MINOR IN ART, DESIGN, AND SOCIAL PRACTICE
ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION 2014-2015
Bulletin Description
The Department of Art and Design Education offers a dynamic and crossdisciplinary 15-credit minor for students from across the Institute. Through
coursework, fieldwork research and practicum experiences, students learn to
conceive and develop educational experiences in a variety of community settings
and explore participatory practices in the public sphere. The minor further opens up
opportunities beyond the gates for students and expands their capacity to engage in
the creative industries.
Rationale
The minor opens up participatory opportunities beyond the gates for students
across the Institute. It reflects the growing interest in the role of the art and design
practices in youth and community development. Through coursework, fieldwork
research and practicum experiences in a variety of community educational settings
(such as after school programs, community organizations and museums), students
will explore creative practices in the public sphere. They will conceive and develop
educational experiences in a reciprocal relationship with community and cultural
organizations. Students will be encouraged to address complex social issues, to
experiment with new ideas and materials, and to consider themselves collaborators
and partners in addressing the possible role of art and design in social change and
transformation. In addition, the minor will allow students from across the Institute
to learn how to design and implement educational projects, which will expand their
opportunities and build their capacity to participate in the creative industries.
Coursework
Topics
ART AND DESIGN
EDUCATION
FIELDWORK
Course Title
ADE 419: Foundations in
Art and Design (fall)
-ORADE 420: The Art of
Teaching Art and Design
(spring)
ADE 215A: Fieldwork in
Art and Design Education
(spring)
Credits
3
4
ORADE 215B: Fieldwork with
Special Populations
(spring)
TEACHING PRACTICUM
ADE 521/522: Student
Teaching: Saturday Art
School (fall/spring)
3
ADE 523: Student
Teaching Afterschool
(spring)
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND
CRITICAL AND VISUAL
STUDIES
HISTORY OF ART AND
DESIGN
SS 391: Child and
Adolescent Development
(fall and spring)
PHIL 307: Philosophy &
Contemporary Theory
(spring)
SS 369: Perceptions and
Creativity (fall and spring)
SS 355: Mass Media and
Society (spring)
SS 490: Art and Social
Activism (fall or spring)
SS 490: I Heart New
York/Heartbreak NY (fall)
SS 490: Hip Hop Culture
(spring)
SS 490: Imagining New
York City (fall, spring &
summer A)
SS 430: Methods of
Cultural Analysis (spring)
SS 490: Food & Cinema
(fall, spring & summer A)
SS 490: The Art Museum
(fall)
SS 512: Art, Culture and
Community Development
(runs every alternate
year)
HD 207: History of
Costume (fall)
3
2 or 3
HA 327: Art Since the
Sixties (fall and spring)
HA 338: Photography II:
1946-Present (spring)
(pre-req HA 337 in fall)
HA 342: Film: WWII to
the Present (spring)
(pre-req HA 341 in fall)
HD 360: History of
Interior Design (fall and
spring)
HD 361: History of
Industrial Design (fall and
spring)
HD 362: History of
Communications Design
(fall and spring)
HA 343: Animation (fall
and spring)
HD 511: History of
Illustration (fall and
spring)
HD 506: Concepts of
Design (fall and spring)
HD 551: History of
Jewelry (fall)
HA 560: Museology
(spring)
HA 551: Modern Art and
Social Theory (fall and
spring)
HA 551: History and
Theory of New Media
(fall)
HA 517: Documentary
Film (fall)
WANT MORE INFORMATION? CONTACT:
Heather Lewis, Acting Chair
Department of Art and Design Education
Main 202
(718) 636-3637
hlewis@pratt.edu