Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Utilize a range of artistic media to create artworks.
• Articulate art concepts in appropriate presentations.
• Organize, analyze, and produce research in relationship to artists and/or artworks.
• Demonstrate various formalized elements and principles, artistic genres, stylistic categories, materials and techniques, and contextual factors in art teaching circumstances.

For students gaining teaching licensure in a content major, the following minor leads to endorsement. All students desiring licensure to teach are required to file an Application for Admission to the Educator Preparation Program.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ARTH 150	Introduction to Art History *	3
ARTH 252	Visual Theory & Criticism	3
ARTZ 104	Studio Safety	1
ARTZ 105	Visual Language-Drawing *	3
ARTZ 106	Visual Language-2-D Fndtns	3
ARTZ 108	Visual Language-3-D Fndtns *	3
ARTZ 402	Teaching Art I--K-12 1	3
ARTZ 403	Teaching Art II--K-12 2	3
Subtotal		22
Art History
Select one course from the following		3
ARTH 321	Renaissance & Baroque Art
ARTH 342	Modern Art
ARTH 436	The History of Women in Art
ARTH 439	American Indian Art
ARTH 451	Contemporary Art
ARTH 452	History of Time-Based Arts
ARTH 455	Art & the Environment
Subtotal		3
Studio Art
Select one course from the following		4
ARTZ 211	Drawing I
ARTZ 221	Painting I
ARTZ 231	Ceramics I
ARTZ 251	Sculpture I
ARTZ 258	New Media I
ARTZ 271	Printmaking I
ARTZ 284	Photo I-Techniques & Processes
Total Minimum Credits		29

*

May satisfy General Education requirements.

¹

ARTZ 402 is required in the Professional Core. Student must be enrolled in a state certified teacher licensure program or hold a current teaching license by the time they enroll in ARTZ 402.

²

ARTZ 403 is required in the Professional Core and it has a corequisite of EDU 354

Certain courses in this program have prerequisites; others are offered only in alternate years.  Students should check course descriptions for required prerequisites. 

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Year 1
Fall
ARTH 150	Introduction to Art History	3
ARTZ 105	Visual Language-Drawing	3
Spring
ARTZ 104	Studio Safety	1
ARTZ 108	Visual Language-3-D Fndtns	3
Year 2
Fall
ARTH 252	Visual Theory & Criticism	3
ARTZ 106	Visual Language-2-D Fndtns	3
Spring
Art History Elective		3
Year 3
Fall
Studio Art Elective		4
Spring
ARTZ 402	Teaching Art I--K-12	3
Year 4
Fall
ARTZ 403	Teaching Art II--K-12	3