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AAEP Courses

AAEP offers a wide array of courses including offerings in general education, visual culture, preparatory coursework in the theory and practice of art education, in-depth studies in arts and cultural institutions, leadership strategies, and management practices as well as courses in museum education and administration. 

We house two of the largest GE courses in the College of Arts and Sciences: ARTEDUC 1600: Art & Music Since 1945 and ARTEDUC 2700: Understanding Television, which are offered year round. Many of our 5000-level courses are offered on a biennial basis, so it is recommended to take these courses the semester they are offered.

Spring 2026 Course Offerings

ARTEDUC 1600: Art & Music Since 1945

A survey of the visual arts and music in the western world since 1945, based on live and recorded performances and exhibitions. 3 credits

  • GEL Visual and Performing Arts
  • GEN Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts

In-person section: 

  1. Class #17056 | TuTh 11:10 AM-12:30 PM | 220 Sullivant Hall | Instructor - Dr. Clayton Funk

Online sections:

  1. Class #29683 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Zülâl Fazlıoğlu Akın
  2. Class #19906 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Asia Bender
  3. Class #19909 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Omar Clarke
  4. Class #26917 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Anastasia Sotnikova
  5. Class #28237 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Alise Pundure
  6. Class #17057 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Peter Freeman
  7. Class #17058 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Miranda Koffey
  8. Class #17059 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Jasmine Floyd
  9. Class #17060 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Michael Bontempo
  10. Class #17061 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Molly Burke
  11. Class #19901 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Staff

ARTEDUC 2100: Introduction to Arts Management

This Introduction to Arts Management is a survey of non-profit and for profit arts management topics and issues. Students will examine members of the creative sector in various fields within the arts and cultural sector and what their impact is on the global marketplace. Using scholarly articles and various media, students will identify examples of these individuals around the world. 3 credits.

Class #26181 | Mo 2:15 PM-5:00 PM | Sullivant Hall 141 | Instructor - Dr. Tiffany Bourgeois 

ARTEDUC 2250: Introduction to Art Education

Ideas, issues, and career possibilities in art education explored through readings, dialogue, and site visitation. 3 credits.
Prereq: Pre-Art Education major, or student planning to apply to the Art Education Core Program. 

Class #34663 | TuTh 11:10 AM-12:30 PM | Online | Instructor - Staff

ARTEDUC 2550: Introduction to Visual Culture: Seeing and Being Seen

An introduction to issues of representation, spectacle, surveillance, and voyeurism, explored through a range of visual images and sites. 3 credits.

  • GEL Cultures and Ideas
  • GEL Diversity: Social Diversity in the US
  • GEN Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies

Class #19912 | We 1:00 PM-3:50 PM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Dr. Clayton Funk

ARTEDUC 2600: Visual Culture: Representation and Society

A study of social and cultural issues through the exploration of visual culture. By developing practical methods of interpreting and researching visual artistic production and reception, this course provides critical tools for engaging with how diverse forms of visual culture both challenge stereotypes and biases and also celebrate the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of US democratic society. 3 credits.

  • GEL Visual and Performing Arts
  • GEL Diversity: Social Diversity in the US
  • GEL Writing and Communication: level 2
  • GEN Foundation: Writing and Information Literacy
  • GEN Foundation: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts
  • GEN Foundation: Race, Ethnicity & Gender Diversity

In-person sections:

  1. Class #17063 | TuTh 11:10 AM-12:30 PM | Hayes Hall 005 | Instructor - Staff
  2. Class #17123 | Mo 1:15 PM-4:00 PM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Staff

Online sections:

  1. Class #17062 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Staff
  2. Class #17064 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Staff

ARTEDUC 2700: Understanding Television

Understanding and critical written analysis and discussion of television, through viewing, discussing, reading, and writing. Students will focus on the ways in which racial, ethnic, and gender diversity issues are represented on television and media. 3 credits.

  • GEL Diversity: Social Diversity in the US
  • GEL Writing and Communication: level 2
  • GEN Foundation: Writing and Information Literacy
  • GEN Foundation: Race, Ethnicity & Gender Diversity

In-person sections:

  1. Class #17066 | MoWe 11:10 AM-12:30 PM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Staff
  2. Class #17067 | TuTh 11:10 AM-12:30 PM | Derby Hall 048 | Instructor - Staff
  3. Class #17069 | TuTh 9:35 AM-10:55 AM | Stillman Hall 245 | Instructor - Staff

Online sections:

  1. Class #26902 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Miranda Koffey
  2. Class #26969 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Elle Pierman
  3. Class #19894 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Lauren Pace
  4. Class #19902 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Kelsi Stoltenow Petersen
  5. Class #27576 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Lingran Zhang
  6. Class #17068 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Alice Cheng
  7. Class #19908 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Staff

ARTEDUC 3681: Managing Non-Profit Arts Organizations: Balancing Continuity & Change

Introduces the purposes of non-profit organizations and their functions such as governance, program planning, marketing, and fundraising; encourages critical thinking in managerial decision making through practical assignments. 3 credits.

