and examples of socially engaged artistic practices and socially engaged art education. Also, students will consider disciplinary approaches to socially engaged art education. As part of experiential learning in this course, students will observe interdisciplinary programming activities at the University of Texas at Austin Child Development Center (UTCDC), which is a community-oriented care-giving and educational establishment.

Restricted to art education majors. Six laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Credit with a grade of at least B or registration in Art Education 330.

AED 361C 
Criticism and Conversation about Art

Dr. Dawn Stienecker 
TTH 11–2

This is an introductory course in art appreciation. In this course, students will learn how to reflect on art and aesthetics through exploration of theories, concepts, and philosophies that structure the disciplines of art and art education. Through dialogical examination of art concepts, movements, topics, ideas, and issues, students will develop the ability to view art objectively, and construct informed meaning in their art observations. Furthermore, students will develop understanding of diverse artworlds (including contemporary Western and non- Western) and their guiding theories and aesthetic philosophies. Furthermore, students will conduct case studies of site-specific art for purposes of contextual understanding of art studied. In addition, students in this course will learn how to engage students in K-12 in conversation about art.

Restricted to art education majors. Six laboratory hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Art Education 351C with a grade of at least B.

AED 373 
Public Art, Civic Engagement, and Responsive Communities

Dr. Dawn Stienecker 
W 11–2

Explore historic and global perspectives of art in the public realm, with a focus on art in the local community, cultural production, and its relationship to civic education and engagement as well as concepts of site-specificity, interactivity, and intervention. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.