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Graduate Art Education
Professional Certification
The Art Education program strives to nurture and sustain art educators as they meet the challenges of today’s schools and assume a leadership role in shaping the schools of tomorrow. The goal at the graduate level is to enrich and expand art educators who look critically and reflectively at the role art education plays in the school curriculum. Through an artist-teacher model, the graduate program provides students with an opportunity to engage in advanced and concentrated study in the visual arts. The program ensures a broadening of artistic knowledge and teaching skill with an emphasis on the development of the aesthetic and critical artist-teacher.

Students who successfully complete this program will receive New York State Professional Teacher Certification in the following area:

Art Education (birth - Grade 12)

Admission Requirements:

  1. Completion of a baccalaureate degree at an accredited institution with a cumulative index of 3.0 and a B average in the major field.
    (SEE Graduate Catalog for detailed information.)
  2. Presentation of official transcripts.
  3. Two letters of recommendation.
  4. Application and fee.
  5. Completion of the personal-professional statement as described on the application form.
  6. Copy of teacher certification in Art Education.
  7. The Director of the Art Education program will contact an applicant directly following review of his or her application materials to arrange an interview including a portfolio review.
    (SEE application form for more specific information.)
Required Course Credits: 36 credit hours

Required Courses:
Course Course Title Credits Fieldwork Comments
Core Courses: (6 credits)
EDU 501 Social Foundations of Foundations 3 No  
EDU 520 Teacher-Learner Research and Inquiry 3 No  
Art Education Program Courses: (6 credits)
AED 504 Issues and Concepts in Art Education 3 No  
AED 571 Art History, Criticism and Aesthetics 3 No  
Art Education Electives: (15 credits; chose five courses)
AED 506 Drawing 3 No  
AED 511 Painting 3 No  
AED 516 Printmaking 3 No  
AED 521 Photography 3 No  
AED 526 Three-Dimensional Concepts 3 No  
AED 531 Ceramics 3 No  
AED 535 Visual Books 3 No  
AED 537 Fibers 3 No  
AED 541 Jewelry and Metalsmithing 3 No  
AED 555 Computer Graphics 3 No  
AED 560 Advanced Studio Thesis 3 No  
Education Elective Courses: (6 credits; choose two courses)
EDTS 523 Introduction to Educational Technology 3 No  
EDU 550 Issues in Urban Education 3 No  
EDU 551 Classroom Management 3 No  
EDU 558 The Middle School in Transition 3 No  
INCL 601 Diverse Learners, Learning, and Learning Environments 3 No  
INCL 602 Differentiated Curriculum/Instruction and Collaborative Practice 3 No  
LTED 601 Foundations of Language and Literacy 3 No  
Capstone Course: (3 credits)
EDU 690 Capstone Seminar 3 No  

To view course descriptions in the Graduate Catalog, click here.

Program Director:
Dr. Karen Trickey
Office: Arts Center, Room 173
Phone: 389-2537
Fax: (585) 389-2940
Email: kbtricke@naz.edu