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 |