For the Degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education
The curriculum in art education requires 130 credit hours and prepares
students for positions as teachers of art in the public schools, grades
kindergarten through twelve. The program places emphasis on methods,
materials, processes, and practice teaching in Illinois schools. For
teacher education requirements applicable to all curricula, see the
Council on Teacher Education.
Illinois law and Council on Teacher Education policy require that
all candidates for a teacher education program pass the Illinois Certification
Testing System test of Basic Skills prior to admission. In order to
be recommended for certification, candidates are required to maintain
a UIUC cumulative grade-point average of 2.5, content area course
gpa of 3.0, and professional education course gpa of 3.0 (A=4.0).
Candidates should consult their art education advisor or the Council
on Teacher Education for the list of courses used to compute these
grade-point averages.
| Hours |
General Education
Requirements1 |
| 4 |
Composition
I |
| 3 |
Advanced
Composition |
| 24 |
Six hours in each of the following areas: Humanities and the Arts, Natural Sciences and Technology, Quantitative Reasoning, and Cultural Studies |
| 4 |
Psychology
100 (meets a Social and Behavioral Science) |
| 3 |
Social and
Behavioral Science |
| 0-12 |
Foreign Language2 |
| 38-50 |
Total |
| Hours |
Art History |
| 4 |
ARTH 111—Ancient
and Medieval Art |
| 4 |
ARTH 112—Renaissance
and Modern Art (General Education-Humanities & the Arts course) |
| 3 |
Advanced art
history (300 or 400) |
| 11 |
Total |
| Hours |
General Art and Design |
| 2 |
ARTF 101—Contemporary
Issues in Art |
| 6 |
ARTF 102 and
104—Drawing, I and II |
| 6 |
ARTF 103 and
105—Design, I and II |
| 4 |
ARTS 250 and
253—Life Drawing, I and II |
| 4 |
ARTS 251 and one of: ARTS 254 or 252 |
| 21 |
Art Concentration:
Choose from courses in the following areas: Drawing, Painting,
Sculpture, Photography, Narrative Media, Design , Ceramics, Metals, Art History. |
| 43 |
Total |
| Hours |
Art Education3 |
| 4 |
ARTE 201
Art Education Laboratory (repeat) |
| 4 |
ARTE 203
Practicum in Teaching Art |
| 3 |
ARTE 301
Early Field Art Teaching |
| 3 |
ARTE 302
Public School Art Programs |
| 14 |
Total |
| Hours |
Professional
Education |
| 3 |
E P S 201 Foundations of Education |
| 3 |
EPSY 201 Educational Psychology |
| 6 |
Total |
| Hours |
Student Teaching |
| 4 |
ARTE
401 Teaching Seminar |
| 10 |
ED PR
438 Ed Prac in Sp Fields in Ele Ed |
| |
ED PR
442 Ed Prac in Secondary Ed |
| 14 |
Total |
| |
ELECTIVES
as needed to total 130 hour degree |
| 130 |
Degree
Total |
