Offered by the Department of Art
Professor Murphy, Chairperson
Professor Kutbay
Assistant Professors Hamad, and Whitehouse, Assistant Chairperson
The Art Department offers two baccalaureate degrees: B.S.E. in Art Education and B.A. in Art History. The art education program guides prospective teachers to meet general education requirements, to develop skills in three studio clusters with a concentration in one area, and to provide a rich foundation in studio art production skills, art history, aesthetics, criticism, theory and practice of art education. Upon satisfactory completion of the program, the graduate is qualified to teach in the elementary and secondary schools. Graduating students must successfully complete the Praxis examinations both in general studies and their area of specialization to be certified to teach in Pennsylvania.
Incoming freshman and transfer students must successfully complete an interview and portfolio review conducted by art faculty. Portfolios must be submitted under the Art Department guidelines (see Art Dept. web page). Deadlines are: Fall admittance prior to April 30th; Spring admittance prior to November 15th.
Art Education majors are required to meet a 3.0 grade average at the time they are admitted to the professional education program (after 48 semester hours) at the time of student teaching and at graduation. A negative TB tine test, the Act 34 Pennsylvania Police and Act 1 51 Child Abuse clearances must be filed and current at 48 hours and again at student teaching. In keeping with the Pennsylvania Department of Education requirements, all students are required to take: 6 credit of math; 3 credits of English composition; 3 credits of English literature; and pass the Praxis I exam. All studio and professional courses must be completed before student teaching.
See The Teacher Education Certification Section in the University Policies section of this catalog, for further details regarding admission to teacher certification candidacy and Pennsylvania certification requirements.
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