Art Education, Grades K-12, B.A.

General Education Requirements - 44 Credit Hours

Music and Fine Arts majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements  as set out in the General Education Program .

• Fine Arts Requirement: Music and Fine Arts majors fulfill the two-hour Fine Arts elective through major study.
• Global Studies Requirement: ART 2813 - Art History I  must be taken as the Global Studies Elective.
• Social Science Requirement: EDU 2133 - Human Development and Learning  must be taken as the Social Science Elective.

Professional Education Preparation Requirements - 31 Credit Hours

• EDU 1013 - Introduction to Teaching
• EDU 2001 - Introduction to the Electronic Portfolio & Education Technology
• EDU 2023 - Survey of Exceptionalities
• EDU 2133 - Human Development and Learning (meets the Social Science requirement)
• EDU 3063 - Classroom Management, School Law, & Ethics
• EDU 3173 - Foundations of Assessment
• EDU 4042 - Student Teaching Seminar
• EDU 4273 - ESOL in Secondary Education  (non-English majors only)
• EDU 4353 - Foundations of Secondary Language, Cognition, and Research

Required Art Core - 18 Credit Hours

• ART 1013 - Foundations of Art & Design for Majors
• ART 1022 - Critical Thinking for Art Majors
• ART 1123 - Drawing I
• ART 2213 - Painting I
• ART 2513 - Digital Graphics I
• ART 2823 - Art History II
• ART 3601 - Worldview Issues in the Arts
• ART 4480 - Senior Art Show

Major Courses in Art Education - 26 Credit Hours

• ART 2523 - Graphic Design I
• ART 3123 - Ceramics
• ART 3143 - Crafts
• ART 3153 - Sculpture
• ART 3253 - Stained Glass I
• ART 4133 - Aesthetics and Criticism in the History and Philosophy of Art Education
• EDU 4243 - Teaching Art in the Middle & High School
• JEM 3653 - Digital Photography

Elective Art Courses- 9 Credit Hours

Select three of the following courses

• ART 2123 - Drawing II
• ART 3003 - Watercolor
• ART 3213 - Painting II
• ART 3513 - Digital Graphics II
• ART 3523 - Graphic Design II
• ART 3583 - Website Design
• ART 3593 - Publication Design
• ART 3713 - Digital Illustration
• ART 4143 - Advanced Ceramics
• ART 4533 - Corporate Identity
• ART 4543 - Multimedia II
• ART 4653 - Label and Package Design

Sample Degree Plan

Art Education K-12 Degree Plan