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Art Education (K-12), Postbaccalaureate Teacher Certification

About the Program

The art education postbaccalaureate certification-only program offers a course sequence meeting the educational requirements for certification. Students are expected to complete the entire sequence, and are responsible for any additional certification requirements established by the New York State Education Department, Teacher Certification Division, including the NYS Teacher Certification Examinations, and mandated seminars. In order to be eligible for the program, applicants must have and maintain a minimum 2.5 overall GPA and a 3.0 GPA in the major, which includes art education, design, and fine arts coursework.
Except for the student teaching semester, postbaccalaureate certification-only students may elect to attend part time or full time. Courses are offered each semester (not summer) during daytime hours.
Art teacher certification is a function of the Bureau of Teacher Certification, NYS Education Department, Albany. In order to respond to local information requests, the bureau has a field representative in the Western New York area.

About the Art Education Department

103 Bishop Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-4106
Fax: (716) 878-6730
www.buffalostate.edu/arteducation/

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Admission Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (4.0 scale) in the major area of study (fine arts, design, and/or art education) and 2.5 overall.

In addition, all applicants should review the Admission to a Graduate Program section in this catalog.

Program Requirements

First Semester 12 credits
AED 200 Fundamentals of Art Inquiry
AED 398 Computer Applications for Art Educators
AED 300W Foundations in Art Education
AED 301W Theoretical Constructs in Art Education

Second Semester 9 credits
AED 302W Functions and Practice in Art Education
AED 315 Arts in Living
ATS 325 Arts and Special Needs

Third Semester 15 credits
AED 303 Elementary Student Teaching in Art (6)
AED 304 Secondary Student Teaching in Art (6)
AED 400 Student Teaching Seminar

Total Required Credit Hours 36 credits

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