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Art Major, B.S. (K-12 Teacher Licensure)

For requirements for entry into and completion of teacher licensure programs, see Professional Education: Admission to, Retention in, and Completion of Teacher Education Programs, this catalog.

Alert: New State of Minnesota teacher licensure rules may go into effect Fall 1998. Before registering for classes, please consult the revised Handbook for Teacher Education Students, available in the office of the Department of Education.

I. Required Courses

A. Core

VSAR 1101 Visual Foundations I (3 credits)
VSAR 1102 Visual Foundations II (3 credits)
VSAR 2107 Visual Foundations III (3 credits)
VSAR 2551 Art History Survey I (4 credits)
VSAR 2552 Art History Survey II (4 credits)

B. Additional Visual Studies and Teaching Preparation

VSAR 2150 Life Drawing (3 credits)
or VSAR 3100 Intermediate Drawing (3 credits)
VSAR 2210 Printmaking - Relief/Intaglio (3 credits)
or MASC 2450 Photography (3 credits)
VSAR 2310 Sculpture (3 credits)
VSAR 2350 Ceramics (3 credits)
VSAR 2400 Jewelry/Metals (3 credits)
VSAR 2250 Painting (3 credits)
VSAR 4600 Art Concepts K-12 (3 credits)
VSAR 4800 Senior Exhibit/Thesis Project (3 credits)
or VSAR 4707 Portfolio Seminar (2 credits)

C. Concentration

May be taken in graphic design, drawing, printmaking, painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry/metals, art history, Native American Art, mixed media or a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional cumulative concentration. In addition, this concentration requires an Art Museum Experience. (8-9 credits)

Subtotal 48-50 Credits

II. Required Guided Electives

Select 5-7 credits from the following, with consent of advisor:

VSAR 2700 Computer Imaging (3 credits)
VSAR 2800 Issues and Media (2 credits)
VSAR 3550 Nineteenth Century Visual Culture (4 credits)
VSAR 3557 Twentieth Century Art (4 credits)
VSAR 3559 History of Modern Design (3 credits)
VSAR 3567 Contemporary Art: Theory, Practice and Criticism (4 credits)
VSAR 3568 Survey of American Indian Art (3 credits)
VSAR 3600 Elementary Art Methods (2 credits)
VSAR 3807 Community Arts Management (2 credits)

Subtotal 5-7 Credits

III. Required Professional Education Courses

For specific courses, see Professional Education: Secondary, this catalog.

Subtotal 34 Credits

Total Semester Credits Required for Major 87-91 Credits

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SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR ART MAJOR, B.S. (TEACHER LICENSURE)

The following is a list of suggested Art Major, B.S. (Teacher Licensure) courses arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Note: With proper student planning and in consultation with the academic advisor a student may complete his or her academic degree in 128 semester credits. It is possible, in some circumstances, that courses in a student's Liberal Education program may be used in his or her academic major.

Freshman

VSAR 1101 Visual Foundations I
VSAR 1102 Visual Foundations II
Liberal Education requirements

Sophomore

VSAR 2107 Visual Foundations III
VSAR 2551 Art History Survey I
VSAR 2552 Art History Survey II
VSAR 2150 Life Drawing
or VSAR 3100 Intermediate Drawing
VSAR 2210 Printmaking - Relief/Intaglio
or MASC 2450 Photography
Liberal Education requirements

Junior

VSAR 2400 Jewelry/Metals
VSAR 2310 Sculpture
VSAR 2350 Ceramics
VSAR 2250 Painting
VSAR 4600 Art Concepts K-12
Professional Education courses
Visual Art guided electives
Visual Art area of concentration

Senior

VSAR 4800 Senior Exhibit/Thesis Project
or VSAR 4707 Portfolio Seminar
Professional Education/Student Teaching
Complete Visual Art area of concentration