Art MA Program Specifics

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Our Art Education Program

The Art MA with Art Education Concentration offers already certified art teachers and individuals not seeking art teacher certification a rich professional development opportunity to further grow as visual arts educators. Your course of study will include art studio, art history, and art education courses with leading art faculty who place emphasis on the complementary relationships between artistic expression, academic inquiry and the teaching of art.

Individuals interested in pre-K–12 art teacher certification should see the Art Education MAT program.

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Apply for Graduate Admission

To begin the process you will need to sign up for an account with CollegeNET. Once you have a CollegeNET account, you will be able to log in any time and see your Activity Log which shows you a personalized status page.

Program Details

Program/Learning Goals

Upon completion of this program, graduates will have:

  • strengthened their art knowledge and art-making skills and will have built upon their foundational art understandings and skills acquired in their undergraduate programs
  • expanded and deepened their understanding of art education theory and curriculum development
  • enhanced their abilities to research content for art instruction and issues related to art education, develop art curricula and engage in scholarship related to art education 
  • strengthened their understanding and skills as visual arts education professionals
  • increased their capacities to serve as art education advocates and leaders in the field of art education
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Program Coordinator

Department of Art

The Department of Art prepares students for professional careers, liberal arts careers and graduate study. We also prepare the pre-K-12 art teachers of tomorrow. 

Rebecca Shipe

Dr. Rebecca Shipe

Associate Professor