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Visual Arts: Drawing and Painting with Teacher Education Track
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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: SOSC 110 - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 101 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: ARTS 210 - LIFE DRAWING
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS (Recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY OR ARTS 202 - BASIC SCULPTURE OR ARTS 207 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/EDU: BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer
- EDU: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 8)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: ARTS 201 - BASIC PAINTING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/EDU: EDUC 211 - STUDENT LITERACY CORPS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/Major: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – ARHT 245 - MASTERPIECES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION (recommended)* (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 211 - BASIC ART & TECHNOLOGY OR ARTS 202 - BASIC SCULPTURE OR ARTS 207 - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed/Major: GLOBAL AWARENESS – ARHT 204 - INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ART TRADITIONS (recommended)* (Spring only) (HRS 4)
- EDU: PSYC 215 - LEARNING, COGNITION, AND TEACHING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: (CC) Culture and Creativity OR (SSS) Systems, Sustainability and Society (HRS 4)
- Major: Upper Level Drawing and Painting concentration elective (1 of 3) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer
- EDU: EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 8)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Upper Level Drawing and Painting concentration elective (2 of 3) (HRS 4)
- EDU: EDUC 222 - TEACHING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
- Major: ARHT 300 Level WI (HRS 4)
- EDU/ART: ARTS 214 - BASIC CERAMICS (counts as Upper Level Elective only for EDU) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Upper Level Drawing and Painting concentration elective (3 of 3) (HRS 4)
- Major: ARTS 408 - SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION (Spring only) (HRS 4)
- EDU: EDUC 241 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
- School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary Course WI (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer
- EDU: EDUC 360 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION (HRS 4)
- EDU: EDUC 301 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 6)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- EDU: EDUC 315 - METHODS IN CONTENT AREAS: HUMANITIES/BUSINESS (HRS 4)
- EDU: EDUC 350 - READING AND WRITING IN THE CONTENT AREAS (HRS 4)
- EDU: EDUC 395 - TOPICS: (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major/EDU: EDUC 495 - CLINICAL PRACTICE CAPSTONE: CONTENT AREA (SECONDARY) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 12)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0 TE GPA: 3.0
Total Credits with EDU requirements: 146
GPA: See EDU advisor for specific GPA requirements and application instructions.
Note: Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan above).
*These courses are major requirements that will double count for the GenEd, BUT only two courses in the major are allowed to double count. If you have already double counted two courses in the major for the GenEd category, you will NEED to select another course for the GenEd.
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