Undergraduate Programs
The department offers Studio Art and Art History sequences leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, in addition to certification for teaching art in K-12 schools. Separate minors in Art for Education majors and Liberal Arts students are also offered.
Major in Art for the Bachelor of Arts Degree
Major
in Studio Art
Major
in Art History
Major in K-12
Art Education
Minor in Art
Studio
Art or Art History
Major in K-12 Art Education
Students wishing to be certified for teaching art in secondary schools should consult the secondary education requirements in the College of Education.
| 15 hour core requirements: | ||
| Art 106 | Art History I | 3 cr. |
| Art 107 | Art History II | 3 cr. |
| Art 120 | Drawing I | 3 cr. |
| Art 130 | Two-Dimensional Design | 3 cr. |
| Art 140 | Three-Dimensional Design | 3 cr. |
| 25 hours at the 200 level | ||
| Art 201 | Contemporary Art | 3 cr. |
| Art 220 | Drawing II | 3 cr. |
| Art 234 | Colour | 3 cr. |
| Art 292 | Professional Practices (1 of 3) | 1 cr. |
| Art 230 | Introduction to Painting | 3 cr. |
| Art 240 | Introduction to Sculpture | 3 cr. |
| Art 250 | Introduction to Printmaking | 3 cr. |
| Art 261 | Introduction to Photography | 3 cr. |
| Art 270 | Introduction to Ceramics | 3 cr. |
| 17 hours of the following: | ||
| Art 300 | Art History (2 courses) | 6 cr. |
| Art 300 | Area of concentration (3 courses) | 9 cr. |
| Art 392A | Professional Practices | 1 cr. |
| Art 392B | Professional Practices | 1 cr. |
| 28 hours of the following: | ||
| EDFN-305 | Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Public Education | 3 cr. |
| EDFN-306 | Education and Individual Differences (This course includes ten clock hours of clinical experience in an appropriate school.) | 3 cr. |
| EDFN-307 | Psychology of Instruction and Learning (This course includes ten clock hours of clinical experience in an appropriate school.) | 3 cr. |
| READ-301 | Teaching Reading in Junior and Senior High School | 3 cr. |
| ELED-311 | School Curriculum | 3 cr. |
| SCED-303 | Methods of Teaching in the Secondary School | 3 cr. |
| SCED-304 | Clinical Experiences in the Secondary School (This course requires 100 clock hours of clinical experience with a cooperating teacher in the appropriate subject at a local secondary school.) | 1 cr. |
| SCED-305 | Secondary Student Teaching and Seminar (This course requires full time experienced cooperating teacher in the appropriate subject at a local secondary school.) | 9 cr. |
Student teaching Art is only offered during the Spring semester. Students
must complete C&I-SCED-303A in the Fall.