Teaching Certification

Requirements for P-12 Teaching Certification Option in Art

If you wish to complete a Maryland State approved program in teaching Art, you must:

  • Complete the BFA in Art and Design
  • Meet the phase admissions requirements summarized in the Educational Professions section
  • Complete the professional education sequence described in Education: P-12 Programs

View requirements in Undergraduate Catalog   

Accelerated Masters in Teaching Option

Students wishing to teach Art PK12 level (elementary, middle and high school) can obtain both a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in five years through the following pathway offered by the MAT Secondary program. This pathway requires students to take nine credits of specified graduate courses while completing their undergraduate program in Art. These nine graduate credits will be used as electives toward the undergraduate degree as well as the requirements of the MATS. Students interested in this pathway should:

  1. Discuss the MATS pathway option with their first-year advisor.
  2. Meet with the MATS Coordinator as a first-year or sophomore.
  3. Apply to the MATS program in the Spring of their sophomore year (February 1 application deadline).
  4. Once conditionally admitted (a requirement for the following graduate courses to count as electives in the undergraduate program as well as in the MATS program) take:
    • REED 517 Reading in the Content Area (Fall or Spring Junior or Senior year).
    • SPED 551 Adapting Instruction in Diverse Classrooms (Fall Senior year).
    • SCED 510 Secondary Methods in Curriculum (Spring Senior year).

Please note that students who are considering this pathway should work with their advisor to create a plan of study that allows these 9 credits of graduate courses to be taken in the Junior and Senior years in addition to a minimum of 12 undergraduate credits per semester.

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