BFA Major in Art Education - Visual Arts

Program Requirements

21	credits: • ARTE 220 Foundations of Art Education (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 230 Practicum: Observation and Analysis of Children’s Learning (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 320 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art and Teaching (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 330 Introduction to Community Art Education (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 340 Art Education for Adolescents and Adults (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 432 Community Art Education: Theory and Practice (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 434 Professional Practice for Art Educators (3.00) ‌
6	credits of Studio Art courses chosen from: • CERA 230 Ceramics I (6.00) ‌ • FBRS 240 Fibre Structures I (6.00) ‌ • FBRS 260 Textile Printing and Dyeing I (6.00) ‌ • PTNG 200 Painting I (6.00) ‌ • SCUL 211 Sculpture and Material Practices I (3.00) ‌ • SCUL 212 Sculpture and Material Practices II (3.00) ‌
6	credits of Studio Art electives
3	credits: • ARTE 398 Special Topics in Art Education (3.00) ‌
6	credits: • DRAW 200 Drawing I (6.00) ‌
6	credits chosen from: • ARTE 352 Light‑Based Media (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 354 Time‑Based Media (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 398 Special Topics in Art Education (3.00) ‌ • ARTE 498 Special Topics in Inter‑Related Media and Technologies (3.00) ‌
6	credits of Art History electives
6	credits of Studio Art or Art History electives
6	credits: • EDUC 210 Psychology of Education (6.00) ‌

This program does not lead to teacher certification.
Electives permit a wider choice in courses in preparation for graduate study in areas such as art therapy, museum education, recreation, and arts administration.
Students are responsible for fulfilling their particular degree requirements; hence, the sequences above must be read in conjunction with Section 81.20 Degree Requirements.