Bethany College - Art Department Art Education Majors are prepared for professional careers through a rigorous studio foundation, focused concentration in art, pedagogy, observation, and student teaching. The Bethany art faculty feels it is essential that persons who are training to be art teachers be strong studio artists. This is reflected in the program which requires virtually the same studio preparation for Art Teaching Majors as that for Art Majors. Courses in art teaching methods help the student understand the development of children, so that this understanding may serve as a guide to planning sequential curriculum for art programs in the schools. Students are encouraged to see art programs in the schools as contributing to the aesthetic, creative, and perceptual development of children and teenagers.
Students are prepared to apply for entry level teaching positions.