Special Topics

Courses on topics of interest to ethics, culture, and society students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Experiential Learning: Internship

Non-classroom experiences in fields related to ECAS. Placements are off-campus, and may be full- or part-time, and with or without pay. Credit for experiences must be sought prior to occurrence and learning contracts must be submitted before the end of the first week of the semester. See the experiential learning: internship section of this catalog for more details. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. Graded CR/NC.

Resistance and Reconciliation in South Africa

South Africa stands as a witness to the power of social movements to not only imagine but also bring into being a more just and compassionate world. Learn how South Africans draw on religion, music, and global justice movements to resist and rise from the violence of Apartheid, the AIDS and COVID epidemics, climate change, and persistent economic inequities. SJE, PMI

Student Teaching: Secondary (9-12)

Observation and supervised teaching at the secondary level. Prerequisites: admission to the teacher education program; admission to student teaching; passing Praxis II score.

Special Topics

Courses on topics of interest to art students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by the instructor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.

Art History: Early Modernism

A history of Modern Art from the late 19th century until the 1930s or 1940s. The course will also include study of the antecedents of Modernism in early Western art, and also seek to explore connections with non-Western art where feasible. Prerequisites: 160, ENGL 104 or 105 or 195. WCII, OC

Art History: Late Modernism

A history of Modern Art from the 1930s or 1940s to the present. The course will also include study of the antecedents in Modernism in early Western art, and also seek to explore connections with non-Western art where feasible. Prerequisites: 160, ENGL 104 or 105 or 195. WCII, OC

Art in the Elementary/Middle School

Overview of the history and philosophy of art; basic principles and methods of teaching art in the kindergarten, elementary, and middle school; understanding and evaluating childrens growth in art; lesson planning, classroom techniques, and practical laboratory techniques.

Methods in Art Education

Course is directed toward the practice of teaching children art and participating meaningfully in childrens interpretative practices. Art education students design and implement developmentally appropriate weekly lesson plans as they teach in the Viterbo After School Art Program which offers eight-week art classes for students ages 5-12. Studio component: development of art educational objectives through laboratory experiences. Prerequisite: ARTS 206. Restricted to art education majors.

Advanced Methods in Art Education

Introduction to the concept of the artist/ teacher. Art education curriculum, unit and lesson planning, evaluation, motivation, instructional materials, and observational techniques for the middle through secondary art classroom. A studio component of this course is meant to provide students with experience in using materials for meaningful expression and planning for the studio-based experiential teaching component of the class. Prerequisite: ARTS 206. Restricted to art education majors.

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