Overview
The Master's program in Art Education emphasizes both theory and practice in school-based visual arts teaching, museum education, and community arts education. Theoretical ideas are explored through both historical and contemporary models, including culturally responsive, anti-racist, and social-emotional approaches, with an emphasis on practical application. Attending a university known as a regional leader in teacher education, you will have the chance to work in traditional and digital media while interacting and collaborating with youth and adults in a range of settings. Students with a bachelor's or master's degree have the option to pursue their master's degree in Art Education while working toward licensure by completing the 66-credit hour art teacher education track plus the 32 credit hours of graduate coursework required to earn an Art Education master's. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in art and design or teaching may be eligible to transfer previous course credit into the licensure program. Most courses for the non-licensure master's degree are offered online, and in many cases, master's students have completed a fully online program.