An LMU student works with local elementary school kids at an ARTsmart event.

The Art Education Concentration is designed to create reflective, informed, caring, and capable artists who are skilled in using interpersonal and creative tools for a career in education or other related careers. Students interested in teaching the visual arts in public secondary schools and earning a State of California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Art must fulfill all the requirements for the BFA in Studio Arts (STAR) with a Concentration in Art Education (ARTE), the requirements for a minor in Education (EDUC), and the requirements for a single subject credential in Art (SECR).

An LMU student works with local elementary school kids.
ARTsmart Mentor Program
Combining teaching in the arts with community service, ARTsmart provides underserved children with art education while developing the leadership skills of LMU student mentors.

Major Requirements

A total of 76 semester hours: 34 semester hours of lower division courses and 42 semester hours of upper division courses.

  • 34 semester hours of lower division courses: 26 semester hours of Studio Arts, 8 semester hours of Art History.

    Studio Arts Foundations

    • ART 1001 Foundation I 4 semester hours
    • ART 1002 Foundation II 4 semester hours
    • ART 1003 Foundation III 4 semester hours
    • ART 1010 Freshman Workshop in Studio Arts 2 semester hours

    Art Education Lower Division Requirements

    • ART 2357 Painting I 4 semester hours
    • BFA Exploration: ART1153 Drawing from Life 3 semester hours
    • BFA Exploration: Drawing from Life Lab 1 semester hour
    • Studio Arts Focus (ART 2154+ART 2188 Lab, or ART 2478, or ART 2880) 4 semester hours
    • ART 2255 Field Experience in Art 0 semester hours
    • ARHS 2000 Foundations of Western Art 4 semester hours
    • ARHS 2002 Art and Society: Early Christian to Early Modern 4 semester hours

    Note

    The Studio Arts Focus course is chosen in consultation with the Area Head of Art Education.

  • 42 semester hours of upper division ART/ARHS courses.

    • ART 3205 ARTsmart Community Service Program 0 semester hour
    • ART 3250 Arts Education Approaches for Social and Emotional Learning 4 semester hours
    • ART 3255 Experiencing Art and Social Justice 4 semester hours
    • ART 3597 Professional Practices in Fine Arts 2 semester hours
    • ART 4205 Building Community with the Arts 4 semester hours
    • ART 4255 Methods in Teaching Secondary Art 4 semester hours
    • ART 4950 Senior Thesis in Fine Arts 4 semester hours
    • Studio Arts Upper Division elective 4 semester hours
    • Intermediate Studio Arts Focus 4 semester hours
    • Advanced Studio Arts Focus 4 semester hours
    • ARHS 4630: Contemporary Art 4 semester hours
    • ARHS Non-Western elective 4 semester hours
      Choose one class from:
      • ARHS 3311 Pre-Columbian Art 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 3331 Arts of Africa 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 3341 Arts of Islam 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 3351 Arts of Asia 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 4301 Arts of India 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 4303 Arts of China 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 4305 Arts of Southeast Asia 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 4307 Arts of Japan 4 semester hours or
      • ARHS 4998 Special Studies 4 semester hours (if a non-Western topic is to be studied)

    Note

    Studio Arts Focus courses (Intermediate and Advanced) and Upper Division elective are chosen in consultation with the Area Head of Art Education.