Western's Elementary Art program prepares students to teach at the elementary grade level. The program introduces curricular design in the arts and the four components of Discipline Based Art Education—criticism, history, aesthetics, and art studio. Art education prepares students to become either elementary classroom teachers or art specialists. Elementary classroom teachers must specialize in one area in addition to the Elementary Education courses. This major satisfies the academic major requirement for teacher certification with an endorsement in Elementary Education and must be accompanied by the professional program in Elementary Education. See Elementary Education for program admission, completion, and teacher certification requirements.

As a freshman applicant, you must have completed secondary school and earned an appropriate secondary certification or passed an appropriate external exam. Grades should be above average and course selection must include preparatory study in humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences.