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Visual Arts Education (B.A.)
With Professional Educator License
Children of all ages benefit from the opportunity to be creative and explore possibilities via innovation. Art encourages taking chances and learning from mistakes through thoughtful experimentation, an essential skill for finding success in a rapidly evolving world. As a visual arts educator, YOU will help students become thinkers!
As a teacher candidate at USF, you will spend time in varied classroom settings at different schools. This hands-on program format provides a wide range of opportunities to collaborate, network, and receive mentoring from teaching professionals in neighboring school communities.
While pursuing a teaching license in Visual Arts Education, you can easily add an endorsement in Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language (ESL), or Special Education to further meet the diverse needs of the students you will serve. Teachers prepared at USF are highly employable, thanks to the College of Education’s excellent reputation for growing exceptional educators.
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Why St. Francis? Every school is going to teach you to write lesson plans and implement them, but no other school is going to do it with the zeal of St. Francis. Here you do not simply learn methodology, you learn to cultivate the whole person. I learned to view teaching as more than a profession and a class as more than a group of students. A classroom of 30 kids is actually a room of 30 unique and special individuals, each capable of changing the world.
— Ashley Sichak ‘15
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS DEGREE?
The Visual Arts Education program at USF will prepare you to make meaningful connections with students through proven teaching methods and strategies designed to engage all learners. As an expertly-prepared teacher, you will grow to understand students, serve the community and find your professional self. You will leave USF ready to initiate positive change and shape the future of our communities and our world.
GROW THROUGH REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
Visual Arts Education majors at USF benefit from opportunities to broaden teaching experiences and develop cultural awareness and responsiveness while working in local schools. You will appreciate the option to enroll in practical field experiences each semester beginning as early as freshman year. The program concludes with a year-long visual arts teaching internship where you can apply your knowledge and refine your teaching skills in a closely supervised setting.
ACCREDITATIONS
The University of St. Francis is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and is authorized to operate as a post-secondary institution by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (ibhe.org). College of Education programs are further approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (isbe.net).
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