Art Education B.F.A.
Admission Requirements
Students apply to the art education program through the Department of Art, while enrolled in or after completing ARTE 303: Introduction to Art Education. The Department of Art forwards recommendations to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development (FSEHD). Applicants are then formally accepted into both the art department and to the teacher preparation program in art education.
For acceptance into the teacher preparation program in art education, students must fulfill the following requirements by the end of the semester in which they apply for admission:
- All FSEHD admission requirements. Please refer to the FSEHD section of this catalog or go to www.ric.edu/fsehd/pdf/fsehdonlineapplicationviewonlyinstructions2.pdf.
- Art education program-specific admission requirements, as follows:
- Completion of a plan of study approved by assigned advisor.
- Completion of a Declaration of Major Form.
- Completion of all studio foundations courses, with a minimum grade of B- in each course.
- Completion of ARTE 303: Introduction to Art Education, with a minimum grade of B-.
- Three letters of recommendation from art faculty: one from the student’s 2-D or 3-D synthesis instructor, one from the student’s ARTE 303 instructor, and one from another art studio or art history faculty member.
- Completion of the Studio I course in the concentration, with a minimum grade of B.
- Submission of a B.F.A. application.
- A positive portfolio review. The portfolio must include work from studio foundations courses and the introductory studio art course in the concentration. Portfolios are reviewed once per semester. Review dates are posted in the Art Center.
Note: For information on transferring credit for art studio courses taken at another institution or credit for advanced placement courses, see Transfer Portfolio Guidelines at www.ric.edu/art/transfer.php or obtain guidelines in the main office of the Art Center.
Retention Requirements
- A minimum grade point average of 2.67 both overall and in the art education major.
- A minimum grade of B in all studio concentration courses, and a minimum grade of B- in all other required studio and art history courses and in all teacher education courses.
- Completion of ARTE 404 and ARTE 405, with a minimum grade of B in each course.
- In order to student teach, students must successfully complete the FSEHD and the art education program requirements for a Preparing to Teach Portfolio.
The Art Education Advisory Committee will review records of students who do not maintain this criteria. Such students may be dismissed from the program.
Course Requirements
Studio Foundations
| ART 101 | Drawing I: General Drawing | 4 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 104 | Design I: Two-Dimensional Design | 4 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 105 | Drawing II | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 114 | Design II: Three-Dimensional Design | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 204 | Synthesis/Three-Dimensional Emphasis | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 205 | Synthesis/Two-Dimensional Emphasis | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
Art History
| ART 231 | Prehistoric to Renaissance Art | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| ART 232 | Renaissance to Modern Art | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| ART 337 | Twentieth-Century Art | 3 | Offered spring. |
ONE COURSE from
| ART 331 | Greek and Roman Art | 3 | Offered spring. |
| ART 332 | Renaissance Art | 3 | Offered fall. |
| ART 333 | Baroque Art | 3 | Offered spring. |
| ART 334 | American Art and Architecture | 3 | Offered fall. |
| ART 336 | Nineteenth-Century European Art | 3 | Offered fall. |
| ART 338 | History of Photography | 3 | Offered spring. |
Courses in Concentration
(Students may choose to concentrate in ceramics, digital media design, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, or sculpture)
| | Studio I (one 200-level course) | 3 | |
| | Studio II (one 200- or 300-level course) | 3 | |
| ART 400 | Issues for the Studio Artist | 4 | Offered fall. |
| ART 491 | Studio III: Topic | 1-6 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 492 | Studio IV: Topic | 1-6 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 497 | Senior Studio | 1-6 | Offered fall and spring. |
Additional Studio Courses
| ART 202 | Painting I | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 206 | Ceramics I | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
ONE COURSE from
| ART 208 | Printmaking: Intaglio and Monotype | 3 | Offered spring. |
| ART 217 | Introduction to Photography | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 218 | Printmaking: Lithography and Relief | 3 | Offered fall. |
ONE COURSE from
| ART 221 | Metalsmithing and Jewelry: Basic Fabrication/Forming | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 223 | Metalsmithing and Jewelry: Casting/Duplication Processes | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ART 234 | Sculpture: Wood and Alternate Materials | 3 | Offered spring. |
| ART 235 | Sculpture: Metal Casting and Fabrication | 3 | Offered fall. |
ONE COURSE from
| ART 226 | Pixel-Based Digital Design | 3 | Offered fall. |
| ART 227 | Vector-Based Digital Design | 3 | Offered spring. |
Electives
| | ONE ADDITIONAL STUDIO COURSE at the 200- or 300-level | 3 | |
Professional Courses
| ARTE 303 | Introduction to Art Education | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ARTE 404 | Secondary Practicum in Art Education | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ARTE 405 | Elementary Practicum in Art Education | 3 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ARTE 426 | Student Teaching in Art Education | 10 | Offered fall and spring. |
| ARTE 464 | Student Teaching Seminar in Art Education | 2 | Offered fall and spring. |
| CEP 315 | Educational Psychology | 3 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| FNED 346 | Schooling in a Democratic Society | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| SPED 433 | Adaptation of Instruction for Inclusive Education | 3 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
Total Credit Hours: 111