FAE 322
Sociology of Art Education
2
Course Description
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. understand the structure of society at the theoretical sphere;
2. locate the value of art to society;
3. understand the contribution of sociologists to the structure of society; and
4. understand the guiding principles of social order that encourages art appreciation.
Course Outline
This course focuses on the interface between society and the product of art. How art serves the
needs of society and the aesthetic dimensions of art, the democracy of art, the role of art in the
education process, art and the ethics of living art as a product of culture, art and meaning in
society Issues of culture and art education; examination of various forms of art as representations
of knowledge, belief and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, art as symbolic and cultural capital.
Epistemology, the meaning of function, and the conceptual location of visual culture in society.