Art Teaching Program, K-12: Professional Education Requirements, B.F.A.

Required:

All professional education, general education courses for teachers, major, endorsement, and supporting courses require a grade of “C-” or better for teacher licensure and graduation.

Effective 2012, all teacher education programs require passing scores on the appropriate Illinois Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) test prior to completion of graduation requirements and licensure.

• EDUC 140 - Multicultural Foundations of Education
• EDUC 195 - Teacher Education Seminar I: Teachers and Technologies in the 21st Century
• EDUC 200 - Human Development & Education
• EDUC 214 - Early Adolescent Development
• EDUC 225 - Classroom Management
• EDUC 280 - General Methods & Assessment
• EDUC 376 - Teaching Diverse Populations in the Regular Classroom
• EDUC 388 - Art Methods for Elementary/Middle Schools
• EDUC 394 - Teacher Education Seminar II
• EDUC 485 - Supervised Student Teaching: All Grades
• EDUC 493 - Teacher Education Seminar III
• ART 485 - Art Methods for Middle/Secondary Schools
• ENGL 335 - Reading in the Content Areas

Subject Matter Specialization

See Department of Art and Digital Media .