Undergraduate Catalog 2009-2011

Fine Arts

FA 412      Fine Arts Across the Curriculum     3

Prereq.: Admission to the Professional Program in Teacher Education. Introduction to concepts and skills in music, creative dramatics, dance/movement, physical education, and visual arts. Discussion of the basic strategies to integrate these disciplines into the school curriculum including the development of integrated lesson plans. Field experience required.

FA 490      Integrating the Fine Arts for the Young Learner 3

Prereq.:  Permission of department chair in Art, Music, or Theatre. Study of the aesthetic experience, its importance for children, and its interrelationship with empirical knowledge. Music, the visual arts, and movement will be investigated, with an emphasis on discovering resources and developing techniques for integrating each. Summer. [GR]