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Teaching Seminar in Art History

Course Description

Provides graduate teaching assistants in Art History with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. Particular attention given to organizing materials, presenting lectures, leading discussions, assessment, instructional technologies, and classroom management.

Athena Title

Teaching in Art History

Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in ECOL 7770, FANR 8900, GRSC 7770, GRSC 7770E, HDFS 7770, MARS 7770, VPHY 7770E

Non-Traditional Format

Students meet with faculty members on a regular basis. This course cannot be used to fulfill requirements on the program of study for a graduate degree. For students repeating the course, additional curriculum will be assignments and discussion topics relating to their current new teaching and grading duties. Students will be required to select and complete additional CTL events and lead breakout sessions with observation and assessment to improve and reflect on their teaching from past years.

Prerequisite

Permission of department

Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

Grading System

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Student learning Outcomes

  • Students will learn to inform first-time teachers of the professional, ethical, and legal standards for university teaching.
  • Students will learn to provide strategies for effective organization, communication, and evaluation in art history.
  • Students will learn to develop disciplinary awareness with regard to the teaching and learning of visual and material culture.
  • Students will learn to introduce resources for instructional technology and instructional development.

Topical Outline

  • 1. What makes a good teacher at the University level?
  • 2. Classroom basics (lectures, use of images, discussions, grading)
  • 3. Classroom dynamics and teacher/student roles
  • 4. Historical and emerging strategies for teaching Art History
  • 5. Technology and the classroom (image databases, visualizations, AI)
  • The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary.

Syllabus

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