The Online Master of Arts (M.A.) program in Art Education is a two-year program in art education theory and practice. Completing an M.A. degree prepares professionals for advanced academic research and teaching.

In lieu of thesis, students must successfully pass a comprehensive exam in art education.

The program requires passing a written comprehensive exam and a minimum of 30 hours of graduate coursework: 

• Minimum 12 hours of graduate courses in art education 
• Minimum 9 hours of graduate professional education courses 
• Minimum 9 hours of graduate courses in studio art, media arts, and art history  
• The above must total a minimum of 30 hours 

Admissions Guidelines

Deadlines 

Rolling admissions; applications are reviewed as they are received. 
Decisions will be made within 4 to 6 weeks. 

Latest Deadline for Fall Application:  July 1 
Latest Deadline for Spring Application:  October 1 

  Application Documents 

• Online Application to the Graduate School 
• Official Transcripts 
• 2 Letters of Recommendation (it is preferable that one be from a professor)
• Personal Statement 
• Curriculum Vitae/Resume 
• Teaching Certificate (preferred, but not required) 
• Portfolio:  Please upload a digital portfolio of 20 images of recent work and an identifying list of works, as a single .pdf document. You may want to include up to five images of students’ artwork from various lesson plans or projects in your portfolio. 
• For international applicants whose native language is not English: submission of a satisfactory score on the TOEFL or the IELTS Intl. Academic Course Type 2 exam; or Pearson Test of English (Academic). The minimum acceptable score on the TOEFL is 80 (computer-based) or 550 (paper-based); the minimum acceptable overall band score on the IELTS Intl. Academic Course Type 2 exam is 6.5; and the minimum Pearson Score is 59. 

Note: Successful applicants to the graduate programs in Art Education typically have an undergraduate GPA of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale. However, all parts of an application are carefully considered in admissions decisions.