Overview
The Boston University Online Master of Arts in Art Education (MAAE) is designed to provide an immersive online learning environment for those who are passionate about enriching the lives of K-12 children through a relationship with art.
Offered through BU’s renowned College of Fine Arts, the MAAE provides an integrated, relevant curriculum especially for the “artist teacher”—those who seek to expand their artistic abilities to enrich their effectiveness as teachers of art and enhance their careers. Students in the program share a belief that art has the power to impact lives and society in a positive manner, and that effective instruction in the arts at the K-12 level is vital to the development and nourishment of children’s lives—and to our culture.
The convenient online format enables students to benefit from the resources of a prestigious, world-class university, without conflicting with day-to-day responsibilities in the classroom or at home. The MAAE program provides artistic and educational instruction that will help enrich classroom pedagogy, while fostering original thought and creative curriculum development. Students graduate with marketable skills that open the door to career advancement.
An optional summer studio component of the program allows students to engage and interact in intensive, hands-on and process-oriented instruction within a supportive, creative, and intimate community of artists and art educators.
Students in the MAAE program benefit from:
- An accelerated curriculum and competitive cost
- Access to Boston University’s extensive, world-class resources
- Exposure to esteemed faculty who are talented artists in their own right
- An intimate program approach, focusing on artistic growth and child-centered art education
- An optional, on-campus studio session focused on personal artistic development
- No GRE requirement
Requirements
The Boston University Online Master of Arts in Art Education consists of 32 credits, which can be completed in approximately 18 months of study. A studio experience is required, either on campus or through transfer courses. Students also prepare a visual/verbal master’s thesis focused on the documentation of personal artistic process and teaching the artistic process to students using a thematic approach.
Getting Started
Students may apply to begin at any time. For application materials or more information, contact an admissions representative at 1-888-8BU-ARTS or visit the program-specific website.
