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The Art Museum and Art Education - SAED2480
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Faculty: College of Fine Arts
 
 
School:  School of Art History and Art Education
 
 
Course Outline: Download course outline (PDF format)
 
 
Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course aims to foster an awareness in students of the ideology and philosophies of art museums and an understanding of the broad educational functions of the museum including the vernacular appreciation of art and the development of a lifelong approach to learning. Students will have the opportunity to observe the educational functions of the art museum within a diversity of contexts and systematically investigate the plurality of roles which the museum performs within our society.

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