Art Education, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Art Education with concentrations in Visual Arts and Graphic Design will be able to:

1. Produce original, contemporary works of art (visual art or graphic design) using the art elements and design principles, demonstrating current skills and techniques in selected art media and technologies.
2. Write and speak about artists and visual art forms from the history of Western and Non-Western art.
3. Use the elements of art and principles of design to analyze their own artwork.
4. Formulate sequential art curriculum units for use in 7-12 school art programs, using the California Visual and Performing Arts Art Standards.
5. Articulate their own philosophy of art education for K-12 grade levels.

Required Concentrations

Choose a Concentration from the following:

Group A – Visual Arts Concentration

Group B – Graphic Design Concentration

Lower-Division Requirements

• ART 103 - Two-Dimensional Design (3)
• ART 104 - Three-Dimensional Design: Composition and Space (3)
• ART 115 - Drawing I (3)
• ART 200 - History of Art I (GE) (3) *
• ART 201 - History of Art II (GE) (3) *

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• ART 203 - Graphic Design I: Visual Symbolism (3) OR
• ART 206 - Experimental Drawing Studio (3)

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• ART 210 - Painting: Color and Technique (3)
• ART 202 - Introduction to Computer Graphics (3)
• FCS 150 - Human Development (3)
• One college course in ceramics (3)

Upper-Division Requirements

• ART 319 - Visual Arts in the Classroom I (3) OR
• ART 455 - Visual Arts in the Classroom II (3) (ART 455  recommended)

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• ART 325 - Non-Western Art History (3)
• EDU 302 - Foundations of Education and Learning Theory (3)

Concentrations

Note(s):

*Meets the general education requirement in the Fine Arts.

Blended Program: Single Subject Teaching Credential

Majors in the Bachelor of Arts degree complete a minimum of 128 units to graduate. The following majors have the option of choosing the blended teacher education track by fulfilling additional units within the undergraduate degree in fulfillment of the Single Subject California Teaching Credential.

• Art Education, B.A.    (Single Subject Art California Teaching Credential)
• Biology, B.A.     (Single Subject Science California Teaching Credential)
• Exercise and Sport Science, B.A.   (Single Subject Physical Education California Teaching Credential)
• French, B.A.    (Single Subject World Languages: French California Teaching Credential)
• History, B.A.  (Single Subject Social Sciences Teaching Credential)
• Music Education, B.A.    (Single Subject Music California Teaching Credential)
• Spanish, B.A.   (Single Subject World Languages: Spanish California Teaching Credential)

For the blended program, the following 400 level credential courses are strategically added to the undergraduate degree course plan. These courses represent the required courses for the California SB2042 Single Subject Teaching Credential. Students desiring to enroll in the blended teacher education track would need to make application to the Teacher Education program before entry in the 3^rd credential course, meeting all program, university and state requirements for classroom observations and tests required prior to student teaching. Students would be interviewed by a faculty committee prior to being placed in student teaching. Candidates remain Kinesiology majors, and are co-advised by both departments throughout their undergraduate program.

Candidates may also apply to the School of Education Graduate Program to fulfill the remaining requirements toward the California Teaching Credential(s). Any 400-level courses cross listed with the 600 level credential courses cannot be repeated between the undergraduate and graduate programs. At the point that the requirements for the undergraduate degree are fulfilled, the candidate would apply to the Graduate School of education and complete the remaining courses required for the credential post-baccalaureate.

The following courses may be used for the credentialing purposes in the State of California. When taken prior to the posting of a baccalaureate degree, unit values may not be applied toward master’s degree courses. Other appropriate master’s degree-level courses must be substituted for unit values.