Overview
In collaboration with the School of Education, Visual Art Education at University of Kansas provides advanced level students with classroom and teaching experiences in area schools and community settings. Visual Art Education graduates are well prepared to be successful art educators and have a very high job placement rate.
Facilities and Resources
The dedicated VAE classroom comfortably accommodates students in both classroom and studio situations, complete with full supplies for doing most school-related art projects as well as a state-of-the-art projector for presentations.
The Spencer Museum of Art, an independent facility, is also significant resource for the VAE Program. Students utilize the museum’s collections through gallery tours, museum staff talks, museum events, and a VAE methods course that meets on site.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Art and Design in Daily Life
- Instruction and Curriculum
- Education in Multicultural Society
- Instructional Strategies in Art for Elementary Classroom Teachers
- Student Teaching
- Teaching Art Criticism
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Education Visual Arts Art Education View 3582 other Masters in Education in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- To be admitted, students must have undergraduate backgrounds judged by the graduate faculty to be appropriate preparation for graduate study in visual art. A strong preference exists for applicants whose undergraduate backgrounds are in visual art.
- The committees expect applicants to have the B.F.A. or B.A. degree or equivalent experience.
- In general, committees expect applicants to present about 70 hours of undergraduate credit in studio or related professional courses, to have maintained an undergraduate overall grade-point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, particularly in visual art courses, and to have had a minimum of 9 hours of credit in art history. The department encourages full-time enrollment.
Tuition Fee
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International
23951 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23951 USD per year during 36 months. -
National
23951 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23951 USD per year during 36 months. -
In-State
9989 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9989 USD per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Lawrence
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Funding
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