Art / Drama / Music Professor

Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Art History Professor; Art Instructor; Art Professor; Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Instructor; Music Instructor; Music Professor; Professor; Theater Professor

Tasks

• Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.
• Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and performance pieces.
• Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.

Knowledge

• Fine Arts
• Education and Training
• English Language
• Communications and Media
• Psychology
• History and Archeology
• Computers and Electronics
• Philosophy and Theology
• Sociology and Anthropology

Skills

• Speaking
• Learning Strategies
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Active Learning
• Writing
• Monitoring
• Critical Thinking

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Speech Clarity
• Originality
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Inductive Reasoning
• Fluency of Ideas
• Deductive Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Far Vision
• Visualization
• Visual Color Discrimination