Art Education Pre-Certification Concentration

Sophomore Year Credits: 15

Math Elective: 3 cr
British/American Lit. Credits: 3 cr

AEDU 200 - Presentation Skills Credits: 1 cr, 2 hrs
AEDU 201 - Introduction to Visual Arts Education Credits: 2 cr, 3 hrs
LACR 226 - SIFT: Fundamentals of Mathematics Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
LASS 871 - Child & Adolescent Psychology Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
This course also counts toward the liberal arts core of the bachelor’s degree

Junior Year Credits: 15

AEDU 533 - Art and Inclusionary Education Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs field work (8 weeks)
AEDU 541 - Program Design & Methods: Elementary Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs; 3 hrs field work (8 weeks)
This course has a required field placement.
AEDU 543 - Aesthetics and Art Criticism Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
LAAH 830 - Modern Art Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
(preferred) or a Discipline Art History
LASS 820 - Individual & Society Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs

Senior Year Credits: 15

AEDU 509 - Professional Writing Intensive Credits: 2 cr, 2 hrs
AEDU 542 - Program Design & Methods: Secondary Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs; 8 hrs field work
This course has a required field placement.
AEDU 560 - Saturday Practicum Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs field work (10 weeks)
This course has a required field placement.

Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Program Credits: 12

Students will not be allowed to student teach unless they have successfully completed AEDU 509 Professional Writing Intensive and the Instructional I PRAXIS tests: Reading, Writing, and Mathematics.

AEDU 503 - The Art of Teaching Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
AEDU 561 - Student Teaching: Elementary Credits: 4 cr, hrs vary (7 weeks)
The two field placements may be taken over two semesters. If this option is elected, the full 15-week seminar that accompanies the field placement must be taken in both semesters.
AEDU 562 - Student Teaching: Secondary Credits: 4 cr, hrs vary (7 weeks)
The two field placements may be taken over two semesters. If this option is elected, the full 15-week seminar that accompanies the field placement must be taken in both semesters.
AEDU 565 - Student Teaching Seminar: Elementary/Secondary Credits: 1 cr, 2 hrs

Required Studio Electives

Pre-Certification students should complete at least three upper-level credits in a two-dimensional medium if their major is in a three-dimensional area, and vice versa. Other studio work must include at least one course each in photography, computer with graphics applications, painting, drawing, ceramics, and printmaking. A non-Western art history is also required. AEDU 533, AEDU 541, AEDU 542, and AEDU 560 fulfill Art Education and studio elective requirements outside of the major program.