Art Education

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Art Education Programs, birth-12

• Initial Certification
• Professional Certification

The Art Education Programs at Nazareth College strive 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. At the graduate level, the goal 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 programs provide students with an opportunity to engage in advanced and concentrated study in the visual arts. The program leading to initial certification also utilizes a field based model to prepare students for teaching art by critically analyzing and synthesizing artistic and educational theory and practice at all levels of learning in area schools. The programs ensure a broadening of artistic knowledge, and teaching skill for those students seeking professional certification, with an emphasis on the development of the aesthetic and critical artist-teacher.

Program Director
Art Education
Karen Trickey, Ed.D.

1. Bachelor’s Degree majoring in art and/or a minimum of 30 credits in art, including 6 credits of art history, with a cumulative index of 3.0. An applicant who does not meet these grade point average expectations must address them in his/her personal statement; please see the Personal Statement section of the admissions application form for further information.
2. Computer proficiency.
3. Presentation of official transcripts.
4. Two letters of recommendation.
5. Application and fee.
6. Completion of the personal-professional statement as described on the application form.
7. Resume.
8. Interview with the Program Director, including portfolio review. A writing sample will be requested during the interview.

Certification required for admission: None

Program leads to: Initial certification in Art Education
               

The following are prerequisites for initial certification in Art Education as determined by the New York State Education Department. A complete transcript review of previous studies will be conducted to ascertain that each applicant meets the prerequisite admission requirements. Application materials will be reviewed by the Graduate Art Education Admissions Committee regardless of the number of credit hours of deficiencies. All liberal arts deficiencies must be successfully completed with a grade of C or higher and a total cumulative grade point average of 2.7. Official transcript(s) must be on file in the Office of Graduate Student Services. For further information, please refer to Admission Status Types on the application form.

A total of 60 credit semester hours in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, including but not limited to:

• Artistic expression; communication; information retrieval; concepts in history and social sciences; humanities; scientific and mathematical processes; and written analysis and expression
• A bachelor’s degree with a major in art from an accredited institution. A minimum of 30 credits in art, including 6 credits in art history, is required. The Program Director will evaluate each transcript to ensure that the prerequisite course work in art has been met.
• Language other than English: Minimum 3 semester credit hours. Note: Please below for further information regarding how to fulfill the language other than English requirement.
• Evidence of basic knowledge/skills in information technology.
  

1. Completion of a baccalaureate degree at an accredited institution with a cumulative index of 3.0 and a B average in visual arts courses. An applicant who does not meet these grade point average expectations must address them in his/her personal statement: please see the Personal Statement section of the admissions application form for further information.
2. Presentation of official transcripts.
3. Two letters of recommendation.
4. Copy of teacher certification in Art Education.
5. Application and fee.
6. Completion of the personal-professional statement as described on the application form.
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. 

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