The basic skills necessary for life are brought to children during primary school. It is important to determination the courses, the content and timetables of the courses in this period. In this way, it will be determined that what are the basic skills that students should gain and their priorities. In Turkey, decisions about what lessons are to be taught, hours per week and curriculum of the course at all educational levels are taken by the Head Council of Education and Morality. Teachers continue education and training activities in accordance with these decisions. However, the thoughts of teachers are also important at the implementation stage of the decisions taken.

The purpose of this research is to determine the opinion of primary teacher candidates towards the primary school course and the places of art education in these courses. In the study, it was working with the primary teacher candidates who have been studying in class 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Bartin University Faculty of Education Department of Primary Education Department. Semi-structured interview form created by researchers was used for receiving the opinion of teacher candidates. Weekly schedule set by the Ministry of Education for primary schools was used at the creation of interview forms. The opinions of primary teacher candidates about the qualification of this course, order of importance and adequacy of weekly hours was determined. The place of art education in opinions of primary teacher candidates towards the courses is determined. The results are tabulated and interpreted.

The basic skills necessary for life are brought to children during primary school. It is important to determination the courses, the content and timetables of the courses in this period. In this way, it will be determined that what are the basic skills that students should gain and their priorities. In Turkey, decisions about what lessons are to be taught, hours per week and curriculum of the course at all educational levels are taken by the Head Council of Education and Morality. Teachers continue education and training activities in accordance with these decisions. However the thoughts of teachers are also important at the implementation stage of the decisions taken.

The purpose of this research is to determine the opinion of primary teacher candidates towards the primary school course and the places of art education in these courses. In the study, it was working with the primary teacher candidates who have been studying in class 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th in Bartin University Faculty of Education Department of Primary Education Department. Semi-structured interview form created by researchers was used for receiving the opinion of teacher candidates. Weekly schedule set by the Ministry of Education for primary schools was used at the creation of interview forms. The opinions of primary teacher candidates about the qualification of this course, order of importance and adequacy of weekly hours was determined. The place of art education in opinions of primary teacher candidates towards the courses is determined. The results are tabulated and interpreted.