Art Education Degree Programs
The Master of Education degree with an Art Education specialty is a very popular program. Students entering these programs often come from varied backgrounds. Some are veteran arts educators. Others are non-arts teachers looking for new ideas on how to incorporate art into their classrooms.
The typical program curriculum prepares student for a variety of art education positions. The programs prepare graduates not only for teaching art in schools (both in arts and non-arts classrooms), but also prepares graduates for a broad range of jobs in the community outside of school walls.
For example, many of these programs are also prepare graduates for jobs as curators of education or directors of community outreach at art museums, government jobs where they advocate the teaching of art in schools, directors or teachers at community center or after school arts programs, and innovative researchers.