Art Education Major, Grades K-12, BSE, ES08

General Education Core Requirements 42 Hours: 33 Hours

• Area 1A  6 hours social science, 3 hours met by PSY 100, select 1 additional class - see below
• Area 1B  3 hours civics - see below
• Area 2A  6 hours written communication - see below
• Area 2B  3 hours oral communication - see below
• Area 3A  3 hours natural science non-lab - see below
• Area 3B  4 hours natural science with lab - see below
• Area 4    3 hours mathematics, MATH 0125  recommended but not required - see below
• Area 5A  6 hours humanities, ENG 0250  recommended but not required for 3 hours - see below
• Area 5B  3 hours met by ART 0251  or ART 0252  
• Area 5C  3 hours met by EDUC 0280  
• Area 5D  2 hours health and wellness - see below

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 Yours to Lose students only

Supporting Requirements: 26 Hours

• ‘C’ or higher

• ART 0103 - Three Dimensional Design 3
• ART 0212 - Introduction to Printmaking 3
• ART 0251 - Art History, Pre-Historic Through Gothic 3
• ART 0252 - Art History, Renaissance through Nineteenth Century 3
• ART 0295 - Foundation Review 0
• ART 0372 - Color Theory 3
• ART 0490 - Professional Studio Practices 2
• ART 0495 - Art Capstone Experience 0
• ART History Elective - 3 cr hrs
• EDUC 0100 - Introduction to Teacher Education I 3
• PSY 0100 - General Psychology 3

Professional Education Core: 24 Hours

• 3.0 GPA / C or higher

• EDUC 0280 - Foundations of Education in a Global Society 3
• EDUC 0302 - The Exceptional Child 2
• EDUC 0321 - Microteaching 1
• EDUC 0329 - Pedagogical Theory, Methods and Practices 4
• EDUC 0480 - Instructional Techniques for Teaching English Language Learners 3 OR EDUC 380 Second Language Acquisition 3
• EDUC 0422 - Content Area Literacy I: Secondary/Middle School 3
• EDUC 0423 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3
• EDUC 0432 - Critical Issues in Education 2
• PSY 0310 - Educational Psychology 3

Content Knowledge: 31 Hours

• 3.0 GPA / ‘C’ or higher

• ART 0101 - Two Dimensional Design 3
• ART 0130 - Basic Drawing 3
• ART 0140 - Basic Digital Photography and Image Editing 3
• ART 0200 - Beginning Fibers 3
• ART 0207 - Beginning Ceramics 3
• ART 0211 - Beginning Sculpture 3
• ART 0232 - Beginning Painting 3
• ART 0270 - Intermediate Drawing 3
• ART 0305 - Art Theory 3
• ART 0380 - K-8 Methods 2
• ART 0381 - 9-12 Methods 2

Field and Clinical Experience: 10 Hours

C or higher

• EDUC 0464 - Student Teaching -(K-12) 10

MoCA Missouri Content Assessment

• Passing Score of 220

Total Hours: 125

• EDUC 321, EDUC 329 and EDUC 423 are Junior Block courses
• All EDUC prefix courses require a ‘C’ or higher
• Degree completion: cumulative GPA 2.75 or higher, cumulative content GPA 3.0 or higher, Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA), all other coursework completed, approved background check