Bachelor of Science in Education in Art Education (PK to 12) Multi-Age License

Art Education Faculty

Dr. Samuel Adu-Poku
Professor
Office: Bliss Hall 4089
Phone: 330.941.1866
E-mail:sadupoku@ysu.edu

Dr. Lillian Lewis
Assistant Professor
Office: Bliss 4019
Phone: 330.941.1865
E-mail: llewis02@ysu.edu

Art Education

Art Education students are first and foremost artists who want to teach. They are dedicated to becoming lifelong learners, artists, researchers, and teachers. Prospective art teachers are leaders and advocates for the arts in schools, museums, community centers, and other settings while also caring about students with diverse abilities and their learning and nurturing their love of visual art.

At YSU, our program fosters professional teaching skills along with creative and intellectual growth. Students work with art education faculty who have a diverse set of research interests, ranging from the use of digital technology in the classroom and international studies to art curriculum and instruction and multicultural art education. Small class sizes and hands-on field teaching experiences effectively prepare students to enter the profession of teaching or a graduate degree program. Our graduates find rewarding and meaningful employment in public and private schools, community centers, museums, and galleries.

Students may elect art education as their major in the Department of Art as freshmen; however, they may only begin to enroll in art education and breath studio courses after successfully completing the Freshman Foundation Portfolio Review. As juniors, they will begin completing required courses, including those in professional education. The B.S.Ed. leads to teaching licensure in the State of Ohio.

Contact Information for Department of Art

To learn more about the degree programs, scholarships, exhibitions, faculty, and students, visit art.ysu.edu or contact the Department of Art directly at 330-941-3627. To schedule a personalized campus visit, contact the Cliffe College Coordinator of Admissions and Recruitment at 330-941-2346.

Email: Connect Form

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.

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.

Candidates will not be permitted to take the following professional education courses more than twice:

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).