Visual Arts Education

Ball State’s bachelor of science in art education provides dynamic and comprehensive training and licensure in the teaching of art at all levels. Our success rate with job placement is close to 100 percent every year.

The art education (teaching) major at Ball State prepares students for the challenges of today’s art classroom. Students earn an Indiana K-12 teaching license in art while learning the discipline-based method of art education.

As part of this method, you’ll develop your content fluency within an academically rigorous course of study that emphasizes the art disciplines of studio, criticism, art history, and aesthetics. Simultaneously, you’ll hone your teaching skills through courses dedicated to art-specific and general instructional methods, which are applied in classrooms in the local elementary, middle, and high schools.

About The Program

Department: Ball State School of Art

Credits Required: 120

Possible Occupations

  • Art Teacher

Indiana Median Salary: $43,232

Dual Credit Courses

For onsite courses, please refer here to see if the course is offered at your high school.

Online

These courses are available online through Ball State University:

CORE Classes

    • COMM 210 - Fundamentals of Public Communication
    • ENG 103 - Rhetoric and Writing (English Composition I)
    • ENG 104 - Composing Research (English Composition II)
    • MATH 125 - Quantitative Reasoning
    • MATH 165 - Calculus I
    • FIN 101 - Personal Finance for Fiscal Wellness
    • THEA 100 - Introduction to Theatre
    • JOUR 101 - Media and American Society
    • PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy
    • RELS 160 - Introduction to Religion in Culture
    • HSC 160 - Fundamentals of Human Health
    • PHYC 110 - General Physics I
    • ISOM 125 - Introduction to Business with Integrated Computer Applications
    • PSYS 100 - Introduction to Psychological Science
    • SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology
    • PHIL 202 - Ethics
    • HSC 180 - Principles of Community Health
    • FCFC 250 - Family Relations
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