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

Program Learning Outcomes

“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

1. Develop future art educators who demonstrate knowledge of professional education practices.

2. Develop future art educators who demonstrate knowledge of art education practices.

3. Develop future art educators who demonstrate various teaching abilities/skills.

4. Students demonstrate competencies for creating and presenting studio and/or graphic art.

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 - 17 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 4480 - Senior Art Show

Major Courses in Art Education - 26 Credit Hours

• ART 2523 - Graphic Design I
• ART 3023 - Ceramics For Art Majors
• 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
• DMP 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