Program Requirements

Hours: 60 hours

The B.A. in Art Education is designed for the student who plans to become a professional art educator. The comprehensive curriculum includes studio art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and an intensive two-semester course in the theory and practice of teaching visual arts. The art program, coupled with professional education coursework, may lead to Ohio licensure as a Visual Art Specialist, pre-K-12. The department offers graduate art studio courses in day, evening and summer timeframes for art teachers seeking advanced knowledge and skills.

Minimum grade of C in all major/cognate courses.

Additional education hours required for licensure. See Education.

Program Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the art, art education or fine arts majors will:

• engage in the creative art making process, using imagery, structures and media to express and communicate ideas, feelings, experiences and aspirations.
• identify the formal, technical and expressive aspects in visual artworks, using critical skills to describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate such works.
• understand and appreciate the historical, social and cultural contexts of the arts and artists in societies past and present, further clarifying why people create and value the arts.