Art Education K-12/Secondary Education, B.A./B.S.

General Information:

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science

The objectives of the art major are that students completing the major will:

• develop skill and understanding in the various media, techniques, and histories of visual art (Academic);
• cultivate professional communication skills in writing, speaking, critiquing, teaching, and developing a portfolio in the visual arts, and develop the ancillary skills necessary for the creation and exhibition of fine artwork (Vocational);
• nurture their human creativity as a mandated and blessed “potential given by God” and to demonstrate how created forms are meanings, ends, and doxologies to God in themselves (Christian);
• develop a solemn appreciation for and understanding of the cost of our foundational liberties, especially the freedom of speech, and an understanding of how we exercise our free speech with a sense of responsibility towards others (Patriotic);
• encounter the greatest achievements in human creativity, and appreciate their roles as culture-makers (Cultural).

The art major provides students with a choice of a studio art emphasis in ceramics, graphic design, painting, computer art, or an art education emphasis.

Admission to the art major program requires an art faculty review upon the completion of twelve semester hours in art and the passing of ART 200 - Professional Assistance Review .

Non-course requirements for majors and minors: majors must maintain a 2.5 GPA in all art, art history, and art education courses. Fifteen art (ART), art history (ARH), and/or art education (AED) credit hours must be upper division. In each semester that a student is classified as a studio art major or minor, he or she must receive a passing grade in ART 101  or ART 201 , and a passing grade of C- or better in ART 301  and ART 401 . Art majors and minors in their last semester are required to present a brief slide lecture about their art.

Transfer students: A minimum of 24 semester hours in art must be taken at the College. The discipline recognizes courses taken at other accredited institutions, but courses transferred do not necessarily satisfy the specific course requirements of the major.

Art Education Emphasis/Secondary Education:

K-12/Secondary Education Required Courses: 39-41 credit hours

• Secondary Education courses (see K-12/Secondary Education Major, B.A./B.S.  section under Education for complete list of courses).

Teaching Methods Specific to Art Education:

• EDU 4102 - Implementation of K-12 Best Practices
• EDU 4103 - Best Practices in Teaching K-12 Art