To apply for the program students must have a BFA or BA degree, which included a minimum of 30 credits in studio art and 12 credits in art history. An overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.8 and a GPA of 3.0 in art courses are required for admittance into the program. Additionally, students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in the Art Education courses to graduate from the program.†
This program is designed as a 10 month post baccalaureate which will lead to certification in K-12 Art in Maine, with reciprocity with all other states.
The state mandates a student participate in a minimum of 15 weeks of student teaching. In the 10 month program students teach in 3 distinct timeframes: 7 weeks in the fall semester; 7 weeks in the winter term and 7 weeks in the spring semester.
Upon completion of this program and passing the Praxis exams, students will be eligible for a K-12 Art Teaching Certificate in Maine and all other states.
Summer
AE 501 Art Education Methods Intensive (Prerequisite-Acceptance into program)
3
Fall Semester
AE 503 Contemporary Methods in Art Education (Prerequisite AE 501)
2
AE 507 Educational Perspectives on Learning
AE 511 Elementary Art Curriculum Development & Assessment (Prerequisite AE 501)
AE 512 Secondary Art Curriculum Development & Assessment (Prerequisite AE 501)
AE 531 High School Student Teaching Internship (Prerequisites AE 501, AE 505, AE 512)
AE 532 Professional Practices Seminar and Student Teaching Supervision (Co-requisite AE 531)
1
Winter Term
AE 533 Middle School Student Teaching Internship (Prerequisites AE 501, AE 505, AE 512)
Spring Semester
AE 506 Exceptionality in the Art Classroom (Prerequisite AE 501)
AE 525 Bringing Museum and Contemporary Art Collections to the Classroom
AE 551 Community Based Art Education
AE 535 Elementary School Student Teaching Internship (Prerequisites AE 501, AE 505, AE 511)
†Courses may be retaken to improve a student’s GPA
*Subject to change