College of EducationUniversity of Missouri

T he MU art education program is designed to provide students with strong backgrounds in the study of art education and the visual arts.

Coursework is structured to develop expertise in studio art, art history and pedagogy. Art teacher candidates

receive extensive training in the delivery of comprehensive instruction in the production, study, interpretation and evaluation of art and culture. Preservice art education students are provided many authentic opportunities to apply theory to practice and hone their skills through field experiences in a variety of settings, including local art classrooms and art museums. The program culminates in a student teaching internship

where students assume full responsibility as effective, responsive, professional art educators. The art education program also attracts outstanding K–12 educators and artists into graduate programs offering an M Ed degree that can include teacher certification and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction in art education. Our graduate students receive accolades, awards, and recognitions for their contributions to teacher education research. Recent graduates of our program have gone on to careers in museum education; community-based arts education and administration; projects in arts-based school reform; and to colleges and higher education institutions across the country — all with fresh insight for incorporating the arts into our global society.

Art Education

Learning, Teaching and Curriculum, College of Education | Dr. Kathy Unrath, Assistant Professor | 211-H Townsend Hall | Phone: 573-884-8935 | unrathk@missouri.edu

The University of Missouri is an equal opportunity/ADA institution.

My art students often tell me how much they benefit from the guidance and instruction that the MU pre-service teachers provide. In fact, I constantly encourage my students to go into art education at MU because I truly believe that it is the best program in the nation. — Sharyn Hyatt-Wade, Rock Bridge High School Art Teacher, Columbia, MO

Rooted in reflection, relevance, and risk-taking, the courses in the art education program provide students with opportunities to both create and contemplate challenging curriculum and contemporary ideas about art and artmaking. — Melissa Mudd, BS ED ’05, M ED ’06, PhD ’12

My education professors have become my mentors and friends. I will graduate in May with my master’s degree in art education and I will leave with a sense of accomplishment, a granite foundation for my teaching, and transformative experiences as an artist.— Ashley Anderson Drissel, BS Ed ’07, M Ed ’10

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Art Education Masters Degree Programs at MizzouThe University of Missouri Art Education Masters Degree program offers art teachers an opportunity to critically examine issues in visual art education through a balanced investigation into theory and practice. This graduate program integrates the campus learning community with the classroom context for the purpose of inquiry, research, and reflection into art education. Art teachers will examine contemporary topics, explore studio experiences as an artist-teacher, and conduct authentic research in their school or other community environments. The coursework includes investigations into artistic thinking and visual culture that interconnects our multi-modal, image rich world into the 21st century.

M Ed in Art EducationThis 32-hour program is intended for certified art teachers wanting to obtain an advanced degree in art education.

M Ed and Missouri Art Teaching CertificationThis program is intended for those who have a background in art and would like to earn Missouri certification to teach art as part of a masters degree program.

M Ed Hybrid Online Masters Degree Program for Practicing Art Teachers This 32-hour program is intended for practicing teachers who live a distance from the MU campus and choose to participate in a low-residency program that is primarily online.

Art Education Core Courses• Survey of Art Education• Curriculum in Art Education• Research in Art Education• An approved elective: Artistic Thinking: Multimedia Applications for Teaching Art Art Education in the Multicultural Classroom Visual Literacy and Visual Culture Classroom Research in Art Education Graduate Studio Graduate Art History

Masters Core CoursesHuman Learning and/or Developmental Aspects of Human LearningORPhilosophic Theories of Education or Educational Psychology

On-campus and Online Degree Program Options

Award-winning MU Art Education faculty has extensive experience across the breadth of the educational spectrum. They bring depth of knowledge and a rich research agenda that ranges from interest in children’s artistic development to understanding how the “Becoming Art Teacher” emerges into the teacher self and the role of reflection in the process of meaning making.

Art Education Faculty

Dr. Kathy Unrath, Assistant Professor of Art EducationDepartment of Learning, Teaching and CurriculumE-mail: unrathk@missouri.eduPhone: 573-884-8935

Art Education Inquiries

MU Direct Information

Sandy Sites, Senior Continuing Education CoordinatorE-mail: sites@missouri.edu Phone: 1-800-545-2604 or 573-882-7899