Sample Four-Year Plan of Study

The following represents ONE WAY (NOT THE ONLY WAY) to satisfy all requirements for the Art Education B.F.A. in four years follows. There are many other possibilities.

Please meet regularly with your Art Education Advisor and with an Art Advisor in the School of Art Student Services area.

Year 1

Fall Semester (15 Units) Spring Semester (18 Units)
  • Art 101, 102, or 104 (two of the three, for 6 units)
  • ARH 117 or 118 (3 units)
  • English 101 (3 units)
  • Tier I Natural Sciences (3 units)
  • Art 101, 102, or 104 (3 units)
  • ARH 117 or 118 (3 units)
  • English 102 (3 units)
  • Phil 110 or Math 122 (3 units)
  • Tier I Individuals and Societies (3 units)
  • Tier I Natural Sciences (3 units)

Please make sure you have applied to become an Art and Visual Culture Education as your major by visiting with an Art Advisor in the School of Art's Student Services (626-2618 or artadvis@email.arizona.edu) and submitting necessary materials.

Year 2

Fall Semester (18 Units) Spring Semester (18 Units)
  • 2D studies (3 units)
  • 2D studies (3 units)
  • 3D studies (3 units)
  • Upper division ARH (3 units)
  • Tier I Traditions & Cultures (3 units)
  • Tier I Individuals & Societies (3 units)
  • 2D studies (3 units)
  • 3D studies (3 units)
  • Upper division ARH (3 units)
  • Tier I Traditions & Cultures (3 units)
  • ARE 330 or Tier II Natural Sciences (3 units)
  • Upper division studio art (3 units)

During the fourth semester (after declaring as an Art Education major and after completing 56 credits), see your Art Education advisor to make an Application to the College of Education Associate program. Also, the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam should be submitted.


Year 3

Fall Semester (16 Units) Spring Semester (14-17 Units)
  • *ARE 330, Foundations of Art Education (3 units)
    (if completed, take a General Ed.)
  • *ARE 476, Teaching Aesthetics and Art Criticism
    (3 units) or ARE 469, Teaching Media and Visual Culture
  • EdP 310, Learning in Schools (3 units)
  • TTE 300, Classroom Processes (4 units)
  • LRC 416, Structured English immersion
  • *ARE 438, Teaching Art (3 units)
  • *ARE 431, Teaching of Art II (3 units)
  • *ARE 400 level elective
  • Upper division studio art (3 units)
  • Tier II Individuals and Societies (3 units) or second Structured English Immersion course (3 units)


Year 4

Fall Semester (18 Units) Spring Semester (14-17 Units)
  • ARE 434, Cross-cultural Issues in Art Education (3 units)
  • Educ 350, Schooling in America (3 units)
  • Upper division studio (3 units)
  • Upper division art history (3 units)
  • Tier II Humanities (3 units)
  • Tier II Individuals and Societies (3 units) or second Structured English Immersion course (3 units)

    Other things to do this semester:
    *Take Proficiency Exams in Art and Secondary knowledge
    *Apply for student teaching (watch for meeting offered by College of Education)
    *Have fingerprints taken early in the semester


  • TTE 493b, Student Teaching (12 units)
  • SER 301b, Mainstreaming (2 units)
  • US/ AZ constitution exam or course (0-3 units)

* Courses in art education are offered only once a year as follows:

Fall semesters: ARE 476 or ARE 469, ARE 434
Spring semesters: ARE 338L, ARE 431

ARE 330 is offered Fall and Spring semesters


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