Bachelor of Science in Art Education

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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

Fall Semester (15 hours)

UI 100 First Year Introductory Course (3)
EN 100 English Composition (3)
AR 104 2D Design (3)
MA 218 Concept of School Mathematics (3)
AR 100 Drawing I

Spring Semester (18 hours)

AR 106 3D Design (3)
AR 201 Color Composition (3)
AR 202 Drawing II
EN 140 Rhetoric and Critical Thinking (3)
LI 256 The Variety of Literature (3)
PS 103 US Political Systems (3)
Work on Foundation Review portfolio to present during semester 3 (0)

Fall Semester (18 hours)

AR 001 Foundation Review (0)
PY 222 Child and Adolescent Development (3)
AH 110 Art History I (3)
EC 101 Economic Problems and Politics (3)
US 107 American History (3)
AR 332 Sculpture (OR AW 841-summer only) (3)
PH 218 Physical Science: A process Approach (3)

Spring Semester (18 hours)

ED 280 Introduction to Teaching (3)
AH 210 Art History II (spring only) (3)
SC 105 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication (3)
BS 218 Biological Science: A Process Approach (3)
AR 342 Ceramics (3)
OS 200 Survey of Social Science OR SE 275 Diversity in Education (3)

Fall Semester (15 hours)

SE 350 Pedagogy I-Principles of Effective Teaching (3)
EX 390 Psychology and Education of the Exceptional Child (3)
UI 461 Issues in Modern Art (fall only) (3)
AR 302 Printmaking (3)
AR 323 Art and New Technology

Spring Semester (18 hours)

SE 355 Field Experience 2 (3)
SE 365 Pedagogy II-Secondary School Interdisciplinary Methods and Technology (3)
SE 307 Reading and Writing in the Content Area
UI 337 Issues in Modern Architecture (spring only) (3)
AR 330 Fibers (3)
AR 270 Art for the Elementary Teacher (spring only) (3)

Fall Semester (15 hours)

SE 380 Field Experience 3 (fall only) (3)
SE 385 Pedagogy III-MSE Advanced Methods of Middle and Secondary Teaching (fall only) (3)
SE 315 Techniques of Teaching Art (fall only) (3)
AR 325 Painting (3)
UI 3XX-4XX-5XX (3)

Spring Semester (13 hours)

EF 400 Student Teaching Seminar (1)
SE 465 Student Teaching (3)
Student Teaching (3)
Student Teaching (3)
Student Teaching (3)

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B.S.Ed in Art Education

51 Hour Art Education Major

Foundation Requirements (15 credits)

Core Requirements (18 credits)

Art Teaching Requirements (6 Credits)

Art History Requirements (12 credits)

Sample Four Year Plan