Art — P-12, BAE

Location(s): WWU - Bellingham

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

76 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, P-12 (BAE, P-12) major integrates art-making and art-looking to explore the powerful intersection of material and process exploration, visual and cultural literacy, and identity work 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.

This major must be accompanied by a professional preparation program in secondary education and leads to an endorsement in visual arts. See the Secondary Education section of this catalog for program admission, completion, and teacher certification requirements.

Why Consider an Art P-12 Major?

The BAE, P-12 major prepares students to teach as an art specialist in elementary, middle, and high schools. The program includes foundational studio art courses, additional media-specific art courses, art history survey courses, and three 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, art education advocacy, identity work, and narrative meaning-making in art, equipping majors with an array of artistic and pedagogical practices to integrate into their future art 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	Teacher Education Admission Miller Hall 254F 360-650-6161 wce.wwu.edu/admissions/contact
Secondary Education website wce.wwu.edu/sec/secondary-education	Secondary Education Manager Janna Cecka 360-650-3347 Janna.Cecka@wwu.edu

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 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
❑ ART 230 - Form and Space Credits: 5
❑ ART 280 - Time and Motion Credits: 5
❑ Art History Requirement, select 14 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
and
A/HI 301 - Modern Art and Modernism Credits: 5
A/HI 310 - Indigenous Arts of the Pacific Northwest Credits: 5
A/HI 316 - Land and Landscape Credits: 5
A/HI 348 - Art and Ecology Credits: 5
A/HI 368 - Pacific Arts and Visual Culture Credits: 5
A/HI 370 - Islamic Visual Cultures Credits: 5
A/HI 371 - Transforming Traditions: Art and Visual Culture in Japan Credits: 5
or EAST 371 - Transforming Traditions: Art and Visual Culture in Japan Credits: 5
A/HI 383 - Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (WWII to present) Credits: 5
A/HI 401 - Contemporary Issues and Post-Modern Critiques Credits: 5
A/HI 411 - Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture Credits: 5
or EAST 411 - Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture Credits: 5
A/HI 438 - Art, Gender, and Sexuality Credits: 5
A/HI 440 - New Media and Digital Art Credits: 5
A/HI 450 - Decolonizing Visual Culture Credits: 5
❑ Art Education courses (14 credits)
ART 378 - Introduction to Art Education Credits: 5
ART 381 - Identity Work in Art Education Credits: 4
ART 384 - Teaching in the Art Museum Credits: 5
❑ Select 5 studio courses from the following (25 credits):
ART 320 - Painting I Credits: 5
ART 322 - Painting II Credits: 5
ART 324 - Figure Painting Credits: 5
ART 325 - Experimental Painting Credits: 5
ART 331 - Sculpture-Wood Credits: 5
ART 340 - Ceramics I Credits: 5
ART 341 - Ceramics II Credits: 5
ART 350 - Printmaking I Credits: 5
ART 351 - Printmaking: Relief Credits: 5
ART 352 - Printmaking: Stone Lithography Credits: 5
ART 353 - Printmaking: Etching Credits: 5
ART 360 - Fibers and Fabrics I Credits: 5
ART 361 - Surface Design Credits: 5
ART 362 - Papermaking and Mixed Media Credits: 5
ART 367 - Advanced Weaving Credits: 5
ART 370 - B&W Photography I Credits: 5
ART 371 - B&W Photography II Credits: 5
ART 372 - Color Photography Credits: 5
ART 373 - Photography Alternative Processes Credits: 5

Additional Requirements

Secondary Education Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Professional Program (58 credits)

❑ SEC 303 - Teaching Adolescents: Development and Identity Credits: 4
❑ SEC 310 - Education, Culture, and Equity Credits: 4
❑ SEC 410 - Dynamics of Teaching Credits: 2
❑ SEC 411 - Philosophical Foundations of Education Credits: 4
❑ SEC 425 - Developmental Reading, Writing and Learning in Secondary Schools Credits: 4
❑ SEC 430 - Secondary School Methods I - Instructional Strategies, Daily Planning, and Standards Credits: 4
❑ SEC 431 - Secondary School Methods II-Assessment and Long Term Planning Credits: 4
❑ SEC 432 - Secondary School Methods III - Management, Motivation and Discipline Credits: 4
❑ SEC 433 - Teaching and Learning Laboratory Credits: 1
❑ SEC 435 - Secondary Practicum I Credits: 2
❑ SEC 436 - Secondary Practicum II Credits: 1
❑ I T 444 - Classroom Use of Instructional Technology (Secondary) Credits: 2
❑ SEC 495 - Internship - Secondary Credits: 18
❑ SPED 363 - Secondary Students With Special Needs Credits: 4

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