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

Requirements in School (84)

• ART 100 - Drawing Foundation I Credits: 3
• ART 102 - 2-D Foundation Credits: 3
• ART 103 - 3-D Foundation Credits: 3
• ARTD 201 - Introduction to Visual Communication Credits: 3
• ARTS 200 - Beginning Life Drawing Credits: 3
• ARTS 300 - Intermediate Drawing Credits: 3
• ARTH 282 - Introduction to World Art Credits: 3

• Available for general education credit.

• This is a creativity and critical analysis general education course for the Origins and Influences Pathway.

• ARTH 292 - Introduction to Modern Arts and Design Credits: 3

• Available for general education credit.

• This is a creativity and critical analysis general education course for the Creativity, Innovation, and Change Pathway.

• 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 342 is a writing infused course.

• ARTE 343 - Art and Technology in the PK-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 344 is a writing infused course.

• ARTE 345 - Art and Design Curriculum: Content and Clinical Experience at the High School Level Credits: 4

• ARTE 345 is a writing infused course.

• ARTE 387 - Assessing Art and Design Learning, PK-12 Credits: 3
• ARTE 463 - Reading and Writing in Art and Design Education: Critical Approaches Credits: 3

• ARTE 463 is a writing infused course.

• ARTE 479 - Disability, Diversity, and Differentiation in Art and Design Education Credits: 3

• ARTE 479 is a writing infused course.

•       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 (12)

 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 201 fulfills the Human Diversity Requirement.

• EPFE 400 - Educational Policy Studies Credits: 3

• EPFE 400 is a writing infused course.

• This is a creativity and critical analysis general education course for the Learning Pathway.

•       OR  EPFE 410 - Philosophy of Education Credits: 3

•       EPFE 410 is a writing infused course.

• EPS 405 - Issues in Human Development in the Elementary Through High School Years Credits: 3
• LTIC 420 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Multilingual Learners in the Content Areas 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 entitlement for educator licensure in the state of Illinois.

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.

The criminal background check is 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. Students must pass the entrance portfolio review, and have achieved a grade of at least C or better 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.

Candidates who successfully complete the program and pass the state mandated Teacher Performance Assessment will have completed all required ISBE and CAEP standards for receiving university recommendation for licensure. Successful completion of the program without receipt of a passing score on the state mandated Teacher Performance Assessment may result in the candidate receiving a degree without university recommendation for licensure.

Total Hours for a Major in Art and Design Education: 96