Art Education
The B.S. program in Art Education provides dynamic, hands-on, career preparations for those interested in teaching art in schools and community settings with licensure and non-licensure options.
Art Education, B.S.
The B.S. program in Art Education provides you with dynamic, hands-on, career preparations to teach art with licensure and non-licensure options. The program offers you a wealth of opportunities to learn how to teach art in schools and community settings. You will work closely with art education faculty, mentoring teachers, and K-12 students. The Art Education curriculum is rich with studio art courses and creative opportunities to prepare you as a teaching-artist. You will become knowledgeable of diverse art media techniques and processes, art history, and art inquiry methods necessary to teach students and guide your own creative practices.
All students pursuing a major in Art Education are required to complete the General Education requirements as specified by the department. Students should consult with their advisors each semester to plan their course schedules.
News Briefs
Art Education program collaborates with students, teachers from Tennessee School for the Blind
In 2023, MTSU's Art Education program collaborated with students and teachers from the Tennessee School for the Blind (TSB) to develop a multimedia stop-motion animation titled The Campfire Dance. Working closely with the Art Education majors and their teachers, TSB's K-12 students learned how to create The Campfire Dance's original set, music, characters, audio, and story. To add humor to their animation, the children used their guide canes to give the impression of roasting marshmallows at a campfire. Instructing the students, MTSU's art education majors became skillful in making student accommodations that included using multi-sensory resources and providing guided practice so that the students could achieve their project's collaborative goals.
The Art Education Majors' teaching was recognized through an honorable mention awarded to the students for their animation by the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice (ICEFA Lidice) using, a UNESCO partner. Watch The Campfire Dance here: https://youtu.be/EwKnKL_dPdg
International media and youth practices dominate Asthana's research
Since 2005, Dr. Sanjay Asthana has been researching children and youth media practices in the Global South. That research resulted in the publication of a monograph for UNESCO, numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, policy-oriented reports, and several books. The research dealt with a set of interlinked themes around questions of the capacity of children and youth to give an account, narrate, and resist, even under difficult socioeconomic situations wrought by global capitalism. In March 2007, he presented the research work in Saudi Arabia at an international media education workshop. A year later, Asthana was invited by the United Nations and the Prime Minister of Spain to participate at the First Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Madrid. Building upon these scholarly interests, he researched youth media projects from the United States, South Africa, India, Israel, and Palestine and published a book in 2012.
Asthana recently published another book entitled India's State-run Media: Broadcasting, Power, and Narrative, in which he analyzed broadcasting in colonial and postcolonial India, as well as India's complex state-run media outlets and the ways in which radio and television were instituted and the ways in which people encountered them. "In the current scenario, where broadcast seems to be losing relevance and broadband on the ascendant with the rise of over-the-top streaming media, it is imperative that we understand how radio and television came to be, and the potential continuities and discontinuities between broadcast and broadband. Although there is a growing body of work on Indian media in general and television in particular, I felt that there is more to be explored and studied, hence this book."
News Briefs
Art Education program collaborates with students, teachers from Tennessee School for the Blind
In 2023, MTSU's Art Education program collaborated with students and teachers from the Tennessee School for the Blind (TSB) to develop a multimedia stop-motion animation titled The Campfire Dance. Working closely with the Art Education majors and their teachers, TSB's K-12 students learned how to create The Campfire Dance's original set, music, characters, audio, and story. To add humor to their animation, the children used their guide canes to give the impression of roasting marshmallows at a campfire. Instructing the students, MTSU's art education majors became skillful in making student accommodations that included using multi-sensory resources and providing guided practice so that the students could achieve their project's collaborative goals.
The Art Education Majors' teaching was recognized through an honorable mention awarded to the students for their animation by the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice (ICEFA Lidice) using, a UNESCO partner. Watch The Campfire Dance here: https://youtu.be/EwKnKL_dPdg
International media and youth practices dominate Asthana's research
Since 2005, Dr. Sanjay Asthana has been researching children and youth media practices in the Global South. That research resulted in the publication of a monograph for UNESCO, numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, policy-oriented reports, and several books. The research dealt with a set of interlinked themes around questions of the capacity of children and youth to give an account, narrate, and resist, even under difficult socioeconomic situations wrought by global capitalism. In March 2007, he presented the research work in Saudi Arabia at an international media education workshop. A year later, Asthana was invited by the United Nations and the Prime Minister of Spain to participate at the First Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Madrid. Building upon these scholarly interests, he researched youth media projects from the United States, South Africa, India, Israel, and Palestine and published a book in 2012.
Asthana recently published another book entitled India's State-run Media: Broadcasting, Power, and Narrative, in which he analyzed broadcasting in colonial and postcolonial India, as well as India's complex state-run media outlets and the ways in which radio and television were instituted and the ways in which people encountered them. "In the current scenario, where broadcast seems to be losing relevance and broadband on the ascendant with the rise of over-the-top streaming media, it is imperative that we understand how radio and television came to be, and the potential continuities and discontinuities between broadcast and broadband. Although there is a growing body of work on Indian media in general and television in particular, I felt that there is more to be explored and studied, hence this book."
Art Education, B.S.
MTSU Art Education graduates are highly successful in the job market. Their employment as professional art educators includes working in public and private PreK–12 schools, museums, community art organizations, and after-school programs. Some pursue specializations in museum education, arts administration, and artist-in-residency programs. Graduates work in middle Tennessee, nationally, and internationally. Those who pursue advanced degrees can become qualified to work as lead art educators, arts administrators, professors, teaching artists, and consultants.
MTSU’s Career Development Center
MTSU offers a comprehensive Career Development Center that serves students throughout the full student experience and beyond. They collaborate with faculty and staff to equip students with the tools to be marketable to the world of work and continuing education.
Students can schedule an appointment or check online resources and job boards at mtsu.edu/career.
Students can find current internship opportunities by talking to faculty and visiting the University job and internship board called Handshake .
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Welcome to Art Education! MTSU’s Art Education degree has an excellent reputation because it prepares students with real-world teaching, learning, and creative opportunities.
As an Art Education major, you will be offered extensive teaching experiences in school and community settings. You will create studio art projects in a range of media, develop meaningful lesson plans, and study original works of art.
These combined experiences give you the professional skills needed for successful employment as an art educator. You work closely with Art Education faculty who are experts in the field and take pride in mentoring students throughout their studies and into their careers. Ultimately, as an Art Education major you will learn what it means to be a skillful teaching artist qualified to lead in today’s school and community settings.
Professional Licensure Disclosure
MTSU discloses that the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Art Education is a teacher licensure preparation program accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and approved by the Tennessee Department of Education. Admission to an undergraduate teacher licensure preparation program does not guarantee that students will obtain a teacher license. Successful program completion meets the educational requirements to apply for a practitioner teacher licensure in Tennessee.
The BS Art Education disclosure provided on MTSU’s professional licensure disclosure website indicates the states and territories where MTSU has determined, through reasonable and good faith effort, that the program does or does not meet the educational requirements for other US states and territories. Licensing authorities for each state set and enforce their own requirements and standards, which are subject to change. Current and prospective students not located in Tennessee or who plan to seek licensure or certification outside the state of Tennessee should contact the appropriate state licensing agency or board and discuss their plans with an advisor and the MTSU Office of Teacher Licensure before enrolling in the program to ensure they have the most up-to-date information and guidance regarding licensure requirements.
Public Accountability Notice
MTSU is an accredited institutional member of NASAD, National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
To see data about the program, please visit this webpage: https://planeffectiveness.mtsu.edu/art_bfa/.
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