Art, BFA with an Emphasis in Art Education

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements  

Major Requirements

Required Major Courses (21 hours)

• ART 131 - Introductory Drawing Credits: 3
• ART 132 - Two-Dimensional Design Credits: 3
• ART 136 - Art History Survey I Credits: 3
• ART 137 - Art History Survey II Credits: 3
• ART 142 - Three-Dimensional Design Credits: 3
• ART 416 - Contemporary Art Credits: 3
• ART 465 - Art Methods for the Elementary School Credits: 3

Professional Education Sequence (26 hours)

• EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: 3
• PSY 323 - Psychology Applied to Learning and Teaching Credits: 3
• SPED 339 - Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities Credits: 3
• ART 463 - Art Methods for the Middle and High School Credits: 3
• EDSE 490 - Supervised Student Teaching Credits: 6
• EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: 3
• ART 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in Art, K-12 Credits: 3
• EDSE 483 - Secondary/Special Subject Area Internship I Credits: 2-3

Exploratory Art Electives (27 hours)

Students should take nine courses (27 hours) from the following list. Six hours of exploratory art electives must be taken at the junior-senior (300-400) level.

• ART 231 - Life Drawing Credits: 3
• ART 233 - Introductory Painting Credits: 3
• ART 234 - Introductory Printmaking Credits: 3
• ART 241 - Introductory Sculpture Credits: 3
• ART 251 - Introductory Ceramics Credits: 3
• ART 330 - Drawing II Credits: 3, R12
• ART 333 - Painting II Credits: 3, R12
• ART 334 - Printmaking II Credits: 3, R12
• ART 342 - Sculpture II Credits: 3, R12
• ART 351 - Ceramics II Credits: 3, R12
• ART 359 - Introductory Book Arts Credits: 3
• ART 377 - Painting III Credits: 3
• ART 380 - Ceramics III Credits: 3
• ART 381 - Sculpture III Credits: 3
• ART 433 - Painting IV Credits: 3, R12
• ART 434 - Problems in Printmaking Credits: 3, R12
• ART 440 - Advanced Drawing Credits: 3, R12
• ART 443 - Sculpture IV Credits: 3, R12
• ART 451 - Problems in Ceramics Credits: 3, R12
• ART 452 - Problems in Sculpture Credits: 3, R9
• ART 453 - Problems in Painting Credits: 3, R9
• ART 455 - Photography II Credits: 3
• ART 459 - Book Arts II Credits: 3, R12
• ART 466 - Problems in Book Arts Credits: 3, R9
• ART 472 - Photography III Credits: 3, R12
• ART 477 - Tilemaking Credits: 3, R9
• ART 480 - Experimental Studio Credits: 3, R12
• ART 481 - Independent Study in Studio Art Credits: 1-6, R12
• ART 493 - Topics in Art Credits: 1-4, R12
• ART 494 - Art Honors Studio Credits: 3, R6

Upper-level Art History Electives (3 hours)

Students myst take three hours must be taken at the junior-senior level selected from the following:

• ART 379 - Cherokee Arts and Crafts Credits: 3
• ART 401 - Art of World Cultures Credits: 3
• ART 402 - Asian Art and Visual Culture Credits: 3
• ART 404 - Greco Roman Art Credits: 3
• ART 405 - History of Photography Credits: 3
• ART 406 - Renaissance Art Credits: 3
• ART 412 - Nineteenth-Century Painting Credits: 3
• ART 414 - American Art Credits: 3
• ART 417 - Modern Sculpture Credits: 3
• ART 418 - Development of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture Credits: 3
• ART 419 - History of Design Credits: 3
• ART 482 - Independent Study in Art History Credits: 1-6, R6
• ART 486 - Exhibition Practicum Credits: 3

General Electives (1 hour)

To complete the degree, students should select one hour of general electives (from any course).