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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Art Education Major (B.S.)


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The Art Education program offers a Bachelor of Science in Art Education with New York State Initial Teacher Certification, Birth-Grade 12. Committed to developing well-rounded artist-teacher-researchers, the mission is to prepare students to become practicing artists and knowledgeable, reflective professional educators capable of teaching visual arts in diverse contexts and advancing change in the field.  The program blends theory and research with extensive clinical experience practice in area schools and Nazareth’s Saturday Art School.

The University’s Art Education programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The B.S. Art Education program is registered with the New York State Department of Education.

Note - Transfer students must complete a minimum of five studio art courses at Nazareth University.

Program leads to: New York State Initial Certification in Art Education, B-12

Program Standards and Eligibility for Certification

  • The Art Education program requires a 3.0 GPA in all academic coursework;
  • The Art Education program requires a 3.0 GPA in all education, art education, studio coursework;
  • Student overall GPA’s are monitored each semester, Art Education major GPA’s will be monitored after the student has completed 12 credits inside the major, and letters of Academic Warning and/or Dismissal from the program will be sent accordingly;

New York State Teacher Certification Examinations
For students meeting the GPA requirements for Teacher Certification, teacher candidates are required to take and pass the following New York State Certification exams:

  1. Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  2. Content Specialty Test-Visual Arts (CST)

Additional Certification Requirements
In addition to the Certification exams listed above, prior to student teaching, New York State requires training – satisfied by a series of live and online workshops – in Health Education and Prevention of Violence; Prevention and Intervention Training in Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying and Discrimination in Schools; and Bloodborne Pathogen Training.

Filing for Certification
Teacher candidates who have successfully completed the above requirements, program coursework (listed below), and Student Teaching will complete Fingerprinting and a Background Check and pay the fees in effect at the time they apply, using the NYS TEACH system to formally file for their Initial Certification. For more information please see the School of Education section of the catalog.

Additional Support
Additional support may be obtained by contacting the Nazareth University Teacher Certification Office at (585) 389-2591 or by email at tcert@naz.edu, or http://www.naz.edu/education/teacher-certification.

Core Curriculum Requirements


All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures  for specific core curriculum requirements. 

Art Elective


Students must complete one additional studio courses (3 credits)

Foreign Language Requirement


  • Students must complete six credits in a Modern Foreign Language.

Art Education Senior Experience


The Art Education Senior Experience is completed during their final semester. Students reflect on their art and teaching beliefs and create an electronic Professional Artist-Teacher portfolio as well as business cards.
 

Sample Program for Art Education Major


FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
ENGW 101 Exposition   3 ENGW 102 Argument and Research   3
PEQ (1) - FYS 3 PEQ (3) 3
PEQ (2) 3 AHI.Q 272 Survey II: Late Renaissance thru 19th Century Art History   3
ART 101 2D Design   3 ART 102 3D Design   3
ART 106 Drawing I   3 ART 107 Drawing II   3
ACS 101 Academic and College Success   1 Health & Wellness 0
    AED 308L Saturday Art School Assistant   1
Total Semester Credits 16 Total Semester Credits 16
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Foreign Language & Lab 4 Foreign Language & Lab 4
ART 216 Printmaking: Relief /ART 217 Printmaking: Etching and Intaglio   3 PEQ (5) 3
AVCD 154 Digital Imaging Foundation for Design /AVCD 154L   4 ART 241 Jewelry and Metalsmithing I   3
AHI.Q 273 Introduction to 20th Century Art   3 SPF 204 History and Philosophy of Education   3
AED 305 Foundations of Learning in the Arts   3 ART 211 Painting I    3
ART 215 Professional Skills and Engagement   0    
Total Semester Credits 17 Total Semester Credits 16
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
PEQ (6) 3 PEQ Science & Lab (8) 4
PEQ (7) 3 Integrative Studies Course #1 (Liberal Arts) 3
ART 231 Ceramics: Introduction to Handbuilding    3 AHI 343G Art of Indigenous Peoples   3
AED 302 History & Theory of Teaching Diverse Learners in Visual Art Education   3 ART 221 Film Photography   3
AED 308 Introduction to Curriculum and Lesson Planning   3 AED 354 Issues in Art Education   3
EDU 475 Health Education, Child Abuse, and Violence Prevention Workshop   0 AED 354L Saturday Art School Teaching Lab   2
**Take EAS test as soon as possible after AED*302   EDU 485 Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention (DASA Training)   0
    **Take CST as soon as possible after all AHI courses  
Total Semester Credits 15 Total Semester Credits 14
SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester Spring Semester
AED 454 Professional Development in Art Education      4 Integrative Studies Course #2 (Liberal Arts) 3
AED 465 Student Teaching Birth - Grade 12   6 DEIB designated course/Liberal Arts Elective #1 3
AED 466 Reflective Seminar in Art Education   3 Liberal Arts Elective #2 3
    Studio Elective 3
    ART 365 Issues in Art   3
    AED 499 Art Education Portfolio     0
    CME 050 Core Milestone Experience   0
Total Semester Credits 13 Total Semester Credits 15

NOTES:

  • Bold  courses are only offered in designated semester.
  • The BS degree program can only accommodate Study Abroad during SP sophomore year, course with labs should be taken sophomore as much as possible to avoid evening conflicts with AED courses JR/SR year. 
  • Students must earn 120 total credits to earn a B.S. degree.
  • Students must earn 60 credits designated as Liberal Arts to earn a B.S. degree.

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