Class #34660 | We 12:45 PM-3:30 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Zülâl Fazlıoğlu Akın

ARTEDUC 3690: Arts Entrepreneurship

This course helps students gain skills toward using creativity and artistry to solve problems and identify their personal sites of expertise as they begin to think about their future careers. Identifying opportunities in the arts can take on aspects of using artistic skill to address social problems, create economic value, and bring aesthetic solutions to social, cultural, and business problems. 3 credits.

Class #34246 | Th 10:00 AM-12:45 PM | Sullivant Hall 131A | Instructor - Dr. Tiffany Bourgeois

ARTEDUC 3900: Art & Curriculum Concepts for Teachers

Problems of teaching in terms of personal knowledge about art, insight into children's art work, and understanding of elementary school curriculum. 2 credits.

  1. Class #19898 | Tu 2:20 PM-4:10 PM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Staff
  2. Class #19907 | Th 2:20 PM-4:10 PM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Staff

ARTEDUC 4100: Multi-Age Visual Art Education Methods

Interpreting and writing critically about contemporary art, methods, and strategies that enhance student artmaking. 3 credits.
Prereq: Art Education Licensure students, or permission of instructor.

Class #19910 | TuTh 9:35 AM-10:55 AM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Dr. Miranda Koffey

ARTEDUC 4189.02: Teaching Practicum: PreK-12

Field-based teaching practicum at the prekindergarten through Grade 12 levels. 12 credits.
Prereq: Art Education Licensure students, or permission of instructor. Admis Cond course.

Class #17072 | Instructor - Dr. Ketal Patel

ARTEDUC 4191: Internship

Barnett Internship Program. 3 credits.

Class #17074 | Asynchronous | Instructor - Dr. Michelle Attias

ARTEDUC 4300: Professional Practice in Art Education

History of the field with an emphasis on major ideas in philosophy and learning theory that affect current trends. 3 credits.
Prereq: Art Education Licensure students, or permission of instructor.

Class #17071 | TuTh 12:45 PM-2:05 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Ketal Patel

ARTEDUC 4400: Disability and Inclusive Practices in Art Education w/Special Needs

Strategies that can be used in teaching art to students with special needs and lesson planning for inclusion. 3 credits.
Prereq: Art Education Licensure students, or permission of instructor.

Class #19895 | Mo 4:30 PM-7:15 PM | Ramseyer Hall 039 | Instructor - Patrick Callicotte

ARTEDUC 4900: Teaching Seminar

Concurrent to teaching practicum. 3 credits.
Prereq: Art Education Licensure students, or permission of instructor. Admis Cond course.

Class #17070 | Th 4:30 PM-5:50 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Ketal Patel

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ARTEDUC 5670: Public Policy and the Arts

Introduction to the purposes, rationales, interests, issues, political dynamics, and performance of agency/programs in the U.S. cultural policy system. 3 credits.

  1. Class #34665 (undergraduate) | Th 10:00 AM-12:45 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Zülâl Fazlıoğlu Akın
  2. Class #34664 (graduate) | Th 10:00 AM-12:45 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Zülâl Fazlıoğlu Akın

ARTEDUC 5682: Nonprofit Arts Institution Governance and Board Leadership

Research-based, practical exploration of nonprofit boards critically examines governance policies and practices; specifically focusing on management, board and staff relations and issues of accountability. 3 credits.

  1. Class #34666 (undergraduate) | We 4:30 PM-7:15 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller
  2. Class #34667 (graduate) | We 4:30 PM-7:15 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller

ARTEDUC 5683: Developing Arts Careers: Positioning Passion

Prepares students as entrepreneurs to enter nonprofit, commercial, public and/or academic careers through independent investigation, dossier development, research proposals, and grant writing. 3 credits.

Class #19911 (undergraduate) | Tu 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | Sullivant Hall 141 | Instructor - Dr. Terron Banner

ARTEDUC 5688: Marketing, Communications, & Social Media in Nonprofit Arts Institutions

This class focuses on strategies for identifying and developing relationships between audiences/visitors and nonprofit arts institutions through the use of digital technology, specifically social media. 3 credits.

