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Department of Art


Department of Art + Design,
Art History, Art Education

Art Education Major

Recommended Course Sequence

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Most students are able to complete the art education block in the last three to four terms of the five-year program, as illustrated in the sample five-year program below. In addition, several professional education courses are integrated in with the art education courses.

Freshman Year
Fall Term
 
Spring Term
Course
Units
 
Course
Units
ART 103 Design I
3
ART 104 Design II
3
ART 111 Drawing I
3
ART 211 Drawing II
3
ENG 102 (1.A)
3
Math (I.C)
3
ART 100 (1.B)
3
West. Hert. (II.C.3)
3
Creativity (I.E)
3
Total
12
Total
15


Sophomore Year
Fall Term
 
Spring Term
Course
Units
 
Course
Units
ART 217 Introduction to Computer Media
3
ART 241 Sculpture I
3
ART 229 Painting
3
ART 234 Photography I
3
ARTH 221 Survey of Western Art I (II.C.1)
3
ARTH 222 Survey of Western Art II
3
Science Non-Lab (II.A)
3
Science Non-Lab (II.A)
3
US History (II.B.1)
3
COMM 131 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (II.B.3)
3
Total
15
Total
15


Junior Year
Fall Term
 
Spring Term
Course
Units
 
Course
Units
ART 2xx-3xx Any 200-300-level Printmaking Course
3
1st ARED Reading Course
3
ART 231 Ceramics
3
1st ART 2xx-3xx Any 200-300-level Studio Elective
3
1st ARTH 3xx/4xx Any 300-400-level Art History Course
3
2nd ARTH 3xx/4xx Any 300-400-level Art History Course
3
Adv. Comp. (I.D.)
3
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology (II.C.2)
3
Science Lab (II.A)
4
Social & Beh. Sci. (II.B.2)
3
Total
16
Total
15


First Senior Year
Fall Term
 
Spring Term
Course
Units
 
Course
Units
2nd ARED Reading Course
3
ARED 381* Media and Techniques for Art Teachers: Elementary
3
2nd ART 2xx-3xx Any 200-300-level Studio Elective
3
ARED 383 Media and Techniques for Art Teachers: Secondary
3
PSYC 201 Educational Psychology
3
SCED 341 Principles of Secondary Education
4
ARED 3xx Observation
3

SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education
3
Global Awareness
3
Total
15
Total
13


Second Senior Year
Fall Term
 
Spring Term
Course
Units
 
Course
Units
ARED 475 Methods of Teaching Art: Elementary
3
ARED 481 Student Teaching in Art: Elementary
6
ARED 479 Methods of Teaching Art: Secondary
3
ARED 483 Student Teaching in Art: Secondary
6
ARED 467 Field Experience in Art Education: Elementary
2
ARED 485 Professional Seminar in the Teaching of Art
3
ARED 468 Field Experience in Art Education: Secondary
2
EDUC 401 Foundations of Education
3
Total
13
Total
15

*prerequisite: passing scoreon Praxis I.

 

Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Center for the Arts, Room 3103 (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-2808
Fax: 410-704-2810
E-mail: artdepartment@towson.edu



 

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