Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education

Through this course, students are taught to embrace multiple roles -- as artists, educators, and activists --- while engaging in a rigorous interdisciplinary study of contemporary art and visual culture in education. Our graduates, whether or not they choose to become classroom teachers, become generous thinkers and makers, sensitive members of their communities, and democratic agents in the culture at large. At Illinois, students work closely with faculty, themselves accomplished scholars and artists, whose interests reflect the textured vitality of contemporary concerns in Art Education. Faculty work with other faculty members across the School of Art and Design to offer a vibrant pre-professional curriculum. This interdisciplinary curriculum allows students to engage in studio practices, art history and theory, and design.Understand the diverse characteristics and abilities of their students and how individuals develop and learn within the context of their social, economic, cultural, linguistic, and academic experiences. Our graduates are prepared to use these experiences to create instructional opportunities that maximize student learning in diverse art education settings such as schools, museums, and community centers.Understand content area knowledge in fine art and visual culture that includes central concepts, methods of inquiry, structures of the disciplines, and content area literacy. Our graduates are prepared to create meaningful learning experiences for students through both content area and pedagogical knowledge.Differentiate instruction by using a variety of strategies that support critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and continuous growth and learning. Our graduates understand that art education settings are dynamic, thus requiring ongoing modification of instruction to enhance learning for each student.

You must provide official academic records for all years of school you reported in the application, including official copies of all school certificates and external exam results.You'll provide your high school courses/grades and test scores.