ART EDUCATION (A1010A)

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)
Forty-four semester hours of credit in General Education Core courses are required as outlined on the NCCCS Curriculum Standards for Associate in Arts degree programs. The General Education Core includes study in the areas of humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and English composition. Within the core, students receive opportunities to achieve competence in reading, writing, communicating, demonstrating mathematical skills, understanding science concepts, and using computers.

English Composition (6 SHC)  Two English composition courses are required.

• ENG 111, Expository Writing, is required as the first composition course.
• The second composition course must be selected from the following:
  ENG 112: Argument-based Research
  ENG 114: Professional Research and Reporting

Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.

• One course must be a literature course: ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262
• The following courses are required:
  • ART 114: Art History Survey I
  • ART 115: Art History Survey II
• One additional course from the following discipline areas is required: dance, drama, foreign languages, interdisciplinary humanities, music, philosophy, and religion. 3 SHC in Speech/Communication may be substituted for 3 SHC in Humanities/Fine Arts. Speech/Communication may not substitute for the literature requirement.
  • Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
  • Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 115, 120, 122, 130, 150, 160, 161, 211, 212, 220)
  • Music (MUS 110, 113)
  • Philosophy (PHI 215, 240)
  • Religion (REL 110, 111, 112, 211, 212, 221)
  • Speech/Communication (COM 110, 120, 231)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Four courses from three discipline areas are required.

• At least At least one course must be a history course: HIS 111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132
• Three additional courses from the following discipline areas are required: anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.
  • Anthropology (ANT 210, 220, 240)
  • Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
  • Geography (GEO 111, 112)
  • History (HIS 111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132)
  • Political Science (POL 120, 220)
  • Psychology (PSY 150, 237, 239, 241, 281)
  • Sociology (SOC 210, 213, 220, 225)

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (14 SHC)

• Natural Sciences (8 SHC)
  Two courses from the biological and physical science disciplines, including accompanying laboratory work, are required.
  • Astronomy (AST 111 [class] and 111A [lab])
  • Biology (BIO 110, 111, 112, 120, 130, 140 [class] and 140A [lab])
  • Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
  • Physics (PHY 110 [class] and 110A [lab], 151, 152, 251, 252)

• Mathematics (6 SHC)
  
  • Select at least one course in introductory mathematics (college algebra, trigonometry, calculus, etc.): MAT 171 or 175; 172 or 175.
  • The second course may be a higher level mathematics course ( MAT 263; 271; 272; 273) or may be selected from among other quantitative subjects, such as computer science ( CIS 110, 115) and statistics: ( MAT 151.

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 Semester Hours Credit)

• Academic Related (1 SHC): ACA 115  [Note: Beginning with the fall semester 2005, this course is required for new students to Sandhills.]
• Physical Education (2 SHC) activity courses are required at Sandhills Community College. Select two courses from the following activity courses (PED 110 is not an activity course.): PED 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 186, 212, 215, 217, 260, 262
• The following courses are required (9 SHC):
  • ART 121: Design I
  • ART 122: Design II
  • ART 131: Drawing I
• 11 additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required (including ACA 115 and 2 PED courses listed above). To satisfy this requirement, two of the following courses are recommended:
  • ART 132: Drawing II (3 SHC)
  • ART 171: Computer Art I (3 SHC)
  • ART 231: Printmaking I (3 SHC)
  • ART 240: Painting I (3 SHC)
  • ART 261: Photography I (3 SHC) or ART 266: Videography I (3 SHC)

Note: Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language requirement, if applicable, prior to or after transferring to the senior institution.

Application to a University
Admission application deadlines vary; students must meet the deadline for the university to which they plan to transfer. Upon successful completion of the associate in arts degree, students who meet the requirements outlined in this pre-major articulation agreement for Art Education will be eligible to be considered for admission as juniors to the universities offering the accalaureate degree: ASU, ECU, ECSU, FSU, NCA&T, NCCU, UNC-A, UNC-C, UNC-G, UNC-P, WCU, WSSU.

Admission to the Major
Grade point average requirements vary and admisison is competitive across the several programs in Art Education. Admission to teacher licensure progams requires satisfactory scores on PRAXIS I and II.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in Program: 64-65