Art and Design Education Pre-certification Concentration

The Pre-certification Concentration in Art and Design Education is designed to permit a student majoring in an art or design field to use his or her undergraduate years as a key step toward certification (licensure) as a K-12 Art or Design teacher. Students who declare and complete the Pre-certification Concentration may be approved to do state-required student teaching in the year following their graduation with a BFA degree, and thus earn the license with a ninth semester of enrollment. Pre-certification Concentration students may also seek admission to the University’s Master of Arts in Teaching - Visual Arts program and be able normally to complete the master’s degree in three additional semesters.

Sophomore Year Credits: 15

AEDU 200 - Presentation Skills Credits: 1 cr, 2 hrs
AEDU 201 - Introduction to Visual Arts Education Credits: 2 cr, 3 hrs
LACR 226 - SIFT: Fundamentals of Mathematics Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
LASS 871 - Child & Adolescent Psychology Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
This course also counts toward the liberal arts core of the bachelor’s degree
- Math Elective: 3 cr
- British/American Lit. Credits: 3 cr

Junior Year Credits: 15

AEDU 533 - Art and Inclusionary Education Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs field work (8 weeks)
AEDU 541 - Program Design & Methods: Elementary Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs; 3 hrs field work (8 weeks)
This course has a required field placement.
AEDU 543 - Aesthetics and Art Criticism Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
LAAH 830 - Modern Art Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
A Discipline Art History is preferred.
LASS 820 - Individual & Society Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs

Senior Year Credits: 15

AEDU 509 - Professional Writing Intensive Credits: 2 cr, 2 hrs
AEDU 542 - Program Design & Methods: Secondary Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs; 8 hrs field work
This course has a required field placement.
AEDU 560 - Saturday Practicum Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs field work (10 weeks)
This course has a required field placement.

Post-baccalaureate Teacher Program Credits: 12

Students will not be allowed to student teach unless they have successfully completed AEDU 509 Professional Writing Intensive.

AEDU 503 - The Art of Teaching Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
AEDU 561 - Student Teaching: Elementary Credits: 4 cr, hrs vary (7 weeks)
The two field placements may be taken over two semesters. If this option is elected, the full 15-week seminar that accompanies the field placement must be taken in both semesters.
AEDU 562 - Student Teaching: Secondary Credits: 4 cr, hrs vary (7 weeks)
The two field placements may be taken over two semesters. If this option is elected, the full 15-week seminar that accompanies the field placement must be taken in both semesters.
AEDU 565 - Student Teaching Seminar: Elementary/Secondary Credits: 1 cr, 2 hrs

Required Studio Electives

Pre-certification students should complete at least three upper-level credits in a two-dimensional medium if their major is in a three-dimensional area, and vice versa. Other studio work must include at least one course each in photography, computer with graphics applications, painting, drawing, ceramics, and printmaking. An art history course, other than Western, is required. AEDU 533, AEDU 541, AEDU 542, and AEDU 560 fulfill Art Education and studio elective requirements outside of the major program.