Jan 30, 2025  
2024-2025 General Catalog 
  
2024-2025 General Catalog

Art, BA, Art Education Concentration


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Students seeking a Concentration in Art Education are required to become competent in studio art and art history as well as acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to become a proficient art teacher. The student will be prepared to teach art in elementary and secondary schools, recreational programs, parks, camps, and other special educational situations.

The Concentration in Art Education consists of fifty-four semester hours of course work in Visual Art + Design. Students must meet the following guidelines to graduate:

  1. A grade of “C” or better is required of art education students in all art courses.
  2. All sophomores must participate in ART 2990  Sophomore Review. The review will take place in the semester following completion of 45 curriculum hours.

First Year


Fall Semester


Total Credit Hours: 17


Spring Semester


Total Credit Hours: 18


Second Year


Fall Semester


Total Credit Hours: 18


Spring Semester


Total Credit Hours: 18


Third Year


Fall Semester


Total Credit Hours: 15


Spring Semester


Total Credit Hours: 18


Fourth Year


Fall Semester


Total Credit Hours: 12


Spring Semester


Total Credit Hours: 9


Total Semester Hours Required 125


G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER  section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

*Requires a grade of “C” or higher.

**Requires a grade of “B” or higher.

†† Major courses requiring a grade of “C” or higher.

1 Art electives may be chosen from painting, drawing, sculpture, new media and animation art, graphic design, ceramics, printmaking or photography.

2 A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

3 All Sophomores must complete ART 2990  Sophomore Review.

4 General Education course in fine arts, including HONR 1917 , other than visual art, art history. 

Art Education degree candidates have the option to submit art works for the Graduating Senior’s Exhibition. To participate in the exhibition, students must present in digital or slide format an ambitious body of artwork, approved by the Visual Arts Faculty. The department recommends that students participate the same semester in which they enroll in the Senior Project.

Honors Diploma in the Discipline


For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Senior Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult the Honors Program  section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.

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