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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Art and Design Education (B.S.Ed.)


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Check departmental information for any additional requirements.

Students with an undergraduate degree must be admitted to the M.S. program in art with a specialization in art education to enter the certification program.

This major leads to a license to teach in the public schools of the state of Illinois.

16 semester hours in the following three categories with no repetition of courses:


1. One of the following pairs of courses (8)


300- or 400-level art history courses (3)


Requirements outside School (9)


 Depending on the courses selected, the multicultural requirement may also be applied toward general education requirements.

Special Requirements


Students must receive a grade of C or better in ARTE 342, ARTE 344, ARTE 345, and ARTE 463. Students must have a minimum 2.75 GPA in all NIU and transfer courses to enroll in Art Education courses. They must have a minimum 2.50 GPA in all NIU courses to obtain a teaching certificate. These standards apply to all art education majors and initial certification candidates.

Students who fall below a required GPA may appeal in writing for one probationary semester to the head of the art education division.

Students must present an art education entrance portfolio consisting of studio work and appropriate art education materials to the art education faculty before the completion of ARTE 342 and pass the portfolio review for admission into the certification program. Students must submit an exit portfolio during the semester before student teaching and pass the exit review in order to be approved for student teaching.

To gain admission into the certification program, students must successfully complete the Illinois Test of Basic Skills and the criminal background check required for certification (prior to ARTE 342), pass the entrance portfolio review, and have achieved a grade of at least C in ARTE 342. Also see “Teacher Certification Requirements.”

Students are required to exhibit and maintain appropriate dispositions for certification as assessed by the art education faculty.

Total Hours for a Major in Art and Design Education: 91


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