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

Requirements in School (82)

• ART 100 - Drawing Foundation I Credits: 3
• ART 101 - Drawing Foundation II Credits: 3
• ART 102 - 2-D Foundation Credits: 3
• ART 103 - 3-D Foundation Credits: 3
• ARTS 200 - Beginning Life Drawing Credits: 4
• ARTH 282 - Introduction to World Art Credits: 3

• Available for general education credit.

• ARTH 292 - Art and Design since 1900 Credits: 3

• Available for general education credit.

• ARTE 200 - Studio Foundations for Art and Design Educators Credits: 3
• ARTE 342 - Introduction to Art and Design Education: Content and Clinical Experience at the Elementary Level Credits: 4
• ARTE 343 - Art and Technology in the K-12 Classroom Credits: 3
• ARTE 344 - Development of Resources and Methods in Art and Design Education: Content and Clinical Experience at the Middle Level Credits: 4
• ARTE 345 - Art and Design Curriculum: Content and Clinical Experience at the High School Level Credits: 4
• ARTE 387 - Assessing Art and Design Learning, K-12 Credits: 3
• ARTE 463 - Reading and Writing in Art and Design Education: Critical Approaches Credits: 3
• ARTE 479 - Art for Special Needs Populations Credits: 3
•       OR  SESE 457 - Methods for Including Middle and Secondary Students with Exceptionalities in the General Education Classroom Credits: 3
• ARTE 482 - Clinical Experiences in Studio Pedagogy Credits: 3
• ARTE 488A - Student Teaching in Elementary Art Credits: 6
• ARTE 488B - Student Teaching in Secondary Art Credits: 6
• 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.

• EPFE 201 - Education as an Agent for Change Credits: 3

• Available for general education credit.

• EPFE 400 - Foundations of Education Credits: 3
•       OR  EPFE 410 - Philosophy of Education Credits: 3
• EPS 405 - Issues in Human Development in the Elementary Through High School Years Credits: 3

Special Requirements

Students must receive a grade of C or better in all major course requirements. 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 educator license. These standards apply to all art education majors and initial licensure 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 at the end of the semester in which they are enrolled in ARTE 200 and pass the portfolio review for admission into the licensure 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 licensure program, students must successfully complete the Illinois Test of Academic Proficiency or achieve a Composite ACT Plus Writing score of at least 22; or a composite (mathematics and critical reading) SAT score of 1030 or pass 3 of the 4 TAP sections successfully with the final section taken and passed during the semester ARTE 200 is taken along with a TAP Workshop. TAP Prep Course is required for any student with a score of 19 or below on the ACT or 1030 on the SAT and the criminal background check required for licensure (prior to ARTE 342) for each clinical experience course, as well as student teaching site as laid out per each site’s rules and regulations, pass the entrance portfolio review, and have achieved a grade of at least C in ARTE 342. Also see “Educator Licensure Requirements.”

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

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