Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

Art Education P-12: Initial Teacher Certification, B.A.

Piedmont’s undergraduate art education program addresses the needs of the artist who has an interest in teaching in a public school setting. Designed to produce teachers who have a balance between well-grounded educational theory and a more “hands-on” experience, the program enables candidates to teach in all P-12 classrooms as an art specialist.

Art Education P-12 Curriculum Outline

(Initial Teacher Certification Program)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

Art Education Major

Total Credit Hours:80

Professional Practices

Students must pass six times. Class should be taken for credit only once.
ART 1110Professional Practices in the Arts

0-1

Total Credit Hours:1

Art Foundations

ART 1120Drawing I

3

Students must choose one of the following courses:
ART 2230Ceramics: Handbuilding

3

ART 2660Sculpture I

3

Total Credit Hours:30
Two-Dimensional Media
Choose one:
ART 2270Painting I

3

ART 2335Introduction to Printmaking

3

Three-Dimensional Media
Choose one:
ART 2230Ceramics: Handbuilding

3

ART 2660Sculpture I

3

Digital Media
Choose one:
GRDS 2200Foundations in Graphic Design

3

ART 2225Introduction to Digital Fabrication

3

ART 3315Digital Photography

3

Art Knowledge and Application
ART 3400Color and Concept

3

ART 3401Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts

3

Art History and Criticism
ART 2301Art History: Prehistoric to Renaissance

3

ART 2302Art History: Renaissance to Present

3

ART 4430Art Criticism

3

Art Electives

Art Elective

3

Level II Elective

3

Level III Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Education

ARED 4420Art Education Methods P-6

3

ARED 4421Art Education Methods 7-12

3

ARED 4496Art Education Content Synthesis

1

EDUC 1199Introduction to Education

3

EDUC 2250Media and Technology for Educators

3

EDUC 3307Learning and Cognition

3

EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3

EDUC 4401The Multicultural Classroom

3

EDUC 2000Introduction to Professional Practice

3

EDUC 4479Internship I

1

EDUC 4489Internship II

3

EDUC 4499Internship III

6

Total Credit Hours:40

General Electives - None required

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont University Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to University Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont University must meet this University requirement.

Total Credit Hours: 120

ART 2301, EDUC 4401: These courses also satisfy general education requirements and appear in the number of hours for both general education and the major.