Art Major (ARED) (Teacher Licensure), BA

Requirements

Pass the Sophomore Portfolio Review (see explanation below).

Liberal Arts: 50 Hours

Majors are required to take either THEA 101  or MUS 101  to meet the Creative Spirit Liberal Arts requirement.

EDFD 203 , required in place of PSY 201 , is counted below in the hours required for certification.

Student must take MATH 151  and POLS 205 .

Major: 50 Hours

• ART 103 - Drawing and Composition Credit Hours: 3
• ART 104 - Multi-media Drawing and Rendering Credit Hours: 3
• ART 105 - Human Anatomy and Design Credit Hours: 3
• ART 200 - Two-D Design Credit Hours: 3
• ART 231 - Ancient - Medieval Art Survey Credit Hours: 3
• ART 232 - Renaissance to World War II Art Survey Credit Hours: 3
• ART 233 - Contemporary Art Survey Credit Hours: 3
• ART 260 - Color Theory Credit Hours: 3
• ART 291 - Painting I Credit Hours: 3
• ART 311 - Teaching Art (P-8) Credit Hours: 3
• ART 375 - Visual Aesthetics and the Biblical Perspective Credit Hours: 3
• ART 450 - Senior Seminar Credit Hours: 1
• 10 hours of upper-level art electives

Licensure: 31 Hours

Consult the College of Education  catalog section for additional licensure information.

• EDFD 200 - Chalk / Wire ePortfolio
• EDFD 202 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 203 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 311 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• RDNG 415 - Interdisciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
• SEED 314 - Classroom Management and Assessment - Field Experience II Credit Hours: 2
• SEED 417 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 0, 2
• SEED 420 - Teaching Art Credit Hours: 3
• SEED 461 - Supervised Teaching - Internship II Credit Hours: 8-12
• SEED 480 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
• SPED 418 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Remaining Bible/Electives: 3 Hours

ART 375 , counted above in the major, satisfies the Bible Enrollment requirement in the semester it is taken. Bible is not required during the supervised teaching semester. See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

Total Hours: 134

Note(s): Sophomore portfolio review

The sophomore portfolio review is for the art & design student who has completed (including current classes) 15 credit hours of selected core art & design coursework. The review is intended to provide feedback on the student’s artistic growth progress. At the review we will be assessing: drawing and compositional skills, presentation skills, ability to discuss and exhibit work and the student’s level of knowledge about current professional activity in his or her program area.

Sophomore portfolio review for Art majors with Licensure: Required after the student has completed ART 103 , ART 104 , ART 105 , ART 200 , ART 260  and in or completed ART 291 . A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in these art and design courses is required to be eligible for participating in sophomore portfolio review. Passing the sophomore portfolio review is a prerequisite to enrolling in junior level courses.