LIU Post Thematic Core Curriculum (32-33 credits)
POST 101 1 credit
First-Year Seminar 3 credits
- Writing I 3 credits
- Writing II 3 credit
- Quantitative Reasoning 3 credits
- Scientific Inquiry & the Natural
- World
- 4 credits
- Creativity, Media & the Arts 3 credits
- Perspectives on World Cultures 3 credits
- Self, Society & Ethics 3 credits
- Power, Institutions & Structures 3 credits
- Additional course from one cluster 3-4 credits
For a more detailed listing of these requirements, see the core curriculum section of this bulletin
Major Requirements
Required Fine Art Courses: 31 credits
- ART 2 Studio Foundation I 9.00 Credit
- ART 3 Studio Foundation 2 6.00 Credit
- ART 20 Advanced Photography 3.00 Credit
- ART 21 Printmaking 3.00 Credit
- ART 31 Pottery and Ceramic Sculpture 1 3.00Credit
- ART 35 Sculpture 1 3.00Credit
- CGPH 16 Digital Imaging 3.00Credit
- ART 103 Fine Arts Senior Seminar 1.00 Credit
Required Fine Art Drawing Courses: (3 credits)
Choose from one of the following:
- ART 11 Life Drawing I 3.00 Credit
- ART 12 Life Drawing 2 3.00 Credit
Required Fine Art Painting Courses: (3 credits)
Choose from one of the following:
- ART 13 Painting 1 3.00 Credit
- ART 43 Watercolor 3.00 Credit
- Required Art History Courses: (9 credits)
- ART 59 Survey of World Art I 3.00 Credit
- ART 60 Survey of World Art 2 3.00 Credit
- ART 72 Contemporary Art 3.00 Credit
Required Senior/Honors Tutorial: (3 credits)
Choose from one of the following:
- ATE 385 Honors Tutorial 3.00 Credit
- ATE 386 Honors Tutorial 3.00 Credit
- ATUT 1 Senior Fine Arts Tutorial 3.00 Credit
Required Senior Project/Honors Thesis: (3 credits)
Choose from one of the following:
- ATE 389 Honors Thesis 3.00 Credit
- ATE 390 Honors Thesis 3.00 Credit
- PROJ 3 Senior Project 3.00 Credit
Required Art Education Courses: (9 credits)
- ATE 1 Introduction to Art Education: The Artist as Educator 3.00 Credit
- ATE 2 Art Education Design and Practice in the Elementary School 3.00 Credit
- ATE 3 The Art Museum as Educator: Interpreting Art for Education 3.00 Credit
Required Education Courses: (21 credits)
- EDI 15A Psychological Perspectives: Teaching and Learning 3.00 Credit
- EDI 16A Curriculum and Assessment for Pre service Teachers 3.00 Credit
- EDI 35K Methods and Materials in Teaching Art 3.00 Credit
- EDI 38 Supervised Student Teaching in Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12). 6.00 Credit
- EDS 44 Introduction to the Study of the Exceptional Child 3.00 Credit
- EDS 60 Literacy Development: Birth Grade 6 3.00 Credit
Free Elective Courses: (6 credits)
The students are required to do one of the following: a Foreign language course, American Sign Language (SPE 98), or Equivalent milestone (with permission from the department chair).
Required Teacher Certification Workshops
- EDUX 100 PROJECT S.A.V.E.: Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act
- EDUX 200 Preventing Child Abduction; Safety Education; Fire and Arson Prevention
- EDUX 300 Preventing Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Substance Abuse
- CATX 100 Child Abuse Identification and Reporting
- DASX 100 Dignity in Schools Act