Art Education (K-12) Major, B.A.

General Information:

Bachelor of Arts

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. Art Education Majors must maintain a cumulative 2.75 GPA. 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 (K-12) Major Requirements: 90 credit hours

General Education Courses Specified by Major:

• ART 113 - Two-Dimensional Design
• PSY 273 - Educational Psychology

Required Content Courses: 33 credit hours

• ARH 273 - Art History I
• ARH 283 - Art History II
• ARH 383 - Modern Art
• ART 123 - Drawing I
• ART 223 - Drawing II
• ART 233 - Three-Dimensional Design
• ART 243 - Painting I
• ART 273 - Clay I
• ART 283 - Digital Photography and Digital Darkroom Techniques
• ART 313 - Printmaking
• ART 353 - Fibers

Required Professional Courses (K-12): 43 credit hours

• EDU 200 - Introduction to Clinical Practice
• EDU 201 - Classroom Observation
• EDU 203 - Psychological Development of the Child and Adolescent
• EDU 211 - Classroom Participation
• EDU 213 - The Call to Teach, An Introduction to Teaching
• EDU 303 - Education of the Exceptional Learner
• EDU 333 - Analysis in Curriculum & Methods of Teaching
• EDU 353 - Instructional Interventions
• EDU 393 - Methods of Teaching Literacy in the Secondary School
• EDU 423 - Educational Assessment & Data Based Decision Making
• EDU 441 - Classroom Leadership
• EDU 453 - Trauma Sensitive Classroom Management
• EDU 4102 - Implementation of K-12 Best Practices
• EDU 4103 - Best Practices in Teaching K-12 Art
• EDU 45V - Student Teaching (11 credit hours)

Required Collateral Courses (Art): 14 credit hours

• ARH 433 - Human Creativity
• ART 301 - Studio Art Seminar (repeated, 1 credit hour total)
• ART 401 - Studio Art Seminar (repeated, 1 credit hour total)
• ART 492 - Senior Exhibition
• ART 491 - Art Portfolio

NOTE:

All Elementary and Secondary Majors should apply for admission to the Teacher Education program by the end of their fourth semester. Standards for admission include: 1) Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75; 2) Minimum of 18 ACT Composite score or SAT equivalent OR state passing score on the ETS Parapro Exam; 3) 30 semester hours course work completed and at least one (1) consecutive semester at College of the Ozarks.

Students must apply for permission to enroll in student teaching the semester preceding the student teaching semester. Standards for authorization to enroll include: 1) Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75; 2) Minimum 3.0 in content field courses AND professional education courses; 3) Successful completion of teaching certification course requirements in one or more teaching fields; 4) Minimum grade of C- in all professional education and content field courses required; 5) Successful completion of the content specific Praxis exam is required before student teaching.

NOTE: College of the Ozarks Teacher Education Program and Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Certification Standards that are in effect at the time of program completion must be met in order for teaching certification to be recommended.

College of the Ozarks students who completed the professional educational programs for teacher certification had a 100% pass rate on the prescribed state licensure tests for 2023-2024.