UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

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Broad Area Art Education Academic Plan

Broad Area Art Education Degree (no minor required).

Visit the Broad Area Art Education page to learn more about the program.

  Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year

ART 131 Drawing I - 3
ENGL 111 Academic Reading and Writing - 3
PSYC 101 General Psychology (gen. ed.) - 3
MATH 126 Activities in Mathematics - 3
CHEM 100 Modern Alchemy
or GEOL 101 Introductory Geology
or GEOG 110 Physical Environment: Patterns and
Systems - 3
Total semester credits - 15

ART 121 Design Foundations - 3
ART 132 Drawing II - 3
ART 200-level studio course - 3
BIOL 100 Introduction to Biology (gen.ed./lab). 3
ENGL 112 Persuasive Reading and Writing - 3
CSTA 101 Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3
Total semester credits - 16
Sophomore Year

ART 211 Western Art to 1500 - 3
ART 200-level studio course - 3
ENGL 241-245 Sophomore English literature course - 3
P ED 108 Health and Fitness for Life - 1
POLS 114 American National, State and
Local Government - 3
TED 120 Introduction to Education and
Instructional Technology - 3
Total semester credits - 16

ART 212 Art History Since 1500 - 3
ART 200-level studio courses (two) - 6
TED 212 Educational Psychology - 5
TED 252 Foundations of Multicultural Education - 3
Physical education activity course - .5
Total semester credits - 17.5
Junior
Year

ART 250 Child Art - 2
ART 200-level studio course - 3
ART 300-level studio course - 3
SPED 330 Introduction to Special Education - 3
PHYS 114 Basic Physics
or PHYS 117 Introductory Astronomy - 3
Physical education activity course - .5
Total semester credits - 14.5

ART 200-level studio course - 3
ART 300-level studio course - 3
ART 251 Middle and Secondary Art - 2
ART 485 Senior Seminar - 1
TED 422 Content Area Literacy - 3
TED 420 School and Society - 3
Total semester credits - 15
Senior
Year

ART 300-level art history or ISSC 496 or ISC 497 or

IHUM 498 Senior Level Capstone Course - 2-3
ART 300-level studio courses (two) - 6
HIST 206 Native Americans and the United States
or PHIL 245 Islam and Oriental Religions in the USA

or GEOG 120 Human Geography - 3

TED 430 Techniques of Education: Art - 3

ART 309 Gallery Techniques (optional) - 1

Total semester credits - 15-16

TED 475 Student Teaching K-12 - 12
Total semester credits - 12
Summary of Degree Requirements

General Education - 41 cr.
Major Courses - 58-59 cr.
Professional Courses - 31 cr.
Credits to Degree/Certification - 130-131 cr.

This academic plan is an example of how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisers students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.