General information
| Study programme title | Master’s degree (M.A.) programme in Art History, (Joint Honours); Teaching Module |
| Type of study programme | University |
| Duration | 2 years (4 semesters) |
| ECTS | 60 |
| Academic qualification | Master of Arts in Art History (univ. mag. edu. hist. art) |
| Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register | – |
| Study completion requirements | Passing all the exams and successfully completing the master’s thesis. |
| Possibilities of continuing education | Students can enrol on the appropriate doctoral programme. |
| Employment possibilities | Students can work as teachers of art history |
Course list
| Year 1 | |||
| Semester 1 | Semester II | ||
| Methods of Research and Presentation in the Visual Arts | 3 ECTS | Interpretive Strategies of Art and Cultural Paradigms | 3 ECTS |
| History of Cultural Heritage Preservation | 3 ECTS | Methodology of Analysis and Documentation of Cultural Goods | 3 ECTS |
| Educational Psychology 1 – Psychology of Learning and Teaching | 2.5 ECTS (5 ECTS)* | Didactics 1 | 2 ECTS (4 ECTS)* |
| General Pedagogy | 2.5 ECTS (5 ECTS)* | Educational Psychology 2 – Individual Differences and the Classroom | 2 ECTS (4 ECTS)* |
| Basics of Language Culture | 1.5 ECTS (3 ECTS)* | Educating Students with Special Needs | 2 ECTS (4 ECTS)* |
| Developmental Psychology | 2.5 ECTS (5 ECTS)* | Elective Course | 3 ECTS |
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester III | Semester IV | ||
| Methodology of Teaching Art History | 4 ECTS | Methodology Practicum of Teaching Art History | 3 ECTS |
| Twentieth Century Theories of Art | 3 ECTS | Museology | 3 ECTS |
| Iconology | 3 ECTS | Methods in the Research and Presentation of Architecture and Urbanism | 3 ECTS |
| Didactics 2 | 2 ECTS (4 ECTS)* | Master’s Thesis | 6 ECTS |
| Elective course | 3 ECTS | ||
| * NOTE: The number of ECTS credits for each core subject in the Teaching Module is shown in brackets, half of which is allocated to each study programme in a two-subject combination. |
| Elective Courses (The offer of elective courses will be decided and specified in the syllabus for each academic year) | |
| Methods of Active Learning in Art Teaching | 3 ECTS |
| Teaching Art History in Museums | 3 ECTS |
| Student Mentorship in Teaching Art | 3 ECTS |
| Medieval Wall Painting in Teaching Art | 3 ECTS |
| Methods of Interpretation of Architectural Industrial Heritage | 3 ECTS |
| Architectural Heritage of the 20th Century in Rijeka – Research Methods and Presentation | 3 ECTS |
| Byzantium and Islam Art in Art Teaching | 3 ECTS |
| Classical Art and Baroque in Teaching | 3 ECTS |
| Cultural landscape as Content in the Teaching of Art | 3 ECTS |
| Contextual Analysis of Early Modern Painting in Teaching I | 3 ECTS |
| Croatian Urban Heritage | 3 ECTS |
| Problems Surrounding the Protection and Preservation of Urban Heritage in the Region | 3 ECTS |
| Venetian Altarpieces in Teaching | 3 ECTS |
| Extracurricular Activities (for additional ECTS credits) | 1-3 ECTS |
| Strategies of Visual Culture after Modernism | 3 ECTS |
| Historical Architectural Complexes of the 19th and 20th Centuries – Current Topics and Recent Renovations in Rijeka | 3 ECTS |
| Elective Courses in the Teaching Module | |
| Bioethics and the Women’s Question | 3 ECTS |
| Didactic Docimology | 3 ECTS |
| State, Rights, Community, Individual | 3 ECTS |
| Evolution and Values | 3 ECTS |
| Philosophy of Education | 3 ECTS |
| Rhetorics | 3 ECTS |
| Critical Thinking for Teachers | 3 ECTS |
| Effective Learning Methods | 3 ECTS |
| Research Methodology in Education | 4 ECTS |
| Moral Reasoning | 3 ECTS |
| Neuroscience and Education | 3 ECTS |
| Education and Sustainable Development | 3 ECTS |
| Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language in Early School Age | 3 ECTS |
| Families and Children at Risk | 3 ECTS |
| Education for Democratic Citizenship | 3 ECTS |
| Pedagogical Communication | 4 ECTS |
| Support for Students with Special Needs in Regular Teaching | 3 ECTS |
| Teaching for Creativity | 3 ECTS |
| Using Computers in Teaching | 3 ECTS |
| Psychology of Gifted Students | 3 ECTS |
| Psychology of Parenting | 3 ECTS |
| Sociology of Education | 3 ECTS |
| Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Education | 3 ECTS |
| School Pedagogy | 3 ECTS |
| Education Management | 3 ECTS |
| Scientific Opinion | 3 ECTS |
Learning outcomes
| Interpret the sociohistorical context of artworks and artistic phenomena using specialist terminology in Fine Arts teaching. |
| Apply different approaches to researching and analysing artworks for the purposes of Fine Arts teaching. |
| Apply the most effective teaching strategies and methods, forms of social organisation of learning, educational technologies and media, and methods, tools and instruments for assessing pupil achievement in relation to intended learning outcomes and teaching content. |
| Use findings from other academic disciplines when presenting and analysing topics in art history, cultural heritage protection and visual culture. |
| Define lesson aims and learning outcomes based on the Croatian curricula for Visual Arts in primary schools and Fine Arts in grammar schools. |
| Identify the main forms of pedagogical documentation in secondary schools. |
| Deliver a lesson based on an independently prepared detailed lesson plan. |
| Provide various forms of formal and non-formal education. |
| Design museum education projects and cultural heritage valorisation projects for Fine Arts teaching. |
| Design educational workshops and guided tours relating to Fine Arts and cultural heritage in authentic settings. |
| Use different methods of mediating artworks. |
| Plan professional tasks with an appropriate level of responsibility in authentic settings. |
| Critically evaluate Croatian and international documents relevant to Fine Arts and related subjects in vocational and art schools. |
| Independently design teaching materials and tasks that are methodologically sound and didactically stimulating. |
| Apply effective communication, interpersonal and computer skills, initiative, independence and an ethical approach in the teaching profession. |
| Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team. |
| Adapt one’s decision-making based on critical thinking and (self-)reflection. |