Undergraduate Program

Student Information:
Art Education Program
112 Masley Hall
(505) 277-4112
arted@unm.edu

Teacher Preparation Program

The following program leads to a Bachelor of Arts in Education with a major in Art Education and teacher preparation in art. Upon completion of this program the graduate is qualified to apply for New Mexico licensure to teach visual arts, grades Pre-K–12.

A student who wishes to be admitted into the teacher preparation program in art is required to meet the screening criteria and procedures of the College of Education and Art Education program. Screening is done concurrently with the program’s prerequisite screening course, ARTE 310, and, in some cases, ARTE 320.

Upon admission into the teacher preparation program in art, the student is assigned a faculty advisor with whom the student must design and contract an official program of studies. The student is required to meet with his or her advisor each semester throughout the program.

Curriculum for Art Education Majors–Teacher Preparation

			Credit Hours
I.		General Education	57
		English	12
	ENGL 110 (or ENGL 112; or ENGL 113)	Accelerated Composition (or Composition II; or Enhanced Composition)
	ENGL 120	Composition III
		Choose two from the following: ENGL 220, ENGL Literature Elective, CJ 130
		Math	6
		MATH 121 or MATH 129
		Math elective
		Physical and Natural Sciences	12
		Select 12 credit hours from the following: ANTH 121L, ANTH 150, ANTH 151L, ANTH 160, ANTH 161L, ASTR 101, ASTR 101L, BIOL 110, BIOL 112L, BIOL 123, BIOL 124L, CHEM 111, CHEM 121 and 123L/131L, CHEM 122L/132L, EPS 101, EPS 105L, EPS 201L, ENVS 101, ENVS 102L, GEOG 101, GEOG 105L, NTSC 261L, NTSC 262L, NTSC 263L, PHYC 102, PHYC 102L, PHYC 151L, PHYC 152, PHYC 152L, PHYC 160, PHYC 161
		Social and Behavioral Sciences
		Two courses from the following: AMST 182, AMST 185, ANTH 101, ANTH 130, ECON 105, ECON 106, GEOG 102, POLS 110, POLS 200, POLS 220, POLS 240, PSY 105, SOC 101	6
		Humanities and History	12
		HIST 101 or 102
		HIST 161 or 162
		ARTH 251
		Select one 300-level course from the following: Philosophy, Africana Studies, American Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies, Native American Studies, Women's Studies, Religious Studies
		Second Language	3
		Select one course from non-English language offerings including signed language
		Fine Arts	6
		ARTH 201
		ARTH 202
II.		Professional Education and Art Education	33
	EDPY 303	Human Growth and Development
	ARTE 310	Teaching Art in the Elementary School
	ARTE 320	Teaching Art in Secondary School
	ARTE 400	Elementary Student Teaching in Art
	ARTE 461	Student Teaching in the Senior High School
	ARTE 430	Studio Art in the Schools
	ARTE 410	Curriculum Development
	ARTE 465	Art and the Exceptional Child
		-or-
	ARTE 466	Art with At-Risk Students
	EDUC 438	Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Area
		One course in art criticism & aesthetics for teachers to be determined by art education advisor
III.		Teaching Area	36
		Basic Art Courses
	ARTS 121	Two-dimensional Design
	ARTS 122	Three-dimensional Design
	ARTS 106	Drawing I
	ARTS 205	Drawing II
	ARTS 130	Intro to Electronic Arts
	ARTH	elective: Non-Western
		Studio focus area I: A focus area of 9 credit hours in a single studio area (not drawing), 3 credit hours of which must be numbered 300 or above.
		Art Electives: 9 credit hours of approved art electives to fulfill art teaching competencies, 6 credit hours of which must be in courses numbered 300 or above.
IV.		Free Electives	3

		Total 129 credit hours

		Minor study in Art Education for Elementary Majors Only	24
		ARTS 121, ARTS 122, ARTH 101
		Art Elective (200-level)
		ARTE 214, ARTE 310
		ARTE two electives (400-level)
		Minor Study in Art Education for Students in Other Than Teacher Training Programs	18
		Non-teaching minor requirements: ARTS 121, ARTS 122, two ARTS elective (200-level); additional 9 credit hour to be determined with an art education advisor.