Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Shepherd University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Shepherd University Catalog

Art Teaching Field, PreK-Adult, B.A.


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Program Learning Outcomes for Art Education 

  • To develop innovative cultural producers with conceptually, stylistically, and contextually grounded compositional skills demonstrating artistic integrity and competence. 
  • To comprehensively prepare teacher candidates for careers in public school art education according to accreditation standards. 
  • To develop the capacity to advocate for the visual arts and articulate its role in society to the broader community. 
  • To provide a strong authentic art making and intellectual foundation for future graduate school study in the visual arts and/or art education.

Curriculum for a Teaching Field in Art, PreK-Adult


The art education program adheres to a contemporary pedagogy that hones future teachers to be artists, scholars, and advocates of/for the arts. A student who wishes to earn a Bachelor of Arts-Secondary Education degree with a teaching field in art education must take the following courses: Core Curriculum  (42 credits), educational professional studies courses  (30), fine arts core and concentration (42), and art education (11). All additional upper division courses must be approved by the specialization coordinator.

Total semester hours required, 120 Hours:


Specific Core Curriculum requirement:


Fine arts core and concentration, 42 Hours:


Required courses, 18 Hours:

Elective courses, 9 Hours:

Complete 9 credits from the following:

Studio concentration (choose one area), 15 Hours:

Methods and theory of teaching art requirements, 11 Hours:


Note(s):


See professional education course listings under Education: Professional Studies Core for Secondary Education  (32 hours required).

Contact Person: Dr. David Modler, Coordinator of Art Education, CCA 213, 304-876-5678.

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