Art with Art Education Concentration (BA)

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Total required hours: 126 are required for an Otterbein degree, but this program typically requires as many as 134 hrs to fulfill all of the course requirements.

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I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Note: For the Creativity and Culture INST requirement, a course other than INST 2602.
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (fulfilled within the major)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (93 hrs)

Note: A minimum grade of C must be achieved in all courses in the major. If a grade lower than C is earned in any course, the course must be repeated in order to count toward the major. Should that course be a prerequisite for subsequent coursework, you must earn a grade of C or better in the prerequisite course before continuing with the subsequent coursework.

A. Foundation Courses (all courses required)

B. Seminar Courses (all courses required)

C. Art History Survey Course (both courses required)

D. Art History Elective (4 hrs required)

E. Studio Breadth Courses (all courses required)

F. Studio Elective (4 hrs required)

ART 1300 - Color Principles
ART 2100 - Drawing II
ART 2600 - Communication Design: Foundations
ART 2800 - Relief Printmaking
ART 3100 - Advanced Drawing
ART 3200 - Special Topics in Painting
ART 3300 - Sculpture
ART 3500 - Intermediate Photography
ART 3600 - Communication Design: Media Applications
ART 3650 - Special Topics in Communication Design
ART 3700 - Intermediate Ceramics
ART 3800 - Intaglio Printmaking
ART 4100 - Special Topics in Drawing
ART 4200 - Advanced Painting
ART 4400 - Integrated Digital Media Topics
ART 4500 - Advanced Photography
ART 4600 - Advanced Communication Design
ART 4700 - Advanced Topics in Ceramics
ART 4750 - Summer Ceramic Institute
ART 4800 - Advanced Printmaking
Note: If ART 2800 or 3800 is used to fulfill the Studio Breadth requirement, it cannot be double-counted to fulfill the Studio Elective requirement as well.

G. Education Core Courses (all courses required)

H. Education Methods Courses (all courses required)

I. Student Teaching (both courses required)

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (126 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 126 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree from the Office of the Registrar one term prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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