Art with Teacher Certification Option
An option in the Art (B.A.) offerings.
The BA in Art with Teacher Certification (Art Education Option) provides professional training and experiences leading to teacher certification for grades K-12. Students must receive a “C” or better in all art and professional education courses and maintain a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 2.75 in order to continue in the program. Courses requiring a “C” or better are identified in the suggested plan by a “+.”
This major requires that students follow and meet the requirements for Admission, Retention and Graduation from Teacher Certification programs as described in the “Teacher Certification 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 that the end of their first semester Junior year in order to use this suggested plan. Additional information on Admission, Retention and Graduation for Teacher Certification programs can be found on the College of Education & Professional Studies website at www.eiu.edu/ceps/teached.
All students must pass the Illinois Certification Test of Basic Skills for selection into teacher education and should complete this requirement no later than their sophomore year.
Students have two options for completing the professional education coursework – Regular Secondary Education Program and Integrated Secondary Education Program (ISEP). The required courses under these two options are identified below with the designations of R and A respectively. For more information regarding these two options, please consult with your advisor. Information also is available in the Teacher Certification Program section of this catalog.
Core Requirements
The Art Education Option comprises
40 Semester Hours in General Education
(NOTE: 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)
22-28 Semester Hours in the Professional Education Core
Students must complete all the professional coursework under either the Regular Secondary Education Program or the Integrated Secondary Education Program.
Regular Secondary Education Program
SED 2000, EDF 2555, EDP 3331 and SED 3330 and EDF 4450 and SPE 3500 and STG 4000/4001
Integrated Secondary Education Program (ISEP)
SED 2000, EDF 2555, SED 3000 and SED 3100 and SED 4000 and STG 4001
63 Semester Hours in Major Courses
Consisting of the following:
37 Semester Hours in Studio Art Courses
37 hours in art studio courses (Art 1000, 1110, 1111, 2050, 2250, 2500, 2560 for 19 sem. hrs.; 3 sem. hrs. of elective chosen from Art 2910 or 3200; 6 sem. hrs. of electives chosen from Art 2100 or 2700 or 2800; 9 sem. hrs in a selected media);
or ART 2700 or ART 2800
or ART 2100 or ART 2800
or ART 2100 or ART 2700
or ART 3200
or ART 2910
12 Semester Hours in Art History Courses
12 hours in art history courses (Art 2601G, 2602G, 3680 or 3681 or 4765 for 9 sem. hrs. and 3 sem. in art history electives numbered 3630 or above);
14 Semester Hours in Art Education Methods Courses
14 hours in art education methods courses (ART 2400, 3400, 3405, 3410, 3415, 4740)
0-8 Semester Hours in Foreign Language to Meet Graduation Requirements
Suggested Four and a Half-Year Plan of Study
A possible four 1/2-year plan of study for the Art Education Option follows. Students’ plan of study may need to be modified due to availability of courses, scheduling/time conflicts, etc. Students should confer with their advisors to develop a plan of study that will meet their educational goals.
First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16
- General Education Requirement: Social/ Behavior Science. Credits: 3
(See footnote 2)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15
- General Education Reqirement: Math. Credits: 3
(See footnote +) - General Education Reqirement: Social/ Behavior Science. Credits: 3
(See footnote 2)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
Selection to Teacher Education programs should occur following the freshman year but no later than the end of the sophomore year (for transfer students this should occur no later than the end of their first semester at EIU). Selection requires that students pass the Illinois Certification Test of Basic Skills.
- General Education Requirements: Humanities. Credits: 3
(See footnote 2)
or ART 2700 or ART 2800
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
or ART 2100 or ART 2800
(See footnote +)
or ART 2100 or ART 2700
(See footnote +)
(See footnotes R, A, 3)
Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15
- General Education Requirement: Science (w/Lab). Credits: 4
or ART 2700 or ART 2800
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
(See footnote +)
or ART 2100 or ART 2800
(See footnote +)
or ART 2100 or ART 2700
(See footnote +)
(See footnotes +, R, A)
Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 11-14
University Approval to Take Teacher Education Courses should occur at the end of the first semester junior year with Formal University Admission to Teacher Education occurring at the end of the junior year. See the Teacher Certification Program section of this catalog for more information.
or ART 3200
(See footnote +)
or ART 2910
(See footnote +)
or ART 3405 (See footnote +)
or ART 3400 (See footnote +)
(See footnotes +, R, 1, 6)
(See footnotes +, A)
(See footnotes +, R, 1, 6)
Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 14
- Selected Art Media. Credits: 3
(See footnote +, 5) - Art History Elective Numbered 3630 or Higher. Credits: 3
(See footnote +)
or ART 3415
(See footnote +, 3)
or ART 3410
(See footnote (+, 3)
(See footnote +, A, 1)
(See footnote +, R, 1)
Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 12-16
Departmental Approval to Student Teach must be granted prior to Student Teaching. Students must also pass the Illinois Certification Subject Area test for their major prior to student teaching.
- Selected Art Media. Credits: 3
(See footnotes +, 5) - Foreign Language. Credits: 0-4
(See footnote 4)
or ART 3681 or ART 4765
(See footnote +)
or ART 3680 or ART 4765
(See footnote +)
(See footnotes +, 3)
or ART 3680 or ART 3681
(See footnote +)
or PLS 1153G
(See footnote 3)
or HIS 3600G
Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 9-16
- Selected Art Media. Credits: 3
(See footnotes +, 5) - General Education Requirement: Science. Credits: 3
- Senior Seminar. Credits: 3
(See footnote 3) - Foreign Language. Credits: 3
(See footnote 4)
(See footnotes +, R, 3)
Fifth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15
(See footnote A)
(see footnote R)
(see footnote A, R)
Footnotes
+ Requires a “C” or better
(R) Required for Regular Secondary Education Program
(A) Required for Integrated Secondary Education Program
1 Requires University Approval to Take Teacher Education Courses
2 Teacher Certification candidates are required to take a 3-sem. hr. diversity course or third world/non-western course. Students need to confer with an academic advisor regarding which designated general education courses fulfill the requirement.
3 Writing Intensive course.
4 See Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree listed in the Undergraduate Catalog for the foreign language exemption.
5 The nine semester hours of art electives in a selected art medium should be taken from coursework in ceramics, drawing and painting, graphic design/electronic media, metalsmithing, printmaking, sculpture, or weaving.
6 For students in the Art Education Option the University Approval to take Teacher Education Courses should occur at the end of the sophomore year to allow taking EDP 3331 and SED 3330 the first semester and ART 3410/3415 the second semester of the Junior year.
Information sourced from the 2004-2005 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.