Bachelor of Science in Art Education

Contact

573.651.2143
npalmeri@semo.edu
River Campus Seminary 104

Department of Art and Design
One University Plaza, MS 7825
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701

B.S.Ed in Art Education

The Department of Art and Design and the College of Education, Health and Human Studies collaboratively designed a curriculum accredited by NCATE, the Standard of Excellence in Teacher Preparation Program, to ensure art education students are well prepared for the rewarding career of teaching art.

Art Education students will have:

Exceptional Art and Design faculty teaching Drawing, Painting, 2D and 3D Design, Color Composition, Sculpture, Printmaking, Fibers, Computer Graphics, and Art History
Art Education faculty with experience in the K-12 art classroom as their primary advisor and instructor utilizing technology integrated into the curriculum with the one-to-one instruction model
The opportunities to participate in multiple K-12 field experiences in local art classrooms and to student teach in the United States or abroad

51 Hour Art Education Major

Foundation Requirements (15 credits)

These 5 courses are to be taken first

AR 100 - Drawing I (3)
AR 104 - 2D Design (3)
AR 106 - 3D Design (3)
AR 201 - Color Comp (3)
AR 202 - Drawing II (3)
AR 001 - Foundation Review (0)

Core Requirements (18 credits)

AR 325 Painting I (3) (or AW 851 Painting Workshop)
AR 332 Sculpture I (3) (or AW 841 Welded Sculpture Workshop)
AR 330 Fibers I (3) (or AR 847 Fibers Workshop)
AR 342 Ceramics I (3) (or AR 841 Raku Workshop)
AR 302 Printmaking (3) (or AR 303 Screenprinting) offered fall semester only
AR 323 Art & New Technology (3) (or AW 845 Computer Art)

Art Teaching Requirements (6 Credits)

AR 270 Art for the Elementary Teacher (3) offered spring semester only)
SE 315 Techniques of Teaching Art (3) offered fall semester only)

Art History Requirements (12 credits)

AH 110 Art History Survey I (3) offered fall semester only
AH 210 Art History Survey II (3) offered spring semester only
UI 337, Issues of Modern Architecture (6)
OR UI 461 Issues in Modern Art
OR any AH 3XX-5XX

Sample Four Year Plan

First Year – Fall semester

AR 100 Drawing I (3)
AR 104 – Design Foundations (3)
UI 100 (3) – Introductory Course
Written Communications (3)
Mathematics (3)

First Year – Spring Semester

AR 201- Color Composition (3)
AR 106 -3D Design (3)
AR 202 – Drawing II (3)
Written Communications (3)
Natural Science with lab (4)

Second Year – Fall semester

AR 001 Foundation Review (0)
AR 330 -Papermaking and Fibers (3)
AH 110 – Art History I (3)
PY 222 -Development of the Adolescent -Behavioral Systems (3)
Constitution (3) and Civics Exam
Humanities and Fine Arts (3) – different discipline than Art
Natural Science (3) different discipline

Second Year – Spring semester

AR323 – Art and New Technology (3) or AW 845 -summer
AH 210 – Art History II (3)
ED 280 Introduction to Teaching (3)
Social Science (3)
Oral Communication (3)
General Education (3)

Third Year – Fall Semester

AR 342 -Ceramics (3)
AR 332 -Sculpture (3)
AH 3xx-5xx OR UI 461 Issues in Modern Art (3)
EX 390 -Psychology and Education of the Exceptional Child (3)
SE 350 - Pedagogy I (3)

Third Year – Spring semester

AR 325 -Painting (3) or AW 851 summer
AR 270 – Art for the Elementary Teacher (3) (spring only)
SE 355 – Field 2 (3)
SE365 – Pedagogy 2 (3)
SE 307- Reading and Writing in the Content Area (3)

Fourth Year – Fall semester

AR 302 – Printmaking (3) (fall only)
AH 3xx- 5xx or UI 337 Issues in Modern Architecture (3)
SE 315 – Techniques of Teaching Art (3) (fall only)
SE 380 – Field 3 (3)
SE 385 – Pedagogy 3 (3)

Fourth Year – Spring Semester

SE 465- Student Teaching (12)
EF 400 -Seminar in Student Teaching (1)

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