Overview
Note: Students can be licensed to teach Pre-K to 12 by completing the BFA in Studio Art and the Art Education and Education requirements as well.
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Core Competencies | 12 | |
| Writing 1 | ||
| Writing 2 | ||
| Communication Foundations | ||
Mathematics Requirement | ||
| Arts and Humanities included in major | 0 | |
| Natural Sciences | 7 | |
| Social Science | 6 | |
| Social and Personal Awareness | 6 | |
| General Education Elective/First Year Experiencer | 3 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| ART 1521 | Foundation Drawing | 3 |
| ART 1522 | Intermediate Drawing | 3 |
| ART 1501 | Fundamentals of 2D Design | 3 |
| ART 1502 | Fundamentals of 3D Design | 3 |
| ART 1503 | Foundation Portfolio Review | 1 |
| ART 3721 | Expressive Drawing | 3 |
| ART 2691 | Introduction to Digital Media | 3 |
| ART 2625 | Introduction to Printmaking: Intaglio and Relief | 3 |
| -OR- | ||
| Introduction to Printmaking: Lithography and Screenprinting | ||
| ART 2661 | Introduction to Graphic Design | 3 |
| ART 2631 | Introduction to Ceramics | 3 |
| ART 2611 | Introduction to Sculpture | 3 |
| ART 2674 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| ART 2650 | Introduction to Painting | 3 |
| ART 2653 | Watercolor | 3 |
| ART 2615 | Introduction to Metals | 3 |
| Art Education Requirements | ||
| ART 3737 | Pre-K-4, Visual Arts Education | 3 |
| ART 4837 | Professional Practices in Middle School | 3 |
| ART 4838 | Professional Practices in Secondary School | 3 |
| ART 4839 | Seminar in Art Education | 1 |
| Education Requirements | ||
| EDFN 1501 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| TERG 3710 | Reading Application in Content Areas, Middle Years | 3 |
| PSYC 3709 | Psychology of Education | 3 |
| EDFN 3708 | Education and Society | 3 |
| SPED 2630 | Individuals with Exceptionalities in Society | 3 |
| SED 4842A | Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Education | 2 |
| SED 4843 | Supervised Student Teaching: Art (K-12) | 10 |
| Art History and Theory | ||
| ART 1541 | Survey of Art History 1 | 3 |
| ART 1542 | Survey of Art History 2 | 3 |
| ART 3788 | Theory of Art | 3 |
| ART 5882 | Twentieth Century Art from 1960 | 3 |
| Art History Elective | ||
| Select one ART 37XX Art History Elective. | 3 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 129 | |
This four-year plan is an illustration of a potential sequence of courses that you may take, but you need to meet with an academic advisor to plan a specific course sequence that is most appropriate for your needs.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| ART 1501 | Fundamentals of 2D Design | 3 |
| ART 1521 | Foundation Drawing | 3 |
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| EDFN 1501 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| MATH 2623 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| GER SPA/First Year Experience | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 1502 | Fundamentals of 3D Design | 3 |
| ART 1522 | Intermediate Drawing | 3 |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| PSYC 1560 | General Psychology | 3 |
| ART 1503 | Foundation Portfolio Review | 1 |
| GER NS/L | 4 | |
| Semester Hours | 17 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART 2615 | Introduction to Metals | 3 |
| ART 3721 | Expressive Drawing | 3 |
| ART 1541 | Survey of Art History 1 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| GER NS | 3 | |
| GER SPA | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 2653 | Watercolor | 3 |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| ART 1542 | Survey of Art History 2 | 3 |
| SPED 2630 | Individuals with Exceptionalities in Society | 3 |
| GER SS | 3 | |
| GER Elective | 3 | |
| Request for Graduation Evaluation is completed online, printed and submitted to the BCOE Office of Student Services, room 2101, with the preclinical application. | ||
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART 3737 | Pre-K-4, Visual Arts Education | 3 |
| EDFN 3708 | Education and Society | 3 |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| PSYC 3709 | Psychology of Education | 3 |
| EDTC 3771 | Technology for Teaching | 3 |
| TERG 3710 | Reading Application in Content Areas, Middle Years | 3 |
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 4837 | Professional Practices in Middle School | 3 |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| ART 3788 | Theory of Art | 3 |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| ART 5882 | Twentieth Century Art from 1960 | 3 |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 18 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ART 4838 | Professional Practices in Secondary School | 3 |
| ART 37XX Art History Elective | 3 | |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| ART Breadth Course | 3 | |
| MULT 2611 Foundations of Multi-age Education | 2 | |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| ART 4839 | Seminar in Art Education | 1 |
| SED 4843 | Supervised Student Teaching: Art (K-12) (Field Experience) | 10 |
| SED 4842A | Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Education | 2 |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 134 | |
Candidates will not be permitted to take the following professional education courses more than twice:
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| EDFN 1501 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| EDFN 3708 | Education and Society | 3 |
| PSYC 3709 | Psychology of Education | 3 |
| SPED 2630 | Individuals with Exceptionalities in Society | 3 |
| TERG 2601 | Reading Application in Content Area Early Years | 3 |
| TERG 3701 | Phonics in Reading Instruction | 3 |
| TERG 3702 | Developmental Reading Instruction | 3 |
| TERG 3703 | Assessment and Instruction in Reading | 3 |
| TERG 3710 | Reading Application in Content Areas, Middle Years | 3 |
| TERG 3711 | Reading Application in Content Areas, Secondary Years | 3 |
| TEMC 4802 | Student Teaching: Middle Childhood | 5-10 |
| SED 4800 series | ||
| ECE 2629 | Best Practices in Early Childhood Intervention Specialist | 3 |
| ECE 3760 | Cross-Curricular Applications and Classroom Management/Guidance | 3 |
| Pre-student Teaching courses – ECE TEC | ||
| MCE Internship | ||
| STEP | ||
| SED 3706 | Principles of Teaching Adolescents | 3 |
| Student Teaching Seminar | ||
| Student Teaching | ||
Learning Outcomes
The student learning outcomes for visual arts Pre-K to 12 are as follows:
- Students will demonstrate thorough knowledge of arts vocabulary.
- Students will demonstrate skills in communicating verbally and visually in their knowledge about the arts.
- Students will achieve the highest possible level of technical skills in the appropriate medium.
- Students will achieve the highest possible level of content expression in the appropriate medium.
- Students will demonstrate working knowledge of trends in general art history and theory with an emphasis in 20th century art.
- Students will demonstrate pedagogical skills and insights as they pertain to specific classroom needs.
- Students will demonstrate awareness and growth in confidence in teaching contemporary strategies while teaching the visual arts.
- Students will demonstrate skill in discriminating between creative (divergent) experiences and those that do not promote the artistic growth of the child (convergent).