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Program checklist · Major in Visual Arts Education (B.S.)

Major in Visual Arts Education (B.S.)

State University of New York at New Paltz · New Paltz, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Major in Visual Arts Education (B.S.)
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
13.1212
Total credits (published)
84
Catalog edition
2025-2026 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
A grade of B- or better is required in all Art Education (ARE) courses.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196176
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196176_b6d212a2
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Foundation Courses (18 Credits)

6 items
  1. ARS 100
    3
  2. ARS 101
    3
  3. ARS 102
    3
  4. ARS 103
    3
  5. ARH 201
    3
  6. ARH 202
    3

Required Art Education Courses (18 Credits)

Choose 1 of the following · Select one of the following: · 10 items
  1. ARE 200
    Art Criticism
    or: ARS112 Art Seminar
    3
  2. ARE 300
    3
  3. ARE 302
    3
  4. ARE 303
    4
  5. Select one of the following:
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. ARE 305
    3
  7. SPE 350
    Creating Inclusive Elementary School Classrooms
    Not resolved to a course
  8. SPE 385
    Differentiating Instruction in the Secondary
    As published: “Differentiating Instruction in the Secondary School”
  9. ARE 390
    1
  10. ARE 391
    1

Required Educational Studies Courses (6 Credits)

0 items

    Under advisement by Art Education faculty, each major candidate is required to take six credits of Educational Studies courses, of which three credits must address issues pertaining to special populations:

    major core · 2 items
    1. EDS 340
      3
    2. EDS 372
      Developing Adolescence in Middle and Secondary Schools
      or: EDS371 Child Psychology and Development
      3

    Upper-division Art History Requirement (6 Credits)

    1 item
    1. By advisement, each major candidate must take two upper-division Art History courses, one in non-Western art and one in contemporary art.
      Not resolved to a course
      6

    Basic Art Studio or Art Education Courses (15 Credits)

    2 items
    1. ARE 316
      3
    2. Four (4) additional ARS or ARE courses demonstrating breadth of two-dimensional and three-dimensional processes, selected under advisement by Art Education faculty.
      Not resolved to a course
      12

    Upper-division Art Studio Courses (9 Credits)

    1 item
    1. Under advisement by Art Education faculty, each major candidate is required to take three (3) upper-division ARS or DES courses in one studio area (Ceramics, Graphic Design, Metal, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture).
      Not resolved to a course
      9

    Student Teaching (12 Credits)

    2 items
    1. ARE 405
      6
    2. ARE 406
      6
    Source. State University of New York at New Paltz, catalog 2025-2026 Catalog — https://catalog.newpaltz.edu/undergraduate/school-fine-performing-arts/art-education/major-visual-arts-education-bs/. Captured page pages/0349.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.