ETH 615: Exploring The Arts: Filmmaking In Arts Education

3 credits

Through hands-on production assignments, students will explore their identities as educators, examine educational themes, and develop compelling short films that merge art with pedagogy. This course bridges the fields of filmmaking and education, guiding students through a creative journey of self-discovery, reflection, and storytelling.

Learning Goals

Students will create short films based on their pedagogical practice, educational themes, and artistic context.Students will devise storyboards for a narrative and docu style film that examine pedagogical theory, critical thinking, and arts based learning.Students will write short scripts on an educational theme, topic, or instructional tool.Students will film 4 types of films (in video format) : Narrative, Short, Documentary, Scripted.Students will work on a mock film festival submission addressing one of the following areas in arts education: instruction, artistic lens, diversity, pedagogy.

*The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

Sections Offered: Fall 2026

Exploring The Arts: Filmmaking In Arts Education
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Sections Offered: Summer 2026, Summer I

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