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

 

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

††Art 105 Survey of World Art History I 3 hours
††ART 111 Basic Drawing 3 hours
††ART 151 Foundations in Visual Language I 3 hours
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3 hours
MathematicsG   3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 17 hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 112
3
hours
††ART 154
3
hours
††ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG
3
hours
Mathematics or
Analytical ReasoningG
  
3
hours
††ART 106
3
hours
HIST 101 or
HIST 201HG
3
hours
 
Total:
18
hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††ART 160 or
ART 161 or
ART 190		 Typography
Print Design I
New Media and Animation I                                   		 3 hours
††ART 153 Basic 3/D Design 3 hours
††ART 115 or
ART 122		 Basic Ceramics
Basic Digital Photography		 3 hours
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G
 3 hours
Science2,G   3 hours
**EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 117 or
ART 184
3
hours
††ART 231 Sculpture I 3 hours
Science2,G   3 hours
COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom                         3 hours
PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3 hours
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 hours
ART 2993 Sophomore Review 0  hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

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

 

Second Semester

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

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

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

 

Second Semester

EDUC 486 Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools 9 hours
  Total: 9 hours

 

Total semester hours required 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

*Requires a grade of "C" or better.

**Requires a grade of "B" or better.

††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.