Nov 25, 2024

2023-2024 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Art with Teacher Licensure Option (B.F.A)

An option in the Art (B.F.A.) offerings.

Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 132-138 semester hours

Semester Hours required for the Art with Teacher Licensure Option: 74 semester hours

The BFA in Art with Teacher Licensure (Art Education Option) provides professional training and experiences leading to teacher licensure for grades K-12. Students must receive a “C” or better in all courses used toward graduation, regardless of where they are taken. This includes general education, professional education, major and minor courses, all university required courses, and electives. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 3.0 in order to continue in the program.

This major requires that students follow and meet the requirements for Admission, Retention and Graduation from Teacher Licensure programs as described in the “Teacher Licensure Programs” section of this catalog and as explained at the University Admission to Teacher Education Meeting which all students must attend. Students must gain University Approval to Take Teacher Education Courses no later than the end of their first semester Junior year in order to complete program requirements in a reasonable timeframe. Additional information on Admission, Retention and Graduation for Teacher Licensure programs can be found on the College of Education website at https://www.eiu.edu/coe/teached.php.

Students must complete the professional education coursework following the Secondary Education Professional Education Course Sequence. Information is available in the Teacher Licensure Program section of this catalog.

Students must pass the edTPA (teacher performance assessment) before they can receive their teaching license from Illinois or any other state. Students will make their edTPA submission during student teaching.

Core Requirements

1. 74 Semester Hours in Art Studio, Art History, and Art Education

Consisting of the following:

a. 44 Semester Hours in Studio Art Courses

* 9 semester hours of Studio Art electives in a selected media

The nine semester hours of studio art electives in a selected art medium should be taken from coursework in ceramics, drawing and painting, graphic design/electronic media, metalsmithing, printmaking, or sculpture.

b. 12 Semester Hours in Art History courses:

* 6 semester hours of required Art History courses:

ART 2012G - Asian Art. Credits: 3
(See footnote 1)
or
ART 2601G - Art in the Pre-Modern Era. Credits: 3
(See footnote 1)
or
ART 2602G - Art in the Modern Era. Credits: 3
(See footnote 1)

* 3 semester hours of Art History elective chosen from:

ART 3680 - Modern Art. Credits: 3
or
ART 3681 - Contemporary Art. Credits: 3
or
ART 4765 - Twentieth-Century American Painting and Sculpture. Credits: 3

* 3 semester hours in Art History electives numbered at the 3610 level or above (See footnote 2)

AND

c. 18 Semester Hours of required Art Education Methods Courses

ART 2400 - Introduction to Art Education. Credits: 3
ART 3400 - Art Education for Elementary Schools. Credits: 3
ART 3405 - Art Education for Elementary Schools Studio. Credits: 3
ART 3410 - Art Education for Middle and Secondary Schools. Credits: 3
ART 3415 - Art Education for Middle and Secondary Schools Studio. Credits: 3
ART 4740 - Issues in Art Education. Credits: 3

2. 34 Semester Hours in the Professional Education Core

Students must complete all the professional coursework under the Regular Secondary Education Program.

Secondary Education Program

EDF 2555G - Education in a Diverse Society: The Multilingual/Multicultural Classroom. Credits: 3
EDF 4550 - Critical Focus on Education. Credits: 3
EDP 2330 - Educational Psychology/Foundations for Teachers. Credits: 3
SED 3330 - Instructional Tasks in the Secondary School. Credits: 4
SED 4330 - Literacy, Assessment, and Differentiation in Secondary Schools. Credits: 3
SPE 4500 - The Education of Individuals with Exceptional Learning Needs: Access to the General Curriculum. Credits: 3
(SPE 3500 may be substituted for SPE 4500 if previously taken.)
STG 4000 - Multicultural/Disabilities Practicum. Credits: 1
STG 4001 - Student Teaching. Credits: 6 to 16
(Register for 12 semester hours)

3. 40 Semester Hours in General Education

Please refer to the catalog section titled ”Academic Programs – General Education” for information regarding General Education requirements for ALL Teacher Licensure candidates.

4. 0-8 Semester Hours in Foreign Language to Meet Graduation Requirements

The graduation requirement is successful completion of two courses in a single foreign language. Exemption: Students entering university FALL 1993 and thereafter must have completed two (2) years in a single foreign language in high school with an average grade of C or better for the two years’ work in order to have previously satisfied this requirement.

Footnotes:

Major GPA based on all art courses taken at EIU

(Footnote 1) ART 2012G, ART 2601G and ART 2602G can count to meet major courses requirements in art history in addition to the Fine Arts component of the general education program.

(Footnote 2) Art History Electives Chosen from:

ART 3610G - African Art. Credits: 3
ART 3611G - Art in India and Southeast Asia. Credits: 3
ART 3612G - Art in China and Japan. Credits: 3
ART 3630 - Greek and Roman Art. Credits: 3
ART 3641 - Early Medieval Art. Credits: 3
ART 3642 - Romanesque and Gothic Art. Credits: 3
ART 3651 - Italian Renaissance Art: Fifteenth Century. Credits: 3
ART 3652 - Italian Renaissance Art: Sixteenth Century. Credits: 3
ART 3660 - Baroque Art. Credits: 3
ART 3670 - Nineteenth-Century Art. Credits: 3
ART 3685 - Women in Art. Credits: 3
ART 3940 - History of Graphic Design. Credits: 3
ART 4775 - Seminar in Twentieth-Century Art History and Criticism. Credits: 3

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