Art Education

Coordinator: Marcia Taylor
408 Holman, (609) 771- 2542, mtaylor@tcnj.edu

The conceptual framework for Art Education, as for all programs in professional education at The College of New Jersey, is creating exemplary professionals. Themes and outcomes associated with that framework are described in the School of Education section of the bulletin.

The Art Education Major offers a Bachelor of Arts degree and qualifies an individual for New Jersey State Art Teacher Certification, kindergarten through twelfth grade. The required curriculum includes a full range of art studio, art history, and art therapy courses. Students are given opportunities to experience actual classroom environments and situations through observations and teaching practicum in both the junior and senior years. This program is designed to prepare the student both as artist and teacher.

Required studio courses include computer graphics, drawings, design, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and the crafts. These courses and the required Sophomore Professional Experience, Art Education/Elementary and Secondary and Principles and Practices in Art Education lead to student teaching. A full semester of student teaching offers experiences at both elementary and secondary levels.

Candidates for a teacher-education certificate must have a 2.75 cumulative grade point average to successfully complete their teacher education program. They must also meet the state hygiene/physiology requirement and pass the appropriate Praxis examination before the New Jersey State Department of Education will issue the appropriate certificate. Teacher-education candidates will receive a 'certificate of eligibility with advanced standing' which requires a candidate to be provisionally certified for his or her first year of teaching. After one year of successful teaching, the candidate is eligible for a permanent certificate. The teacher candidate will also have to pay a fee during his or her first year of teaching.

Students may take art therapy courses as an art option/elective. Art therapy certification may be obtained through completion of a graduate program in art therapy.

Download a comprehensive undergraduate bulletin.

Art Education Recommended Program of Study