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Art Area Teaching – Bachelor of Arts

Special Admission Requirements

Art Area Teaching Requirements:

  1. Sophomore Exhibition and Faculty Review (spring semester)

  2. Senior Exhibition (spring semester)

Teacher Education Requirements:

  1. TEP Admission

    1. Praxis I Core Academic Skills for Educators

    2. Completion of 45 credit hours for secondary, 5-12, or P-12 programs

    3. Minimum 2.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale. All college courses attempted must be part of the applicant's MSU transcript. All transfer courses, as well as MSU credit, are used in calculating GPA. There is no rounding up.

    4. Completion of the following courses with grades of "C" or better:

      1. ENG 100 - Writing I 

      2. COMS 108 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication

      3. MATH General Education Elective

      4. EDF 207 - Foundations of Education

      5. EDF 211 - Human Growth and Development

  2. Praxis II Art Content Knowledge and PLT - must take PRIOR to clinical practice

  3. All students must complete 200 field experience hours PRIOR to clinical practice

*Art Education students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program (TEP) prior to enrolling in ART 301, ART 321, EDSE 312, EDSE 416, EDSE 483, and EDUC 476.

Program Competencies

Students will:

  1. Understand and skillfully apply various media, techniques and technology in the production and presentation of their work.
  2. Work creatively with materials, media, symbols and ideas.
  3. Understand visual art and design in historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts.
  4. Reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
  5. Communicate about art effectively in written and oral form.
  6. Develop competencies in preparation for work as artists, designers, teachers, and creative workers in the 21st century.

Assessment

  1. Sophomore Exhibition Mid-Program Assessment
  2. Senior Exhibition Assessment
  3. Completion of the senior survey in the Visual Arts Capstone course.
  4. Teacher certification students will take the Praxis II art content exam.

Program Requirements

General Education

General Education Courses(See GNED Course Listings)

33
Total Credit Hours:33

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).

Art Teaching

Art Core Requirements

ART 1002D Design and Color Foundations

3
ART 1023D Foundations

3
ART 109Digital Foundations

3
ART 112Drawing Foundations

3
ART 214Painting Techniques I

3
ART 295Sophomore Exhibition and Review

0
ART 300Teaching Elementary and Middle School Art

3
ART 304Drawing II

3
ART 321Materials and Methods for Secondary Art*

3
ART 490Senior Exhibition

0
ART 499CVisual Art Capstone

3
Total Credit Hours:27

Note: ART 300 is offered during the second semester of the second year due to teacher education course sequencing. This is the only art education course offered that does not required TEP admission and allows students to participate in field experience in their content area.

Choose two of the following:

ART 263World Arts

3
ART 264Ancient-Medieval

3
ART 265Renaissance-Modern

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Choose one of the following:

ART 245Ceramics I

3
ART 294Sculpture I

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Choose one of the following:

ART 351Intaglio Printmaking

3
ART 352Lithographic Printmaking

3
ART 373Basic Black and White Photography

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Art History

Choose two 300-level or higher Art History electives from the following:

ART 361Ancient Art

3
ART 362Medieval Art

3
ART 363Renaissance Art

3
ART 364Mannerist and Baroque Art

3
ART 46118th and 19th Century European and U.S. Art

3
ART 46220th Century Art

3
ART 463Art of the United States

3
ART 464Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Art

3
ART 467Native American Art

3
ART 468Appalachian Arts

3
ART 481German Art of the 20th Century

3
ART 482Contemporary World Art

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Art Electives

ART electivesChoose 12 hours from ART

12
Total Credit Hours:12

Professional Education

ART 301Field Experience in Art Education*

3
EDF 207Foundations of Education

3
EDF 211Human Growth and Development

3
EDSE 312Educational Methods and Technology*

3
EDSE 416Clinical Practice*

12
EDSE 483Classroom Organization and Management for Secondary Teachers*

3
EDSP 230Education of Exceptional Children

3
EDUC 476Content Area Literacy*

3
Total Credit Hours:33

Free Electives

Free Electives (chosen by student)

variable

Total Credit Hours: 120

Note: A total of 12 hours from advanced studies art courses are allowable toward the degree. A total of 12 hours from internship courses are allowable toward the degree.