Art & Design: Art Education Option (PK-12), BA

Program Completion and Degree Requirements

• Program completion and degree requirements include courses identified to meet content area designation requirements, as approved by the program and the Office of Teacher Licensure in consultation with the department for the specified content area designation.
• All student teachers will demonstrate they have met the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, including mastery of the content knowledge as evidenced by a passing score on the Illinois Licensure Testing System content area test. Candidates for licensure must also successfully complete a Candidate Work Sample / Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) professional portfolio by the National Board for Professional Teachers.
• All course and program requirements must be completed within six years.
• Candidates must abide by all College policies stated in this catalog, unless exceptions or adherence to higher expectations are noted in program documentation.
• General program completion and graduation requirements include completing an application to complete the program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 in all required and elective courses in professional education and the designated content area, as well as completion of the following addition licensure requirements:
  • Pre-clinical and clinical fieldwork forms documenting 100 clock hours are submitted to the Office of Field Placement.
  • Student Teaching Clinical Experiences successfully completed. 
  • All College of Education and Program Assessments submitted in the Tevera courseware domain, including the Candidate Work Sample (edTPA) Capstone Project and Professional Portfolio.

• Illinois State Board of Education licensure examination / assessments, including the Content Area Test in the discipline. Proof of passing must be submitted to the academic program by announced due dates PRIOR to permission given to register for the final Student Teaching clinical experience course.
  • Spring Semester Student Teaching - October 15th in the prior Fall Semester as part of the Application for Student Teaching Process.
     
  • Fall Semester Student Teaching - March 15th* in the prior Spring Semester as part of the Application for Student Teaching Process.
    * Extensions to June 30th can be granted with program approval.
     
  • All requirements are met for state licensure as mandated by the Illinois State Board of Education, in consultation with the Office of Teacher Licensure. After a transcript analysis is completed by the Office of Teacher Licensure, the candidate may be required to provide proof of completion of undergraduate level coursework [i.e. 32 credit hours in the content area designation plus child psychology, educational psychology, and/or other state mandated professional education requirements] to meet licensure requirements.

General Education Requirements (36 credit hrs)

Core Requirements (12 credit hrs) See list …

• English composition (6 hrs)
• Oral communication (3 hrs)
• Mathematics (3 hrs)
  • Math 1040 or higher

General Requirements (24 credit hrs)

• Humanities/Fine Arts (9 hrs); at least 3 hrs Humanities and 3 hrs Fine Arts ( excluding ART classes )
• Social Sciences (9 hrs); in at least two different disciplines
  • PSYC 1100  and PSYC 2040   required
• Natural Sciences (6 hrs); 3 hrs Physical Science and 3 hrs Life Sciences, one of which must be a lab course

College of Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements (3 credit hrs)

• General Education  
• One course in a World Language (3 hrs)
• One general education or major course carrying the diversity designation (embedded)  

Program/Major Requirements (48 credit hrs)

Art Education Requirements

• All courses must be passed with at least a grade of C. A grade point average of B (3.0) or above is required in all general education, art, and professional education courses.
• A grade of B or above is required in Student Teaching.
• Student teaching is a full-time 12-16 week experience required at the end of the program.
• Students must submit a “cleared” criminal background check before enrolling in a course requiring field experiences and before admission to the College of Education.
• State-mandated 100 clinical hours in the field are included in the program.
• Disposition for teaching children and adolescents is assessed as part of the program.
• Professional Education courses below with ** require admission to the College of Education.

Professional Education (16 credit hours)

• ED 2020 - Critical Issues in Urban Education Credit Hours: 3
• CAS 2630 - Classroom Management Credit Hours: 1
• ESL 2120 - Teaching English Language Learning Credit Hours: 3

• or

• ESL 4120 - Teaching English Language Learning Credit Hours: 3

• or

• ENG 4366 - Theory Second Lang Credit Hours: 3
• ED 3312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• ED 4312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
• ED 4100 - Assmt Eval Classrm Credit Hours: 3
• S ED 4300 - Characteristics of Students with Special Needs and Strategies for Differentiating Instruction Credit Hours: 3

• or both S ED 4301 and S ED 4303 to substitute for S ED 4300

• S ED 4301 - Characteristics of Exceptional Children Credit Hours: 3
• S ED 4303 - Teaching Students with Exceptional Needs Credit Hours: 2

• Supportive Courses - 0 Credit Applied to Degree

• ED 3092 - Teacher Licensure Test Review Credit Hours: 1-3

• or

• ART 1092 - Illinois Art Teacher Certification Review Credit Hours: 1

• or

• ART 3092 - Illinois Art Teacher Licensure Examination Review Credit Hours: 0

Professional Education - Methods Courses - Admission to College of Education (15 Credits)

• Methods Courses (6 Credits)

• ART 4662 - Foundations of Art Education Credit Hours: 3
• ART 4664 - Teaching Art in Elementary and Secondary Schools/Field Credit Hours: 3

• and

• READ 4100 - Content Area Reading and Assessment Grades 5-12 Credit Hours: 3

• Practicum and Student Teaching (9 Credits)

• ART 4975 - Student Teaching and Seminar: PK-12/Field Credit Hours: 6
• LITC 4300 - Content Area Reading and Assessment Grades 5-12 Credit Hours: 3

Sample 4-Year Plan

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