Rande Blank, Program Director
rblank@uarts.edu
215.717.6050
C O N T E N T S
Description
The Master of Arts in Teaching in Visual Arts Education is a professional degree program incorporating preparation for the Pennsylvania Instructional I Certificate to teach Art PK-12, including a 14 week student teaching practicum. Additional coursework includes the history, theory, and practice of art education. Courses in the program include learning how to teach art to students with special needs, English Language Learners, and elementary and secondary education students through a variety of field experiences, observations and coursework. Students most often require four semesters of study to complete the 42-credit program because they may be required to complete specific prerequisite or corequisite courses to supplement their prior undergraduate study which fulfills certification requirements.
These prerequisite/corequisite courses may include specific courses like AEDU 201 Introduction to Visual Arts Education (2 cr), AEDU 200 Presentation Skills (1 cr), AEDU 509 Professional Writing Intensive (2 cr), and AEDU 543 Aesthetics and Art Criticism (3 cr). Other courses may be required to fill needs in Psychology, Sociology, Art History, or in Studio areas (painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics & photography).
A thorough evaluation of each entering student’s background takes place before enrollment for the first semester of work in the program. At that time, the Director of the MAT in Visual Arts Education will define a specific selection of courses fulfilling both the master’s degree program and the Instructional I Certificate from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Admission to the student teaching practicum depends on demonstration of appropriate knowledge, aptitude and sense of vocation, and teaching skills, not simply on courses completed and grades earned. In some cases, a student will be asked to delay the practicum by one semester and asked to do further work designed to ensure success. In rare instances, the Director of the MAT in Visual Arts Education may counsel a student not to seek the license. Additional credits of electives may then be substituted for the practicum credits.
Academic Plan
Academic plans provide a semester by semester suggested course sequence. Plans can be customized through discussions with academic advisors.
Program Requirements (42 credits)
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