Art (for Teacher Licensure)
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Upper Iowa University's Teacher Education Program is committed to preparing teachers who are well informed, reflective, professional, competent, and sensitive to the diverse needs of their pupils. You are provided with current, practical, applied knowledge and a variety of classroom experiences. The program is dedicated to the development of teachers with personal education philosophies and systems of beliefs that encourage a lifelong commitment to inquiry and excellence.
As an Art Education major, you will not only gain a solid foundation in studio classes, including ceramics, printmaking, painting, drawing, sculpture, and graphic design, you will acquire a global perspective in the visual arts through art history courses. The faculty are practicing professional artists that are engaged not only in teaching the visual arts but who pursue an active role in the visual arts community as well. The art department is located in Edgar Hall, with state-of-the-art facilities to create and learn in the field of fine arts and an art gallery for exhibition of works of students and guest artists.
LOCATION: Main residential campus in Fayette, Iowa
DEPARTMENT WEBSITE: http://uiu.edu/academics/majors/art/index.html
MAJOR IN ART
The art education major prepares students for Iowa teaching endorsements in K-8 and 5-12 Art.
- (3) ART 109 2-D Foundations
- (3) ART 110 Drawing
- (3) ART 120 3-D Foundations
- (3) ART 202 Painting
- (3) ART 204 Printmaking
- (3) ART 225 Sculpture
- (3) ART 235 Graphic Design
Two of the following: (6)
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ART 211 Art History I
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ART 212 Art History II
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ART 213 20th Century Art
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ART 234 Graphic Design History
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ART 272 Non-Western Art Survey
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ART 372 Survey of American Art
One of the following: (3)
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ART 222 Ceramics / Hand Building
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ART 223 Ceramics / Wheel Throwing
Electives in Art Studio: (6)
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ART 205 Environmental Art
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ART 210 Intermediate Drawing
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ART 300 Life Drawing
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ART 304 Printmaking: Screen Printing
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ART 323 Ceramics Mold Making
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ART 325 Intermediate Sculpture
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ART 330 Watercolor / Water Media
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ART 404 Advanced Printmaking
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ART 410 Advanced Drawing
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ART 412 Advanced Painting
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ART 423 Advanced Ceramics
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ART 425 Advanced Sculpture
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ART 430 Advanced Watercolor
(1) ART 400 Senior Thesis (Portfolio)
Total: 37 credits
In addition to the major requirements, the Professional Education Core courses must be completed (50 credits):
- (3)EDU 110 Foundations of American Education
- (3)EDU 142 Human Growth, Development, Guidance
- (3)EDU 152 Assessment & Psychology
- (3)EDU 162 Diversity for Teachers
- (2)EDU 208 Field Experience I: Elementary/Secondary
- (2)EDU 228 Field Experience II: Elementary/Secondary
- (3)EDU 233 Methods: Secondary
- (3)EDU 252 Computers & Instructional Technology
- (3)EDU 300-08 Teaching Secondary School Art
- (3)EDU 304 Exceptional Persons
- (2)EDU 313 Teaching Creative Arts
- (3)EDU 425 Content Area Literacy
- (3)EDU 462 Individual Behavior/Classroom Mgt.
- (14)EDU 494 Student Teaching: Elementary/Secondary
For more information, you may call the Andres School of Education office at 563-425-5395.
