Art Education
Art Education Major Brochure Printable PDF

The Art Education major at Messiah College leads to a B.S. degree with teaching certification (k-12) from the Pennsylvania Department of Educaiton. It is a demanding program with 128 credits necessary for graduation, but one that students have found very rewarding and an excellent preparation for a teaching career. The program combines the strength of two different areas, studio art and education. The Art Education major will complete the exact curriculum as the studio major which includes choosing a concentration (as listed above) and completing the senior exhibition experience. In addition art education majors take the required education curriculum and art education curriculum as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) who has accredited this major. The Art education major will matriculate through the major finishing with their professional semester of student teaching in the spring of their senior year. Students in this program often take summer courses during their four years, so that they will not have to carry a maximum load of credits most semesters. Art Education majors are also required to take the appropriate Praxis tests required by the PDE.


Art Education
Art Education Curriculum Printable PDF

Major Requirements (Major Courses - Credits)

ART 110 Introduction to Visual Literacy 3
ARTH 111 Introduction to Art History 3
One of the following: 3
ARTH 150 Art History I: Ancient through Medieval Art (3)
ARTH 151 Art History II: Renaissance through Contemp. Art (3)
ART 171 Foundations of Drawing 3
ART 182 Color & Design 3
ART 282 Form, Space, & Media 3
ARTH 309 History of Modern Art 3
ARTH 310 Topics in Non-Western Art 3
ART 355 Elementary Curriculum Strategies 3
ART 356 Secondary Curriculum Strategies 3
ART 407 Art Curriculum & Instruction 3
ART 483/485/487 Advanced Studies in one concentration area 3
ART 493 Art Seminar 3
ART 494 Senior Exhibit 3
Concentration (one of four from Studio Art) 12
Cross-concentration studies (two each from two concentrations) 12
6 credits of MAT/CSC/STA xxx GenEd Math/Comp. Sci./Statistics 3
3 credits of ENG xxx American or British Literature 3
EDU 120 The Teaching Profession 1
EDU 201 Education and American Society 3
EDU 203 Educational Psychology 3
EDU 318 Secondary Learning Environments
EDU 331 Instructional Design & Assessment for Secondary Ed. 3
EDU 437 Student Teaching: Art 9

Art Education - General Education requirements (Courses - Credit)
1.1 First Year Seminar 3
1.2 Oral Communications 3
Created and Called for Community 3
2.1A Mathematical Sciences 3 or 4 met by major
One of the following: (total 3 hrs)
*2.1B Laboratory Science 3 or 4
*2.1C Science, Tech & World 3
Two of the Following: (total 6 hrs)
2.2A Social Science (EDU 203) 3 met by major
2.2B European History (ARTH 150 or 151) 3 met by major
2.2C United States History 3
2.3A Literature (American or British literature only) 3 met by major
2.3B Philosophy and Religion 3
2.3C Arts waived
2.4 Language/Cross Cultural
First Level of Language 3
Second Level of Language 3
2.5 Non-Western Studies (ARTH 310) 2 or 3 met by major
3.1 Bible 3
3.2 Christian Beliefs 3
4.1 Health and Physical Fitness
Life Fitness 1
PER 1 1
PER 2 1
One of the following: (total 3 hrs)
4.2A Ethics 3
4.2B World Views 3
4.2C Pluralism in contemporary Society 3
Writing Enriched Course


* Note: Art Education majors take either a Laboratory Science course OR a Science, Technology, and the World course to fulfill General Education requirements.
SUMMARY OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: General Education 33
Major Requirements 95
Total 128