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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Art Education, B.S.


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Art and Design  
615-898-2455
Debrah Sickler-Voigt, program coordinator
Debrah.Sickler-Voigt@mtsu.edu

The B.S. program in Art Education is designed for those interested in teaching in schools and community settings. All students pursuing a major in Art Education are required to complete the True Blue Core requirements as specified by the department and as required for certification. Students should consult with their advisors each semester in order to plan their schedule of courses.

Students wanting to earn teacher licensure should pursue the Art Education major with a concentration in Art Education K-12 Teacher Licensure.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Art Education, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 61 hours*
Electives or Optional Minor 18-21 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (61 hours)


Art Education (46 hours)


Studio Art Electives (10 hours)

  • Minimum one 2D and one 3D required (choose from ceramics, painting, sculpture, drawing, and print media)

Electives or Optional Minor (18-21 hours)


Curriculum: Art Education


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 18 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 18 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


  • 3 credit hours
  • Studio electives 4 credit hours
  • Upper-division art history 3 credit hours
  • Elective or optional minor course 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 Hours


Senior Fall


  • Studio electives 6 credit hours
  • Electives or optional minor courses 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 12 Hours


Senior Spring


Subtotal: 12 Hours


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