Academics opinions regarding the fine arts department undergraduate programs of the faculty of education within the scope of art education

The aim of thisstudy is toreveal the opinions of the facultymembersabout the changesmade in the program after 2018 and the changingprograms of the Music and Art Department of Education Faculties. In the research, qualitativeresearchmethodwasusedtoget in-depthviews. 39 facultymembersfrom seven differentregions and 13 differentuniversitiesparticipated in the research. A semi-structuredinterview form wasused in the research. As a result of the research, it wasfoundthat the academiciansdid not find it appropriatetotake the Field Education courses (main instrument/main art), the credits of the courseswith art content, the hours, and the coursesrequiredfor art education in 2018, and thatthesecoursescontributedto the main instrument and main art workshop courses, musicteacher and art teacher. It has beendeterminedthat they arenecessary in Undergraduate Programs thattrainstudents and that the Undergraduate Programs preparedtotraincompetent art educators do not match the concept of art education. In the Music Teaching and Art TeachingUndergraduate Programs thatchanged in 2018; They statedthat the coursesaimed at trainingteacherswerefoundto be sufficient, but the hours and credits of the Field Education courseswerereducedbyincreasing the hours of the Vocational Knowledge courses, whichaffected the coursework of the academicians, and that they had difficulty in educating the coursecontents. Inaddition, they statedthat the number of academicians is not sufficientfor the coursesthat the Higher Education Institutionwantsto be openeddueto the factthat the number of academicians in eachuniversity is not the same. It has beensuggestedtoprepare a newundergraduate program in accordancewith the purpose and target of art education in ordertoensurestandardizationamonguniversitiesbyconducting a needsanalysis, taking the opinions and suggestions of academicians, in Music Teaching and Art TeachingUndergraduate Programs. It has beensuggestedthat the hours and credits of the main instrument/master art coursesshould be regulatedbyincludingcompulsory and electivecoursessuitablefor the 21st century in the undergraduate program. Keywords: Art Education, Visual Arts Education, Music Education