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    University of North Texas
   
    Oct 31, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Art Education


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Department of Art Education

Main Office
Art Building, Room 224

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #305100
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-369-7559

E-mail: ae@unt.edu
Website: www.art.unt.edu

Denise Amy Baxter, Interim Chair

 

Faculty    

 

Generally speaking, the discipline of art education concerns itself with the theory and practice of teaching art to others. At the undergraduate level, a degree in art education prepares one for a career as an elementary, middle and/or high school art teacher and for careers in community art programs and other educational facilities. A master’s degree in art education allows students to further their knowledge of art education practice and research and to focus on a specific type of art education (such as art museum education). Students pursue a doctorate in art education to research and develop new theories of art teaching and learning and to prepare themselves to be researchers and professors at colleges and universities. A graduate academic certificate in art museum education readies students for careers in museums and other arts organizations.

Research

In art education, faculty research focuses on art museum education, art teacher preparation and placement, and arts leadership. Recent projects include studies of the legal issues affecting art teachers, pre-service teacher mentoring, the use of technology in the art classroom, training leaders in the arts, and art museum educators and social justice. The graduate art education program works closely with the Jo Ann (Jody) and Dr. Charles Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design.

Admission requirements

Applicants must meet requirements for admission to the Toulouse Graduate School. Applicants to the MA program in art education must submit a recent term paper or a sample of professional writing. Applicants to the PhD program in art education must submit at least two samples of academic or professional writing, or one sample of academic or professional writing and a portfolio of approximately 20 recent artworks. All applicants should submit a statement of objectives, a minimum of two letters of recommendation (three letters of recommendation for the PhD program) and Graduate Record Examination scores. Applicants to the graduate academic certificate in art museum education apply through the Toulouse Graduate School.

Prospective applicants for graduate degree programs must obtain admission forms from the UNT Toulouse Graduate School and information from the College of Visual Arts and Design at www.art.unt.edu. Admission decisions are made on a rolling basis, but priority deadlines for consideration for funding are as follows:

  • Fall term/semester: January 5
  • Spring term/semester: October 1

Funding

Each term/semester the department is able to provide a limited number of graduate assistant/teaching assistant/teaching fellow positions for graduate students. If interested, the student should fill out an application and turn it in by the deadline listed on the college web site.

Exemplary students with a half-time teaching assistant/teaching fellow appointment are also eligible to receive up to full-time tuition waiver through the Toulouse Graduate School’s Tuition Benefit Plan.

Graduate students may apply for the Onstead Institute/Amon Carter Museum Fellowship in Museum Education. This fellowship for a 10-hour-per-week internship is generously funded through the Onstead Institute and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

New graduate students have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of fellowships when they apply to their program. See the college web site for additional information about these opportunities.

Additional funding opportunities may be available through the Toulouse Graduate School.

 

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