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Art with Teacher Licensure Option (B.F.A.)

An option in the Art (B.F.A.) offerings.

Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 132-138 semester hours

Semester Hours required for the Art with Teacher Licensure Option: 74 semester hours

The BFA in Art with Teacher Licensure (Art Education Option) provides professional training and experiences leading to teacher licensure for grades K-12. Students must receive a "C" or better in all courses used toward graduation, regardless of where they are taken. This includes general education, professional education, major and minor courses, all university required courses, and electives. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 3.0 in order to continue in the program.

This major requires that students follow and meet the requirements for Admission, Retention and Graduation from Teacher Licensure programs as described in the "Teacher Licensure 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 than the end of their first semester Junior year in order to complete program requirements in a reasonable timeframe. Additional information on Admission, Retention and Graduation for Teacher Licensure programs can be found on the College of Education website at /coe/teached.php.

Students must complete the professional education coursework following the Secondary Education Professional Education Course Sequence. Information is available in the Teacher Licensure Program section of this catalog.

Students must pass the edTPA (teacher performance assessment) before they can receive their teaching license from Illinois or any other state. Students will make their edTPA submission during student teaching.

Core Requirements

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1. 74 Semester Hours in Art Studio, Art History, and Art Education

Consisting ofÌýthe following:
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a. 44 Semester Hours in Studio Art Courses

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* 23 semester hours of required Studio Art courses:

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ART 1000
Drawing I.  (3 credits)
ART 1001
Drawing II.  (3 credits)
ART 1110
Design Fundamentals 2D.  (3 credits)
ART 1111
Design Fundamentals 3D.  (3 credits)
ART 2050
Painting I.  (3 credits)
ART 2250
Ceramics I.  (3 credits)
ART 2560
Printmaking I.  (3 credits)
ART 2749
Professional Practices.  (1 credits)

* 3 semester hours of Studio Art elective chosen from:

ART 2910
Introduction to Graphic Design.  (3 credits)

or

ART 3200
Digital Art I.  (3 credits)

or

FMD 2234
Apparel Construction.  (3 credits)

* 9 semester hours of Studio Art electives chosen from:

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ART 2000
Life Drawing I.  (3 credits)

or

ART 2100
Sculpture I.  (3 credits)

or

ART 2700
Jewelry and Metalsmithing I.  (3 credits)

or

ART 2920
Digital Imaging for Design.  (3 credits)

or

FMD 3838
Apparel Development and Design.  (3 credits)

* 9 semester hours of Studio Art electives in a selected media

The nine semester hours of studio art electives in a selected art medium should be taken from coursework in ceramics, drawing and painting, graphic design/electronic media, metalsmithing, printmaking, or sculpture.

b. 12 Semester Hours in Art History courses:

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* 6 semester hours of required Art History courses:

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ART 2012
Asian Art.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 1)

or

ART 2601
Art in the Pre-Modern Era.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 1)

or

ART 2602
Art in the Modern Era.  (3 credits)

(See footnote 1)

* 3 semester hours of Art History elective chosen from:

ART 3680
Modern Art.  (3 credits)

or

ART 3681
Contemporary Art.  (3 credits)

or

ART 4765
Twentieth-Century American Painting and Sculpture.  (3 credits)

* 3 semester hours in Art History electives numbered at the 3610 level or above (See footnote 2)

AND

c. 18 Semester Hours of required Art Education Methods Courses

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ART 2400
Introduction to Art Education.  (3 credits)
ART 3400
Art Education for Elementary Schools.  (3 credits)
ART 3405
Art Education for Elementary Schools Studio.  (3 credits)
ART 3410
Art Education for Middle and Secondary Schools.  (3 credits)
ART 3415
Art Education for Middle and Secondary Schools Studio.  (3 credits)
ART 4740
Issues in Art Education.  (3 credits)

2. 34 Semester Hours in the Professional Education Core

Students must complete all the professional coursework under the Regular Secondary Education Program.

Secondary Education Program

EDF 2555
Education in a Diverse Society: The Multilingual/Multicultural Classroom.  (3 credits)
EDF 4550
Critical Focus on Education.  (3 credits)
EDP 2330
Educational Psychology/Foundations for Teachers.  (3 credits)
SED 4330
Literacy, Assessment, and Differentiation in Secondary Schools.  (3 credits)
SED 4335
Effective Teaching Environments in Secondary Schools.  (4 credits)

(SED 3330 may be substituted for SED 4335 if previously taken.)

SPE 4500
The Education of Individuals with Exceptional Learning Needs: Access to the General Curriculum.  (3 credits)

(SPE 3500 may be substituted for SPE 4500 if previously taken.)

STG 4000
Multicultural/Disabilities Practicum.  (1 credits)
STG 4001
Student Teaching.  (6 to 16 credits)

(Register for 12 semester hours)

3. 40 Semester Hours in General Education

Please refer to the catalog section titledÌý"Academic Programs – General Education" for information regarding General Education requirements for ALL Teacher Licensure candidates.

4. 0-8 Semester Hours in Foreign Language to Meet Graduation Requirements

The graduation requirement is successful completion of two courses in a single foreign language. Exemption: Students entering university FALL 1993 and thereafter must have completed two (2) years in a single foreign language in high school with an average grade of C or better for the two years’ work in order to have previously satisfied this requirement.

Footnotes:

Major GPA based on all art courses taken at EIU

(Footnote 1) ART 2012G, 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.

(Footnote 2) Art History Electives Chosen from:

ART 3610
African Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3611
Art in India and Southeast Asia.  (3 credits)
ART 3612
Art in China and Japan.  (3 credits)
ART 3630
Greek and Roman Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3641
Early Medieval Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3642
Romanesque and Gothic Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3651
Italian Renaissance Art: Fifteenth Century.  (3 credits)
ART 3652
Italian Renaissance Art: Sixteenth Century.  (3 credits)
ART 3660
Baroque Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3670
Nineteenth-Century Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3685
Women in Art.  (3 credits)
ART 3940
History of Graphic Design.  (3 credits)
ART 4775
Seminar in Twentieth-Century Art History and Criticism.  (3 credits)

Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.

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