Art Education, M.A.
Admissions
Required Documents
- Online Application through the Graduate School
- Official Transcripts
- 2 Letters of Recommendation (at least one must be from a professor)
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae/Resume
- Teaching Certificate
- Portfolio: Please upload a digital portfolio of 20 images of recent work and an identifying list of works, as a single .pdf document
Note: Successful applicants to the graduate programs in Art Education typically have an undergraduate GPA of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale. However, all parts of an application are carefully considered in admissions decisions.
Degree Requirements (33 Hours)
The M.A. degree in art education may be completed with a thesis or without a thesis.
The non-thesis option requires passing a written comprehensive exam and a minimum of 33 hours of graduate coursework:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Art Education | 12 | |
| Seminar in Art Education | ||
| Problems in the Teaching of Art | ||
| Issues and Trends in Art Education | ||
| Program Development in Art | ||
| Graduate Professional Education | ||
| Select 9 hours from the following: | 9 | |
| The Learning Experience | ||
| Developing as a Professional Educator | ||
| Ideas and Issues in Teaching | ||
| Action Research in Teaching | ||
| Action Research Capstone Seminar | ||
| Educating African-American Students | ||
| Equity Pedagogies in Teacher Education | ||
| Introduction to Diversity and the Curriculum | ||
| Principles of Curriculum Construction | ||
| Design and Development Tools I | ||
| Design and Development Tools II | ||
| Studio Art/Art History | 9 | |
| Visual Meaning | ||
| Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist Art | ||
or ARTH 547 | Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist Art | |
| New Media Advanced: Mobile Platforms | ||
or MART 781B | Research and Practice in New Media Art: Mobile Platforms | |
| Elective | 3-4 | |
| Select one 3-4 graduate level education course | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 33-34 | |
The thesis option requires passing a written comprehensive exam, a thesis defense, and a minimum of 33 hours of graduate coursework:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Art Education | 12 | |
| Seminar in Art Education | ||
| Problems in the Teaching of Art | ||
| Issues and Trends in Art Education | ||
| Program Development in Art | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select 12 hours from the following: | 12 | |
| The Learning Experience | ||
| Developing as a Professional Educator | ||
| Ideas and Issues in Teaching | ||
| Action Research in Teaching | ||
| Action Research Capstone Seminar | ||
| Educating African-American Students | ||
| Equity Pedagogies in Teacher Education | ||
| Introduction to Diversity and the Curriculum | ||
| Principles of Curriculum Construction | ||
| Design and Development Tools I | ||
| Design and Development Tools II | ||
| Visual Meaning | ||
| Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist Art | ||
or ARTH 747 | Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist Art | |
| New Media Advanced: Mobile Platforms | ||
or MART 781B | Research and Practice in New Media Art: Mobile Platforms | |
| Thesis Preparation | 9 | |
| Thesis Preparation | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 33 | |