The Art Education major is designed for those students who wish to teach art as a profession. The college offers a program leading to K–12 art licensure in conjunction with the School of Education. Ideally, the student should begin the program during the freshman year to accommodate the course requirements in both areas.

Meredith has recently discontinued its major in Pre Art Therapy. After considering the issue carefully, we have concluded that students interested in pursuing Art Therapy at the graduate level should be encouraged to seek a double major in Studio Art and Psychology, or a major in Studio Art and a minor in Psychology. In either case, your course of study should be planned in consultation with the department heads in both Psychology and Art. 84 credit hours

The Core Curriculum (32)

ART 160 Ceramics I (3)
ART 210 Painting I (3)
ART 270 Fibers or ART 275 Metals & Jewelry (3)
ART 350 Printmaking (3)
ART 365 Sculpture (3)
ART 734 Foundations in Art Education (3)
ART 735 Teaching and Methods: Art Pre K-5 (3)
ART 736 Teaching and Methods: Art in Grades 6-12 (3)
EDU 232 Foundations (3)
EDU 234 Ed Psych (3)
EDU 241 Introduction to Instructional Media (3)
PSY 210 or PSY 310 Developmental (3)
PSY 312 Exceptional (3)
EDU 450 Reading (2)
EDU 440 Seminar (1)
EDU 466 Pre-Adolescent or EDU 467 Secondary School (3)


Art History elective chosen from the following:
        ART 220 Non-Western Art History (3)
        ART 323 Topics in Art History (Pre-modern, topics rotate) (3)

EDU 490 Student Teaching (6)

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