  1. Class #29521 (undergraduate) | We 9:15 AM-12:00 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Richard Finlay Fletcher
  2. Class #29522 (graduate) | We 9:15 AM-12:00 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Richard Finlay Fletcher

ARTEDUC 6000: Reflective Practice, Research, and Portfolio

This is a series of 6 credits to supplement students' coursework in the Online MA in Art Education program. Students document their journey in the MA program through the creation of a blog, cultivate reflective practice through exercises that supplement coursework, and develop research skills as practitioner-researchers in an art teacher's classroom, a museum setting, or a community arts space. 1-2 credits.
Prereq: Enrollment in the Online MA Art Education Program

Class #28600 | Asynchronous | Online | Instructor - Dr. Ruth Smith

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ARTEDUC 7100: Histories & Policies of Arts Education 

Students explore arts/education history while developing skills in researching cultural practices, programs and protocols, and analyzing the impact of arts programs/initiatives and social interventions on citizens and communities. 3 credits. 

Class #19903 | Tu 1:00 PM-3:45 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Dana Carlisle Kletchka

ARTEDUC 7200.10: Introduction to Research Methodologies & Methods

Introduction to research philosophies, methodologies and methods in arts education, policy, and administration. 3 credits. 

Class #17073 | Mo 4:30 PM-7:15 PM | Sullivant Hall 131A | Instructor - Dr. Dana Carlisle Kletchka

ARTEDUC 7200.30: Overview of Research for Arts Educators

Introduction to a broad range of qualitative educational research methodologies in the field of art education, mainly in an art teacher's classroom, a museum setting, or community arts space. Includes research terminology and methodologies, data collection methods, and discusses the power of teachers as researchers in their own classrooms. Practices collecting and analyzing data. 3 credits. 

Class #28477 | Asynchronous | Online | Instructor - Dr. Ruth Smith

ARTEDUC 7500: Barnett Field School

The Barnett Field School is a team-led workshop that will engage students directly with timely matters and challenges affecting arts and artists across the state of Ohio, and with cultural leaders working to address those challenges. Students will engage with and work toward producing data and evidence that can help inform the work of cultural leaders. This course is open to Barnett Fellows only. 2 credits.

Class #30547 | We 12:00 PM-1:50 PM | Sullivant Hall 131A | Instructor - Dr. Rachel Skaggs

ARTEDUC 7607: Curriculum and Assessment in Art Education

Introduction to curriculum development including artmaking practices and assessment strategies. 3 credits. 

Class #28604 | Asynchronous | Online | Instructor - Dr. Beth Link

ARTEDUC 7681: Arts/Cultural Institutions, Organization Theories & Management Practices

Building on organizational theories, this course examines the purpose and function of arts and cultural institutions and current management practices in the creative sector. 3 credits.

Class #34659 | Tu 4:30 PM-7:15 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller

ARTEDUC 7708: Universal Design for Learning: Disability Studies and Art Education

This course explores Universal Design for Learning in Art Education for the purposes of enhancing the learning experiences of students with disabilities and all learners and makes practical applications to classroom experiences. 3 credits.

Class #34846 | 7-week session 1 (1/12/2026-2/27/2026) | Asynchronous | Online | Instructor - Dr. Kate Collins

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ARTEDUC 7716: Theories and Philosophies of Community Arts Education

Explores theories and philosophies of community arts education, a growing field of scholarly and pragmatic interest in the United States with historic and international roots. 3 credits.

Class #36992 | Mo 1:00 PM-3:45 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Beth Link

ARTEDUC 7725: Re-Imagining Research Writing Through Creative Inquiry

This trans-disciplinary writing seminar encourages graduate researchers to develop a philosophy and practice of writing that reflects a full range of scholarly expression. Beginning with a review of expository writing, students engage with the theory and practice of shaping new ways to conceive of and write scholarly research in their respective disciplines. 3 credits.

Class #29479 | Mo 5:00 PM-7:45 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - dr. gloria wilson

ARTEDUC 7736: Teaching and Learning in the Art Museum

A theoretical and practical study of teaching and learning in and through museums. Counts toward Museum Education specialization. 3 credits.

Class #34661 | Fr 12:30 PM-3:15 PM | Sullivant Hall 251 | Instructor - Dr. Megan Wanttie

ARTEDUC 7775: Social and Cultural Theories in Art and Art Education

Critical investigation of theoretical, artistic, and pedagogical concepts related to diversity. 3 credits.
Prereq: 7200.10 or 7200.20; and 7701; or permission of instructor.

Class #29480 | Th 12:45 PM-3:30 PM | Sullivant Hall 225 | Instructor - Dr. Joni Acuff