Single Subject Credential - Art

The Department of Art, Design, and Art History

Credential Program Requirements

The Single Subject Matter Preparation Program in Art at California State University, Fresno educates candidates broadly and deeply in the making of art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, the connections among the arts and other disciplines, theories of development in art, and connections to professional futures. The program builds a personal sense of enthusiasm and lifelong commitment to the study of these components of art and trains candidates to be educated, highly motivated, and sensitive practitioners of the teaching of art to a multi-cultural population in the California public schools.

The program includes (a) 42 semester units of core coursework in art subjects and related subjects that are commonly taught in departmentalized classes in California public schools and (b) 24 semester units of coursework that provide breadth and perspective to supplement the essential core of the program. These requirements are elaborated below.

Credential Program-Core Courses

The core of the program includes two-dimensional art, three-dimensional art, new and emerging art, media art, art history, art criticism, and the history and theories of learning in art.

ARTH 10 - The Ancient Medieval Worlds Units: 3
ARTH 11 - The Early Modern World Units: 3
ART 13 - Design Units: 3
ART 14 - 3 Dimensional Design Units: 3
ART 21 - Figure Drawing Units: 3
ART 24 - Beginning Printmaking Units: 3
ART 26 - Intaglio Processes Units: 3
ART 27 - Screenprinting Units: 3
ART 109T - Topics in Studio Art Units: 1-3
ART 126 - Intaglio Units: 3
OR
ART 127 - Screenprinting Units: 3
ART 40 - Painting Units: 3
ART 50 - Beginning Sculpture Units: 3
ART 60 - Beginning Ceramics Units: 3
ART 70 - Crafts Units: 3
OR
ART 177S - Community Crafts Workshop Units: 1-3
ART 30 - Introduction to Photography Units: 3
ART 182 - Large Format Photography Units: 3
ART 183 - Extended Projects in Photography Units: 3
OR
ART 185 - Color Photography Units: 3
ART 37 - Introduction to Computer Art Units: 3
ART 181 - 2-D Animation 1 Units: 3
OR
ART 188 - Digital Video Art Units: 3
ART 112 - Gallery Techniques Units: 3
ART 120 - Intermediate Drawing Units: 3

Core Total: 42 Units

Credential Program-Breadth Courses

The 24 units of breadth coursework required by the program include courses that provide breadth and perspective to supplement the essential core of the program.

ARTH 136 - Contemporary Art Units: 3
ARTH 120 - Italian Renaissance Units: 3
ARTH 122 - Northern Renaissance Units: 3
ARTH 124 - Southern Baroque Units: 3
ARTH 126 - Northern Baroque Units: 3
ARTH 131 - Nineteenth Century Modern Art Units: 3
ARTH 132 - Twentieth Century Modern Art Units: 3
OR
ARTH 109T - Topics in Art History Units: 1-3
ARTH 160 - Africa Units: 3
ARTH 170 - Native North American Units: 3
ARTH 173 - Pre-Columbian Mexico Units: 3
OR
ARTH 175 - Pre-Columbian Andes Units: 3
ART 101 - Content and Form Units: 3
ART 113 - Design Units: 3
ART 116 - Advanced Color Theory Units: 3
ART 170 - Crafts Units: 3
OR
ART 171 - Textile Design: Dyeing and Printing Units: 3
ART 140 - Intermediate Painting Units: 3
ART 152 - Intermediate Sculpture Units: 3
ART 153 - Advanced Sculpture Units: 3
ART 155 - Sculpture: Foundry Units: 3
OR
ART 160 - Intermediate Ceramics Units: 3
ART 179 - Development of Artistic Expression Units: 3

Breadth Courses: 24 Units

* Topics in Art History (European/Western.)

**Topics in Art History (Non-European/Non-Western.)

Advising Note

Students must earn no less than a C in all art classes required in the program. Students in the Subject Matter Preparation Program are required to meet with their faculty adviser for a portfolio assessment and interview at two points in their academic careers: (1) the lower-division review, including assessment of their portfolio and artist’s statement after completing ART 37 and (2) the upper-division review, including a portfolio assessment, presentation, and interview after completing ART 112 and prior to exiting the program.