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Bachelor of Science in Education - Art Education

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Area A Essential Skills
Req. Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options
Req. Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
CSUS 1106/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LEAD 1706/LEAD 2705/LEAD 2706/LIBR 1105/UNIV 1105

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Req. Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100

*ITDS 1145, though listed under both human-ities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology
Req. Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L ; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122 (no lab); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional)
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences
Req. Hours: 12
HIST 2110
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ENGL 2136/ENGL 2137/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement
Req. Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Rel. to Major
Req, Hours: 18
ARTH 1126 Art and Artists
ARTS 1010 Drawing 1
ARTS 1020 Two-Dimensional Design
ARTS 1030 Three-Dimensional Design
EDUF 2116 Human Dev, Motivation, Learning
EDUF 2215 The American Educ. Experience and Learning

Area G Prog. Requirements
Req. Hours: 34
ARTH 1127 Art Resources
ARTH 2126 European Art/1000-1800
ARTH 3128 Contemporary Art 1945 to Present
ARTS 1011 Drawing 2
ARTS 1285 Ceramics 1
ARTS 2000 Sophomore Review
ARTS 3201 Graphic Design 1
ARTS 3237 Figure Drawing
ARTS 3247 Metals
ARTS 3256 Painting 1
ARTS 3288 Sculpture 1
ARTS 4277 Printmaking 1
ARTS 4000 Senior Art Exhibit

Select one of the following two courses:
ARTH 2125 Ancient/Non-Western Art
ARTH 3127 Early Modern Art 1800-1945

Area H Program Electives
Req. Hours: 9
Select nine semester hours of upper division courses from the following:
ARTH 3555 Selected Topics in Art History
ARTS 2285 Ceramics 2
ARTS 3202 Graphic Design 2
ARTS 3221 Computer Graphics 1
ARTS 3222 Graphics 2 Computer
ARTS 3265 Photographic Design 1
ARTS 4256 Painting 2
ARTS 4899 Independent Study
ARTS 5265 Method Photographic Design: Adv
ARTS 5277 Printmaking: Advanced Methods
ARTS 5288 Sculpture: Advanced Methods

Area I Professional Core
Req. Hours: 23
(Courses in this area require Admission to Teacher Education Program.)
ARTE 3210 Art in Elementary School
ARTE 4210 Art in Middle and High School
ARTE 4485 Student Teaching: Art
ARTE 4795 Seminar in Art Education
EDUF 4115 Classroom Management
SPED 3255 Learning/Behavioral Characteristics of Children/Youth w/ Disabilities/Gifts/Talents
SPED 4255 Instructional Strat for Teaching Children/Youth w/ Disabilities/Gifts/ Talents

Total Hours Required: 129

Also see the program requirements listed on the College of Arts and Letters page.