Art Education Pre-K-Adult (B.A.)

Admission Process

1. Pre-Admission

   The first part of the teacher education admission and retention process takes place when the prospective student applies for admission to WLU and indicates that he or she is interested in pursuing a teaching major or when the student changes his or her major to a major in teacher education from another major. The formal declaration of a teaching major on the admission form or with the Registrar's office gives the Teacher Education Program the ability to communicate with the student regarding items of importance to education majors.

2. Formal Admission into the WLU Teacher Education Program

   Students who have completed the requirements for admission into Teacher Education apply for admission using an online form available through the Teacher Education website.

   The criteria for admission into Teacher Education are:

   See Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

3. Admission to Clinical Practice (Student Teaching)

   See the Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

4. Graduation and Certification

   During the period of the clinical practice, the student is required to follow the schedule of his or her cooperating teacher and of the school in which he or she is placed. The Student Teaching Syllabus lists all of the requirements and expectations that the student must meet in order to receive credit for the experience.

   Students who are pursuing the BA degree must submit an Application for Graduation to the Registrar's Office by the deadline established by that office. The Registrar's Office staff determines if the candidate has met the graduation requirements.

Teaching Certification

To qualify for West Virginia teaching certification, each graduate must also pass all of the required Praxis II tests for the subject area that he or she intends to teach. A list of the required Praxis II tests, along with the required passing scores, is available at the ETS website (http://www.ets.org/praxis) or the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) web site.

Graduates may obtain certification packets at the dean’s office or by requesting a packet from WVDE. Fingerprinting must be completed at a WVDE approved location.

Required Courses and Professional Components

Pre-Professional Skills Component

All education students must pass state-required pre-professional skills tests (Praxis I). Also, they must demonstrate speaking skills competency by achieving a letter grade of “C” or better in COM 101.

Professional Education Component

EDUC 100	Intro To Professional Educ	1
EDUC 207	Foundations Of Educ	3
EDUC 290	Instructional Technology	3
EDUC 301	Educational Psychology	3
SPED 241	Intro To Exceptionalities	3

Methods and Materials Block Semester

These courses must be scheduled together during the semester prior to the professional semester. Students must be admitted to Teacher Education before enrolling in the Secondary Education Methods and Materials Block semester. Students must be eligible for the M&M Block to register for the courses listed below.

EDUC 293	Instr Design Asses for Mid/Sec	3
EDUC 309	Field Practicum II	0
EDUC 340	M & M for Secondary Teachers	2
EDUC 342	M&M Lab for Secondary Teachers	1
READ 302	Read for Content Area Instr	3
SPED 320	Collab Tech Sec Stud Exception	3

Professional Semester Courses

EDUC 409	School Law & Org	1
EDUC 470	Professional Seminar	1
SPED 484		0-10
EED 482		0-10

Content Courses

ART 104	Drawing I	3
ART 110	2D Foundation Design	3
ART 150	Art Appr for Art Majors	3
ART 160	3D Foundation Design	3
ART 190	Intro to Computer Graphics	3
ART 204	Drawing II	3
ART 220	Ceramics I	3
ART 230	Printmaking I	3
ART 250	Crafts I	3
ART 260	Sculpture I	3
ART 304	Drawing III	3
ART 341	History of Art I	3
ART 342	History of Art II	3
ART 343	Survey Of Nonwestern Art	3
ART 372		3
ART 375	Art & Cognitive Development	3
ART 376	Curriculum & Assessment Art Ed	3
ART 498	Sr Comprehensive Exhibition	1

Choose 3 hours from the following:

ART 210	Watercolor Painting I	3
ART 215	Oil/acrylic Painting I	3