Art, BSED

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Total number of hours for the program: 128.

Admission to the Art Education Program

Students seeking admission to the Art Education Program must declare their major and meet the requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program .

Admission to the Professional Education Sequence

Students in Professional Education must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program and are subject to all teacher education requirements. EDCI 201 is the only course in the professional education sequence that may be taken before admission to teacher education.

Continuation in the Art Education Program

To continue in the program, students must meet the continuation requirements of the Teacher Education Program . In additional to these requirements, students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or better in each art course in the major.

Students receiving BFA Degree in Art with a concentration in Art Education will also receive the BSEd Degree in Art Education from the College of Education and Allied Professions. For degree requirements, please see the listing under BFA Art, Concentration in Art Education.

Liberal Studies (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements

Major Requirements

Professional Education Sequence (24 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

The major further requires 59 hours as follows:

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 367 - History and Philosophy of Art Education Credits: 3
ART 416 - Contemporary Art Credits: 3
ART 465 - Art Methods for the Elementary School Credits: 3

Art Studio

Students are required to take 18 hours art studio as follows:

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 270 - Communication Design Credits: 3
ART 372 - Introductory Photography Credits: 3

Art Electives

Students should take the following electives:

Nine hours art studio electives selected as 300- or 400-level courses in the same studio discipline.
Three hours art history electives at the junior-senior level.
Five hours of free electives.

Free Electives

Three hours of general electives from 300-400 level courses (3)

Visit the department’s website at https://www.wcu.edu/learn/programs/art-education-bsed/index.asp to view the eight-semester curriculum guide.