Bachelor of Science in Education with a comprehensive major in Art, Multi-Age (PreK-12)


This program combines training in studio art with teacher education instruction, leading to teacher certification. The advantage of this program lies in the amount of studio training received in conjunction with education classes. Graduates are not only trained to teach, but also to be well-rounded, practicing artists.


Assessment – Assessment in teacher education programs begins with admission to teacher education and continues throughout the program. Exit assessment includes a professional portfolio and completion of all appropriate interim assessments. See the Education section of the catalog for the detailed description of the entire process.

Note: Students are required to take at least one course from each of the department‘s concentration areas as part of their 15 hours of studio electives.

course number and title

hrs.

prerequisites

Art Foundations Sequence:

ART 133 Color Theory

3

None

ART 134 2-D Design

3

None

ART 135 3-D Design

3

None

ART 141 Drawing I

3

None

ART 242 Drawing II

3

ART 141

ART 256 Western Art History I

3

None

ART 257 Western Art History II

3

None

ART 497 Senior Seminar/Exhibition

1

Sr. Status

Art Foundations Sequence Total Hours

22 hrs.

Studio Concentration (Choose One): painting, ceramics,
printmaking, sculpture, illustration or digital art

12

Studio Elective

15

Art History Elective

3

Studio or Art History Elective

3

ART 221 Art Ed. Theories & 3 Pract.

3

None

PHIL 318 Topics in Philosophy

3

PHIL 104, 110, 215 or Art Major

ART 432A Secondary Methods -Art

3

ART 134, 141

Education Requirements:

3

EDFN 130 Introduction to Teaching

3

None

EDFN 202 Teaching and Learn Process

3

EDFN 130

EDIS 250 Intro. Educational Intervention

3

None

EDCI 230PK Grades PreK-12 Field Exp. I

1

EDFN 130

PSYC 218 Psych. Of Adolescence

3

None

EDCI 330PK Grades PreK-12 Field Exp. II

3

EDCI 230, PSYC 218

EDCI 392 Content Area Reading

3

None

EDFN 402 Social and Prof. Issues

2

Sr. Status; concurrent with EDCI 469

EDCI 469 Student Internship Pre-K-12

10

All Student Internship Req.; concurrent with EDFN 402

Total Hours

95 hrs.

Plus Institutional Baccalaureate Degree Requirements.

Courses and Descriptions

See ART courses

See PHIL courses

See EDFN courses

See EDIS courses

See EDCI courses

See PSYC courses