Bachelor degree
48 months
Application deadlines: November 1 (FALL), September 15 (WINTER), January 1 (SPRING)
Processing time: 30 days
Application fee: $60
Full-time
Intakes: September 25, January 7, March 31
International tuition: $21,801
Domestic tuition: $6,387
Program overview
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.
Study options
This program can be done
On campus
Requirements
Exams:
- TOEFL iBT
- IELTS
- TOEFL PBT
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.
Career opportunities
Western Art alumni have gone on to pursue their passions, including:
Robert McCauley: National Endowment for the Arts fellowship recipient and professional painter
Eugenie Tung: Head Teacher for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Education Program
Jim Goldberg: Author of seven books, National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, and professional photographer
Virginia Troy: Associate professor of Art History at Berry College
Campus location
Bellingham
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United States
