Art Education Certification, B.A.

Required Art Courses (33 crs.)

• ART 110 - Basic Drawing Credits: 3
• ART 210 - Drawing II Credits: 3
• ART 215 - Color and Two-Dimensional Design Credits: 3
• ART 218 - Three-Dimensional Design Credits: 3
• ART 232 - Art History II Credits: 3
• ART 233 - Art History III Credits: 3
• ART 385 - Senior Art Seminar Credits: 3
• ART 217 - Computer Design I Credits: 3
• ART 326 - Painting I Credits: 3 offered in fall only
• ART 340 - Ceramics Credits: 3
• ART 370 - Sculpture Credits: 3 offered in fall only

Required Art Education Courses (33 crs.)

• ART 356 - Social Structures of Aesthetics, Philosophy and Criticism in the Arts Credits: 3
• ART 400 - Contemporary Methods in Art Education Credits: 3
• EEC 423 - Effective Instructional Strategies for Students with Exceptionalities Credits: 3
• EEC 483 - Assessing Children with Exceptionalities for Curricular Decision-Making Credits: 3
• TCH 207 - Organizational and Psychological Foundations in Secondary Education Credits: 3
• EEC 273 - Introduction to Exceptionalities: Understanding Diverse Learners Credits: 3
• RDG 413 - Teaching Reading to English Language Learners Credits: 3
• EDU 495 - Student Teaching Credits: 6-15

• (Students in the K-12 Art Certification program will take 12 crs. of EDU 495  )

Praxis Exams:

Students must also take the Praxis I and II Examinations and complete all Pennsylvania Certification requirements to earn K-12 certification from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).

Bachelor of Arts Foreign Language Requirement:

All students completing a Bachelor of Arts degree are required to attain proficiency in a foreign language. Proficiency may be satisfied by completing a language class at the 103 (intermediate) level or three years of any one foreign language in high school. Students may also meet this requirement through AP or CLEP testing.

General Education

General Education Requirements

• General Education Program  

General Education Requirements Specific for this major:

• Arts (A):  
• Diversity (D):  
• Diversity (D):