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Curriculum in Art
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art
Art Education Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

Students seeking a concentration in Art Education are required to become competent in studio art and art history as well as acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to become a proficient art teacher.  The student will be prepared to teach art in elementary and secondary schools, recreational programs, parks, camps, and other special educational situations.

The concentration in Art Education consists of fifty-four semester hours of course work in Visual Art + Design.  Students must meet the following guidelines to graduate:

  1. A grade of "C" or better is required of art education students in all art courses.
  2. All sophomores must participate in Art 299 Sophomore Review.  The review will take place in the semester following completion of 45 curriculum hours.


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Art 105 Survey of World Art History I 3
††ART 111 Basic Drawing 3
††ART 151 Basic 2/D Design 3
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
MATH 161G College Algebra 3
*SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 112 Intermediate Drawing 3
††ART 152 Intermediate 2/D Design 3
††ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
MATH 241 or
MATH 162 or
MATH 163 or
MATH 165 or
MATH 185G		 Elementary Statistics
Plane Trigonometry
Calculus for the Biological, Business, and Social Sciences
Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry
Contemporary Mathematics		 3
††ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3
HIST 101 or
HIST 201HG		 Western Civilization to 1500
American History to 1877 for Honors Students		 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course
Description
Credit Hours
††ART 160 or 
ART 161 or 
ART 190
Typography
Print Design I
New Media and Animation I
3
††ART 153
Basic 3/D Design
3
††ART 115 or
ART 122
Basic Ceramics
Basic Digital Photography
3
ENGL 230 or 
ENGL 231 or 
ENGL 232G
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3
Science2,G
 
3
**EDUC 202
Introduction to Education
3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 117 or
ART 281		 Printmaking I
Basic Painting		 3
††ART 231 Sculpture I 3
ART 2993 Sophomore Review 0
Science2,G   3
COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3
MUS 151 or
THEA 131 or
DNC 302 or
HONR 191G		 Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre
History and Survey of Dance
Interdisciplinary Arts
 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Art Studio1
(200-level)		   3
ART 373 Art Education in the Elementary School 3
††ART 440 or
ART 442		 Nineteenth Century Art
Early Twentieth Century Art		 3
*EDUC 316 Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers 3
Social
Science
ElectiveG		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 443 Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism 3
ART 374 Art Education in the Secondary School 3
ART
300-level1		   3
Science2,G   3
*EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3
*SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††Art
400-level		   3
*EDUC 453 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6
*EDUC 485 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
EDUC 486 Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools 9
Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 125

*Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††Major courses requiring a grade of "C" or better.
1Art electives may be chosen from painting, drawing, sculpture, new media and animation art, graphic design, ceramics, printmaking or photography.
2Students must complete a minimum of 6 hours in a two-semester sequence of biological science plus a physical science or a two-semester sequence of a physical science plus a biological science.
3All Sophomores must complete Art 299 Sophomore Review.
4All Art Education degree candidates have the option to submit art works for the Graduating Senior's Exhibition. To participate in the exhibition, students must present in digital or slide format an ambitious body of artwork, approved by the Visual Art + Design Faculty. The department recommends that students participate the same semester in which they enroll in the Senior Project.