Nov 19, 2024

2024-25 Western Washington University Catalog

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2024-25 Western Washington University Catalog

Art — Elementary, BAE

Location(s): WWU - Bellingham

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Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine and Performing Arts

52 credits

Introduction

Making art is messy, unpredictable, and divergent. Teaching art can empower students to embrace the messy, unpredictable, and divergent in life. The Bachelor of Art Education, Elementary (BAE, Elementary) major integrates art-making and art-looking to explore the powerful intersection of material and process exploration, visual and cultural literacy, and personal meaning-making in art. Art education theory comingles with practice as we teach and learn with one another, drawing on current, interrelated art education pedagogies so that each student develops their own, unique teaching philosophy in the process.

The BAE, Elementary major satisfies the academic major requirement for teacher certification with an endorsement in elementary education and must be accompanied by the professional program in elementary education. See the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Multilingual Education section of this catalog for program admission, completion, and teacher certification requirements.

Why Consider an Art-Elementary Major?

The BAE, Elementary major prepares students to teach art within a general elementary classroom (K-5). The program includes foundational studio art courses, art history survey courses, and two art education courses, including topics such as artistic development in childhood and adolescence, curriculum design and assessment, diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in art education spaces, and art education advocacy, equipping majors with an array of artistic practices to integrate into their future classrooms.

Contact Information

Department Chair Lisa Turner Fine Arts 212 360-650-3666 turnerl5@wwu.edu	Art Major Information Fine Arts 116 360-650-3660 ArtInfo@wwu.edu
Elementary Educational Professional Program Information Miller Hall 300 360-650-3336 wce.wwu.edu/eled/ elementary-education	Teacher Education Admission Miller Hall 254F 360-650-6161 wce.wwu.edu/admissions/contact

Sample Careers

Art Educator | Art Therapy

Major/Career Resources

careercenter.wwu.edu/connectmajorcareer

How to Declare (Admission and Declaration Process):

Most classes in the Studio area are restricted to majors only. To access classes in this area, an online application to the Department of Art and Art History is required at cfpa.wwu.edu/art/admissions. The application will include a portfolio of recent work and an unofficial transcript of any college-level courses already taken. Application Deadlines: Application deadlines are by midnight on October 15 and January 31.

Grade Requirements

A grade of C (2.0) or better is required for courses in the elementary education professional program and all courses required for the endorsement.

Requirements

❑ ART 109 - Visual Dialogue Credits: 3
❑ ART 110 - View and Gesture Credits: 5
❑ ART 120 - Surface and Color Credits: 5
❑ 200-level courses (10 credits):
ART 230 - Form and Space Credits: 5
ART 280 - Time and Motion Credits: 5
❑ Studio courses (10 credits):
ART 303 - Drawing Projects Credits: 5
ART 320 - Painting I Credits: 5
ART 331 - Sculpture-Wood Credits: 5
ART 340 - Ceramics I Credits: 5
ART 350 - Printmaking I Credits: 5
ART 360 - Fibers and Fabrics I Credits: 5
ART 361 - Surface Design Credits: 5
ART 370 - B&W Photography I Credits: 5
❑ Art Education courses (10 credits)
ART 378 - Introduction to Art Education Credits: 5
ART 384 - Teaching in the Art Museum Credits: 5
❑ Art History requirement, select 9 credits from the following courses (choose one course from each group):
A/HI 211 - History of Western Art I: Prehistory to the Middle Ages Credits: 3
A/HI 212 - History of Western Art II: Renaissance to Modernity Credits: 3
A/HI 240 - Visual Culture in Western Europe in the 19th Century Credits: 3
A/HI 241 - Visual Culture in Western Europe and America in the 20th Century Credits: 3
and
A/HI 250 - Arts of Africa pre-1900 Credits: 3
A/HI 251 - Arts of Africa after 1900 Credits: 3
and
A/HI 270 - Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asia Credits: 3
A/HI 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia Credits: 3
or EAST 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia Credits: 3

Additional Requirements

Elementary Education Professional Program Requirements

Department of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Multilingual Education, Woodring College of Education

105 credits

Introduction

This program centers an anti-bias, anti-racist, social justice philosophy and leads to a recommendation to the state of Washington for a teaching certificate with an Elementary Education endorsement. Students seeking a bachelor’s degree with teacher certification and an endorsement in elementary education must complete the GURs, an approved academic major, and the professional education course work listed below.

Admission and Declaration Process

See the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Multilingual Education section of this catalog for program admission, completion, and teacher certification requirements.

Grade Requirements

Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or better in the elementary education professional program and in all courses required for the endorsement.

Departmental Honors

In addition to the general requirements for all honors students, an art major who wishes to graduate with honors must complete an honors senior project in art.

University Graduation Requirements

General University Requirements 2024-25
Writing Proficiency Requirement (WP)
180 Minimum Total Credits
60 Minimum Upper Division Credits
Residency Requirement
Minimum Grade Requirements
Final Quarter Requirement

Art — Elementary, BAE

Location(s): WWU - Bellingham

52 credits

Introduction

Why Consider an Art-Elementary Major?

How to Declare (Admission and Declaration Process):

Grade Requirements

Requirements

Additional Requirements

Elementary Education Professional Program Requirements

105 credits

Introduction

Admission and Declaration Process

Grade Requirements

Professional Studies Core (22 credits)

Elementary Program Methods and Curriculum Content (32 credits)

Preparatory Field Experiences (13 credits)

Professional Field Experiences & Methods Courses (38 credits)

Departmental Honors

University Graduation Requirements