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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University
Art and Art Education
Art and Art Education
in the Department of Arts & Humanities
in the Department of Arts & Humanities

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Courses ♦ Art Theory and Research

The following course descriptions are available. Please check the Class Schedule or contact the program for course availability for each semester:


A&HA 5082 Philosophies of art in education

Professor Baldacchino. An invitation to share a horizon of objectives in the form of philosophical, critical, and practical cases in art education. Students will discuss philosophically how art could be expressed on the grounds of experimentation that could take place in either the studio, the classroom, in both, or in an environment that students deem conducive to art and/or art education. Special fee: $15.

Instructor: John Baldacchino


A&HA 5086 Art in visual culture

Dr. Moser and guest critics. Permission required. Required seminar for Ed.M. and Ed.D. An examination of the role of art culture in contemporary life, employing experiences from art works, museums, galleries and alternative spaces, readings and discussion. Special fee: $25.


A&HA 5181 The arts in education

Faculty. An examination of ideas about the interdisciplinary role of the arts in traditional and nontraditional educational and administrative settings through analysis of programs, projects, policy issues, and political processes that involve the visual arts, dance, music, and theater. Special fee: $30.


A&HA 6003 Critical perspectives and practices in the arts

Professor Sullivan. Students investigate their creative practice from several critical perspectives and produce personal profiles and arts projects within educational and cultural contexts. Special fee: $25

Instructor: John Baldacchino

A&HA 6502 Doctoral seminar: Arts in education

Professors Burton, Sullivan, and Baldacchino. Required seminar for doctoral students who are completing certification papers, developing literature reviews or exploring and applying research methods. The seminar includes faculty/student presentations, group discussions and critiques.

Instructor: John Baldacchino


A&HA 7502 Dissertation seminar in art education

Professor Burton. Two required group tutorials for doctoral students to help develop or refine topics of inquiry for research. The teaching format is flexible and may include faculty/ student presentations, group discussions and critiques. May be repeated. Section 2 is required of all doctoral students in the department in the semester following successful completion of written certification examination and involves preparation and presentations of dissertation proposal for approval. Sections: (1) Certification preparation (2) Dissertation proposal preparation.

Instructor: Judith Burton


A&HA 8902 Dissertation advisement in art education

Individual advisement on doctoral dissertations. Fee: to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section in Catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D. degree.

Instructor: John Baldacchino