Graduate Programs
The graduate program offers an MA, MEd and
PHD (taken as a CUST degree) in art education.
Four faculty contribute to the program:
Dr. Kit Grauer; Dr.
Rita Irwin; Dr. Anna Kindler, and Dr. Donal O Donoghue. The research
interests of faculty are able to encourage
a wide spectrum of student research interests:
art curriculum, early childhood, teacher
education, First Nations art and education,
histories of art education, multiculturalism,
museum and gallery education, perception
and cognition, studio practices, technology
and visual culture, theory/practice relationships,
and gender studies.
Courses which support the
graduate program include:
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ARTE 508 (3) Review of Research
in Art Education Methods
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ARTE 541 (3) Perspectives, Practice,
and Curriculum Issues in Contemporary
Art Education
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ARTE 542 (3) Historical and Social
Foundations of Art Education
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ARTE 543 (3) Psychological Foundations
of Art Education
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ARTE 561 (3-12) Laboratory Practicum
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ARTE 565 (3-6) Special Topics
in Art Education
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ARTE 580 (3-12) Problems in Art
Education
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ARTE 590 (3) Graduating Paper
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ARTE 598 (3-12) Field Experiences
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ARTE 599 (6) Master's Thesis (MA
route)
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ARTE 601 (3-12) Doctoral Seminar
The University of British Columbia Art
Education Program ranks in the top eight
in North America and is one of two PhD
programs in Canada (Concordia is our counterpart).
