The School of the Arts and Professions
DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS:
ART EDUCATION
Interim Chair and Associate Professor:
Ernest R. Satchell, M.F.A.
Associate Professor:
Douglas I. Smith, D. M. A.
Assistant Professor:
Christopher Harrington
Instructor:
Michel Demanche, M.F.A.
John R. Lamkin, II, M. A.
Sheila McDonald-Harleston, M. Mus.
Lecturer:
Manabu Ken Takasawa, D. M. A.
The Department of Fine Arts offers programs leading to the Bachelors
Degree in Music, Art and Applied Design. The Music program
leads to the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education with specific
preparation for teaching general/choral or instrumental music in
elementary and secondary schools. The Art program leads to
the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art Education. These programs
are designed to prepare competent teachers for elementary and secondary
school teaching. The Applied Design Program is a four year
non-teaching program with concentration options in Commercial Ceramics,
Graphic Illustration and Commercial Photography. The Applied Design
Program leads to the Bachelor of Arts Degree.
MISSION
The mission of the Fine Arts Department is to provide high quality
Art and Music teachers for elementary and secondary schools; to
prepare students for professional non-teaching careers in Commercial
Ceramics, Graphic Illustration and Commercial Photography; to prepare
students for graduate and schools; to provide service courses for
other departments; to provide outreach services for surrounding
schools and communities.
GOALS
To offer a basic curriculum in Art that will enable students graduating
from the program to think logically, creatively and function as
practicing artists.
- To provide exhibits, cultural events and other programs necessary
to promote art and make the university and general community artistically
richer.
- To prepare students to teach art in grades K-12.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Students having completed the Art Education Program:
- Will have the facility to understand and appreciate the philosophical
nature of art, its meaning and contribution to the individual
and society in contemporary and past cultures.
- Will create, critically analyze and evaluate works of art from
a wide variety of media
- Will develop, organize, evaluate and administer an art education
curriculum in grades K-12 effectively
- Will demonstrate a working knowledge of safety precautions
and hazards that are unique to studio work
- Will demonstrate an understanding of the developmental stages
of art through which children and adolescents pass
- Will demonstrate a working knowledge of safety precautions
and hazards that are unique to studio work
- Will design and deliver developmentally appropriate experiences
in art for children in grades K-12
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