Visual Arts - Master of Arts in Teaching

Program Total Credits: 42

Visual Arts - Master of Arts in Teaching Credits: 42

Fall Credits: 15

AEDU 509 is required of all students who do not pass the Art Education Department Writing Proficiency Exam with a score of 80% or higher. It must be taken and passed in the first semester of full-time enrollment, and it does not fulfill any credit requirements for the MAT program. (See course description for additional information.) Those who score below 70 percent on the Professional Writing Proficiency Exam after completing the Professional Writing course may not continue in the MAT program. Students enrolled in AEDU 509 must either pay a per-credit charge for all credits exceeding the 18-credit allotment, or must delay two credits of electives to a future semester. Students who have successfully taken the Instructional I Praxis Tests, Reading and Writing, prior to entry into the MAT program are exempt from the department’s Writing Proficiency Exam and AEDU 509 Professional Writing Intensive.

Electives Credits: 3 cr

AEDU 501 - Creative and Cognitive Development Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
May be taken during either the summer or fall semester
AEDU 509 - Professional Writing Intensive Credits: 2 cr, 2 hrs
AEDU 533 - Art and Inclusionary Education Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs; 3 hrs field work (8 weeks)
This course has a required field placement, and may be taken in either fall or spring semester.
AEDU 541 - Program Design & Methods: Elementary Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs; 3 hrs field work (8 weeks)
This course has a required field placement, and may be taken in either fall or spring semester.
AEDU 606 - Research in Education: Methods and Trends Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs

Spring Credits: 15

Electives Credits: 3 cr

AEDU 542 - Program Design & Methods: Secondary Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs field wrk
These courses have a required field placement, and may be taken in either the fall or spring semester
AEDU 560 - Saturday Practicum Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs field wrk
These courses have a required field placement, and may be taken in either the fall or spring semester
AEDU 602 - History of Ideas in Art and Museum Education Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
May be taken during either the summer or spring semester

PRAXIS

The Instructional I PRAXIS tests must be successfully completed by the end of the first full-time semester.

Fall Credits: 12

AEDU 503 - The Art of Teaching Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs
AEDU 561 - Student Teaching: Elementary Credits: 4 cr, hrs vary, 7 weeks
The two field placements may be taken over two semesters. If this option is elected, the full 15-week seminar that accompanies the field placement must be taken in both semesters.
AEDU 562 - Student Teaching: Secondary Credits: 4 cr, hrs vary, 7 weeks
The two field placements may be taken over two semesters. If this option is elected, the full 15-week seminar that accompanies the field placement must be taken in both semesters.
AEDU 565 - Student Teaching Seminar: Elementary/Secondary Credits: 1 cr, 2 hrs

Notes:

Note: Courses to satisfy requirements for the MAT are offered at varying times, allowing graduate students’ programs to be customized to their needs.