BFA Specialization in Art Education – Visual Arts

Program Requirements

Specialization in Art Education – Visual Arts (120 credits)

24	credits: • ARTE 220 Foundations of Art Education (3.00) • ARTE 230 Practicum: Observation and Analysis of Children’s Learning (3.00) • ARTE 320 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art and Teaching (3.00) • ARTE 330 Introduction to Community Art Education (3.00) • ARTE 340 Art Education for Adolescents and Adults (3.00) • ARTE 420 Art Education for Elementary School (3.00) • ARTE 422 Art Education in the Secondary School I (3.00) • ARTE 424 Art Education in the Secondary School II (3.00)
3	credits chosen from: • EDUC 301 Integrating Computers into the Elementary Classroom (3.00) • EDUC 305 Technology for Educational Change (3.00)
9	credits: • ARTE 352 Light‑Based Media (3.00) • ARTE 354 Time‑Based Media (3.00) • ARTE 498 Special Topics in Inter‑Related Media and Technologies (3.00)
15	credits: • ARTE 421 Practicum in the Elementary School (3.00) • ARTE 423 Practicum in the Secondary School I (3.00) • ARTE 425 Practicum in the Secondary School II (9.00)
6	credits chosen from ARTE 398 offerings
6	credits: • FFAR 248 Keywords: Engaging Across Disciplines in the Fine Arts (3.00) • FFAR 249 Keywords: Working Across Disciplines in the Fine Arts (3.00)
12	credits: • DRAW 200 Drawing I (6.00) • PTNG 200 Painting I (6.00)
6	credits of Studio Art courses chosen from: • CERA 230 Ceramics I (6.00) • FBRS 240 Fibre Structures I (6.00) • FBRS 260 Textile Printing and Dyeing I (6.00) • SCUL 211 Sculpture and Material Practices I (3.00) • SCUL 212 Sculpture and Material Practices II (3.00)
6	credits of Studio Art electives
6	credits chosen from Art History Group C ─ Art in Canada
6	credits of Studio Art or Art History electives
6	credits of free electives
15	credits: • EDUC 210 Psychology of Education (6.00) • EDUC 445 Education in Quebec (3.00) • EDUC 450 The Inclusive Classroom: Educating Exceptional Children (3.00) • EDUC 454 Diversity in the Classroom (3.00)

Notes

The BFA Specialization in Art Education – Visual Arts leads to teacher certification by the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec (MEQ).
To be recommended to the Quebec Teachers Certification Service for a Quebec permanent teaching diploma, students must satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of the program.

Students are responsible for fulfilling their particular degree requirements; hence, the sequences above must be read in conjunction with Section 81.20 Degree Requirements.

Academic Standing

To remain in good academic standing in the specialization and be recommended for the Quebec Art Specialist teaching permit, students must:

1. Achieve at least a “B” grade in the practicum courses ARTE 421, 423, and 425.

a. Students who fail any of the above courses are required to withdraw from the specialization program.

b. Students who obtain a passing grade in any of the above courses that is below a “B” will be placed on conditional standing within the program and will be so informed in writing. These students will be allowed to repeat the practicum only once in order to achieve the required grade. Students who do not achieve the required grade in the repeated course will be required to withdraw from the specialization program.

2. Maintain an overall grade average of “B-” or higher in courses of the third and fourth years. Students who do not maintain the minimum grade average during that time will be required to withdraw from the specialization program.

Note: ARTE 423 is evaluated on a pass/fail basis and therefore is not included in the calculation of the grade point average.

3. To be recommended to the Quebec Teachers Certification Service for a Quebec permanent teaching diploma, students must satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of the program.