Art Education (B.A.)

Program: B.A. Art Education (All-Grade Education Program)
Department of Art and Design  
College of Visual and Performing Arts

Visual Arts Building 117 ~ 260-481-6709 ~ Art and Design  

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Upon completion of their degrees, all B.A in Art Education students should be able to demonstrate learning outcomes:

• Develop creative ways to solve problems in arts and crafts media and competency in drawing in order to visualize ideas.
• Develop an ability to enhance their own artwork through an understanding of the major movements in art history and awareness of major contemporary artists in a student’s area of concentration; develop an ability to lead students through museum settings to enhance their understanding of art history.
• Effectively analyze and critique artwork in spoken and written forms, using sophisticated vocabulary and making appropriate references to contemporary and historical circumstances.
• Implement 2D design principles in order to create compelling and effective artwork in a variety of media, including black and white, color, and digital imagery. Implement 3D design principles in a variety of media to articulate form and space.
• Develop verbal and written communication visual literacy skills for effective professional communication for presentation of artwork.
• Develop an understanding of the significance of art education in the classroom and the community, as well as the history of education in the United States.
• Develop an understanding of the language of art, how it relates to the social and cultural experiences of K-12 students, and how it is best taught in schools.
• Develop a working knowledge of state and national standards and how they are connected to learning experiences in the art curriculum.
• Develop knowledge of teaching methods, learning strategies, art processes and materials for teaching art in the classroom, elementary through secondary.
• Develop an understanding of a theme-based, interdisciplinary approach to art education.
• Develop an understanding of child development, special needs, and how these topics relate to approaches to teaching art in the inclusive classroom.
• Develop knowledge about art and its significance in a variety of cultures and how a multicultural approach operates in the art curriculum.
• Demonstrate artistic ability in portfolio reviews and the senior exhibition.
• Demonstrate proficiency in teaching through observations and the capstone student teaching semester.

Program Description

You can become an art educator in four years by following the curriculum listed in the catalog. Students will take a substantial number of visual arts courses in a variety of media in order to be licensed to teach grades PreK-12 in Indiana and across the nation in reciprocal states. The curriculum plan allows for immediate access to art courses taught by nationally respected professors as well as courses in current educational theories and practices in both the Department of Art and Design and the School of Education.

Exciting general education offerings round out the educational experience at Purdue University Fort Wayne. You will make friends and follow each other through the required courses, reaching the student teaching semester in the final and fourth year of school. Most importantly, you will graduate with a teaching license that will help you gain the career you’ve always wanted, that of teaching young children and young adults to share your love of the visual arts.

Accreditation:

• The Department of Art and Design is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Program Delivery:

• Department of Art and Design courses are offered on campus, with some distance and hybrid course offerings.

Declaring this major:

Each student enters the program as a Pre-Art Education student. Students wishing to pursue the B.A. in Art Education degree must submit a portfolio of their work to attain formal acceptance into the program. Each petitioning student must apply to present their work through the Department of Art & Design in the semester in which they complete all first-year classes. The portfolio should consist of eighteen works, with at least three pieces of work from each of the first-year foundation studio courses. It is mandatory that students seek faculty advice on which works to submit for review, especially from faculty who specialize in media the student is strongest in.

Second and third year reviews are also required as a checkpoint to evaluate that a student is continuing to produce high quality artwork as they progress in their degree program. Student’s whose work does not continue to meet the standards of the Department of Art and Design may be moved back to the Art and Design B.A. degree program.

B.A. in Art Education Portfolio Review Outcome:

A student applying for acceptance into the B.A. in Art Education program from the B.A. program may be accepted, deferred or denied. A student’s acceptance into the B.A. in Art Education program will allow them to advance into advanced studio classes as a declared Art Education major. A deferred student will be asked to re-submit their portfolio for B.A. in Art Education consideration after re-taking requested classes. A student denied entry into the B.A. in Art Education will continue in the B.A. program. Denied students can apply one additional time for review into the B.A. in Art Education program with permission from the department chair.

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The Bachelor of Art in Art Education degree is divided into three parts; 33 credit hours of General Education, 63 credit hours of Content Field (12 credits of art history, 45 credits of art studio courses, and 6 credits of art education methods courses), and 24 credit hours of Professional Education classes.  A 3.00 GPA in the Content Field and a 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for this license.   A total of 120 credits is required for graduation. 

Components:		Credits
I. General Education		33
II. Content Field		60
III. Professional Education		27
	Total	120