Art Education- Bachelor of Science in Art with Multi-Age Visual Arts Licensure
For information, contact an advisor in the Department of Art, 124 Art Building, 513-529-2900.
This program prepares the student for licensure as an art teacher in Ohio Public Schools. It leads to the Bachelor of Science in Art with Multi-Age Visual Arts License (Prekindergarten through grade 12, ages 3-21). Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and the State of Ohio Department of Education Teacher Licensure Standards, it is in compliance with current guidelines from Ohio’s Academic Content Standards (Visual Arts) and the National Art Education Association (NAEA).
A student must plan a program with an art education advisor in the Department of Art and demonstrate progress toward candidacy for licensure by successfully completing key assessments and indicators and achieving benchmarks to pass programmatic reviews.
Program Requirements
(91 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation courses: | ||
| ART 111 | Visual Fundamentals: Design and Composition | 3 |
| ART 121 | Observational Drawing | 3 |
| ART 122 | Drawing Projects | 3 |
| ART 171 | Visual Fundamentals: Narrative & Sequence | 3 |
| ART 281 | Contemporary Art Forum | 1 |
| Art History surveys (ART 188 is required): | ||
| ART 162 | Arts of Africa, Oceania and Native America | 3 |
| or ART 187 | Art and Society: Prehistoric to Medieval | |
| or ART 286 | East Asian Art | |
| ART 188 | Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern | 3 |
| 200-level studio courses: | ||
| ART 231 | Painting I | 3 |
| ART 241 | Printmaking I | 3 |
| ART 255 | Introduction to Digital Photography 1 | 3 |
| or ART 257 | Photography | |
| ART 261 | Ceramics I | 3 |
| ART 264 | Jewelry Design and Metals I | 3 |
| ART 271 | Sculpture I | 3 |
| Art Education courses: | ||
| ART 195 | Introduction to Art Education | 3 |
| ART 295 | Elementary Art Methods | 3 |
| ART 296 | Secondary Art Methods | 3 |
| ART 395 | Art Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| ART 493 | Professional Dispositions in Art Education | 3 |
| ART 495 | Art Education Practicum | 3 |
| Student Teaching | ||
| ART 419 | Supervised Student Teaching in Art | 15 |
| Required Education courses: | ||
| EDP 201 | Human Development and Learning in Social and Educational Contexts | 3 |
| EDP 256 | Psychology of the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| Literacy Requirement for Licensure (select one): | 3 | |
| Writing for Educators | ||
| Children's Literature for PK-5 Classrooms Note, due to cohorts, only register for Regionals section of this course | ||
| Phonics and Literacy Instruction for Teachers | ||
| Foundations of Language and Critical Literacy | ||
| Literature and Other Media for Adolescents | ||
| Foundations of Reading, Language, and Literacy Note, due to cohorts, only register for Regionals section of this course | ||
| Technology course (select one): | 3 | |
| Introduction to Digital Photography 1 | ||
| Technology + Media Literacy and Learning | ||
| Upper-level non-Western art history course (select one): | 3 | |
| Introduction to the Art of the Black Diaspora | ||
| The Arts of African Peoples | ||
| Chinese Painting History | ||
| Modern & Contemporary East Asian Art | ||
| Arts of West Africa | ||
| Upper-level studio focus courses (select two): | 6 | |
| Thematic Studio | ||
| Painting II | ||
| Painting III | ||
| Printmaking II | ||
| Printmaking III | ||
| Photography II | ||
| Photography III | ||
| Ceramics II | ||
| Ceramics III | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metals II | ||
| Jewelry Design and Metals III | ||
| Sculpture II | ||
| Sculpture III | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 91 | |
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ART 255 may serve as either a 200-level studio course or a technology course, but not both.
Students must also complete all Miami Plan requirements.