Teaching is a creative process. To direct, train and educate artists requires more than a knowledge of art. An effective teacher must communicate visual ideas, facilitate creative growth and engender a desire for learning to prepare artists for professional challenges.
Students at PrattMWP prepare for their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Art and Design Education by completing the foundation art courses in their freshman year then developing both their visual art skills and abilities in communicating those visual ideas to others.
Students who major in Art and Design Education may then go on to earn a New York State Initial Certification in Teaching Fine Arts in grades Pre-K through 12.
B.F.A. in Art & Design Education
In Art and Design Education, students develop their skills through intensive studio preparation in foundation art, and through courses such as drawing, painting, three-dimensional design; light, color and design, printmaking, photography, sculpture, including ceramics and jewelrymaking, and four-dimensional design. In their sophomore year, students are introduced to courses and fieldwork in which personal connections between studio, education theory and classroom practice can be made. By learning how to articulate and communicate visual ideas to others, they gain insight into their own art.
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8
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Drawing I & II (FDC 143 & FDC 144)
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6
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3-Dimensional Design I & II (FDC 157 & FDC 158)
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4
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4-Dimensional Design I & II (FDC 180 & FDC 181)
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6
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Light, Color and Design I & II (FDC 163 & FDC 164)
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6
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Survey of Art I & II (HA 115 & HA 116)
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6
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English 101 and 103 (ENGL 101 & ENGL 103)
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36
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Total Credits
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8
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Art or Design Core
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4
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Studio Electives
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4
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19th & 20th Century Art History (HA 215 & HA 216)
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4
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Introduction to Fieldwork/Study in Art and Design Education (ADE 215A and ADE 215B)
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3
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21st Century Ideas About Art and Self (ED 250)
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2
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Issues in Contemporary Education and Society (ED 309)
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3
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Child and Adolescent Psychology (SS 319)
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3
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Social Science Elective
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3
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Liberal Arts Elective
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34
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Total Credits
The junior, senior and, in some cases, fifth years will be taken at the Pratt campus in Brooklyn.
