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Art and Design Education Major

Teaching certification for K-12 art is obtained by completing a major/minor in art and design and the professional education sequence.

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Total Credits Required for Degree 145
Liberal Studies 30-40
Health Promotion Requirements 2
Required Courses in Major 66
AD 100 The Art and Design Experience 2
AD 160 Physical Structures and Concepts 4
AD 175 Visual Structures and Concepts 4
AD 270 Social Structures and Concepts 4
AD 303 Individual Art Review 2
AD 403 Senior Exhibition 2
AD 485 Theories and Practices of Art and Design 4
Art History Electives 12
Choose from the following: 
AD 200 Native American Art and Architecture [VI] or4
     AD 260 Why America Looks This Way (4 cr.) [VI] or
     AD 265 Art and Architecture of Japan (4 cr.) [VI] or
     AD 280 History of Photography (4 cr.) or
     AD 300 Japan and the West: Crosscurrents in Art and Architecture (4 cr.) [VI]
AD 355 Twentieth Century Art and Architecture [VI] 4
AD 365 History of Modern Design [VI] 4
Art and Design Concentration 16
Art and Design Electives 16
100 level art studios, including, if established by adviser, AD 110, AD 120, AD 122 and AD 134. 
Professional Education 41
ED 201 Introduction to Education 2
ED 231 Teaching for Learning in the Secondary Classroom 4
AD 248 Introduction to Art Education 4
ED 301 Dimensions of American Education 2
AD 302 Media and Methodology for Art Education 4
ED 319 Teaching of Reading for Secondary Teachers 3
ED 349 Teaching for Diversity, Equity and Social Justice in the Secondary School Community 2
AD 350 Curriculum Theory and Objectives for Art Education 4
ED 361 Special Education and the General Classroom Teacher 2
ED 483 Educational Media Technology 2
ED 430 Teaching in the Secondary School 11
ED 450 Seminar in Teaching 1

Note: The art education courses listed above must be taken sequentially.

This major does not require a minor.

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