Undergraduate Program

Student Information Contact
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 will be 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

I.			General Education	57 hours
	1.		English (12 credit hours)
		ENGL 101	Composition I:Exposition (3)
		ENGL 102	Composition II: Analysis and Argument (3)
			Choose 2 from the following: ENGL 220 (3), ENGL Literature Elective (3), CJ 130 (3)
	2.		Math (6 credit hours)
			MATH 121 or MATH 129 (3)
			Math elective (3)
	3.		Physical and Natural Sciences (12 credit hours)
			Select 12 credits from the following: ANTH 121L (4), ANTH 150 (3), ANTH 151L (1), ANTH 160 (3), ANTH 161L (1), ASTR 101 (3), ASTR 101L (1), BIOL 110 (3), BIOL 112L (1), BIOL 123 (3), BIOL 124L (1), CHEM 111 (4), CHEM 121 and 123L/131L (4), CHEM 122L/132L (4), EPS 101 (3), EPS 105L (1), EPS 201L (4), ENVS 101 (3), ENVS 102L (1), GEOG 101 (3), GEOG 105L (1), NTSC 261L (4), NTSC 262L (4), NTSC 263L (4), PHYC 102 (3), PHYC 102L (1), PHYC 151L (3), PHYC 152 (3), PHYC 152L (1), PHYc 160 (3), PHYC 161 (3)
	4.		Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)
			Two courses from the following: AMST 182 (3), AMST 185 (3), ANTH 101 (3), ANTH 130 (3), ECON 105 (3), ECON 106 (3), GEOG 102 (3), POLS 110 (3), POLS 200 (3), POLS 220 (3), POLS 240 (3), PSY 105 (3), SOC 101 (3)
	5.		Humanities and History (12 credit hours)
			HIST 101L or 102 L (3)
			HIST 161L or 162L (3)
			ARTH 251 (3)
			Select one 300 level course from the following: (3) Philosophy, African American Studies, American Studies, Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies, Native American Studies, Women's Studies, Religious Studies
	6.		Second Language (3 credit hours)
			Select one course from non-English language offerings including signed language
	7.		Fine Arts (6 credit hours)
			ARTH 201 (3)
			ARTH 202 (3)
II.			Professional Education and Art Education	33 hours
		EDPY 303	Human Growth and Development	3
		ARTE 310	Teaching Art in Elementary School	3
		ARTE 320	Teaching Art in Secondary School	3
		ARTE 400	Elementary Student Teaching in Art	3
		ARTE 461	Student Teach in the Senior High School	3
		ARTE 430	Studio Art in the Schools	6
		ARTE 410	Curriculum Development	3
		ARTE 465	Art and the Exceptional Child
			-or-
		ARTE 466	Art w/At-Risk Students	3
		EDUC 438	Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Area	3
			One course in art criticism & aesthetics for teachers to be determined by art education advisor	3
III.			Teaching Area	36 hours
	1.		Basic Art Courses (18 hours)
		ARTS 121	Two-dimensional Design	3
		ARTS 122	Three-dimensional Design	3
		ARTS 106	Drawing I	3
		ARTS 205	Drawing II	3
		ARTS 130	Intro to Electronic Arts	3
		ARTH	elective: Non-Western	3
	2.		Studio focus area I (9 hours) A focus area of 9 hours in a single studio area (not drawing), 3 hours of which must be numbered 300 or above.
	3.		Art Electives (9 hours) 9 hours of approved art electives to fulfill art teaching competencies, 6 hours of which must be in courses numbered 300 or above.
IV.			Free Electives	3 hours

			Total 129 hours

			Minor study in Art Education for Elementary Majors Only (24 hours)
			ARTS 121, ARTS 122, ARTH 101 (9 hours)	9
			Art Elective (200 level, 3 hours)	3
			ARTE 214, ARTE 310	6
			ARTE electives (400 level, 6 hours)	6
			Minor Study in Art Education for Students in Other Than Teacher Training Programs (18 Hours)
			Non-teaching minor requirements: ARTS 121 (3), ARTS 122 (3), ARTS elective (200 level, 3 hrs.); additional 9 hours to be determined with an art education advisor.