A major addition to the Art Building is scheduled to be built within the next few years, doubling the amount of classroom and studio space. Two other campus buildings house additional classrooms and laboratories, as well as the Texas Fashion Collection and the Cora Stafford Gallery. The North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, also located on the UNT campus, provides a unique outreach program for Metroplex area schools and museums. As part of your course work, you are required to observe current art teachers in local schools. During your senior year, you must also complete a teaching internship, or practicum, at an elementary and a secondary school.
Student teaching is a requirement for certification.
In addition, UNT is within easy commuting distance of Dallas and Fort Worth, where major art museums and galleries provide valuable resources and experiences for UNT's art students. You also should become proficient in using computers. At UNT, you will need to take courses in most of these subjects under the university core curriculum required of all undergraduates, in addition to taking courses in your major. Charting your path with academic advising You must attend an orientation to the School of Visual Arts, which is held at about the same time as university orientation for new students or during registration at the start of each semester. Check with the university admissions office for a schedule of freshman and transfer student orientations.