I completed my M Ed in art education in July 2005 while teaching full time as a high school art instructor at a private military academy. Now, I am pursuing my MFA. My experience in art, as a student and teacher, has been enriched through the relationships I have enjoyed with the Christian professional artists in the MC Department of Art. All of the professors in my program of studies are masters in their academic fields and in their studio artwork. My professors, without exception, and including the Art Chair, have been used of God to encourage me on my life's journey as a Christian artist and minister. I highly recommend the MC Department of Art to any artist looking to enter the art field as a career and calling. Without reservation, I endorse the work of this exceptional fine art department
–Chuck Terrell Port Gibson, MS
M Ed Art Education, 2005
Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Art
Applicant must hold a baccalaureate degree in art (or 45 semester hours of art) and shall have had six semester hours of art history, and hold or qualify to hold a standard educator license in the State of Mississippi to be considered for admission. Applicants must present:
A portfolio or slides or digital images of representative art work,
A resume,
A statement of purpose setting forth a personal philosophy and professional objectives,
Be interviewed as required by the Department of Art and
Be approved for a recommendation for admission by the art faculty.
Students must maintain a 3.00 grade average.
At least 50 percent of courses for the degree must be 6000 level.
Six semester hours of graduate credit in professional art education core courses:
ART 6207 Curriculum Development in Art Education OR ART 6208 Theories of Art Education
ART 6507 Research Topics in Art History: Artists OR ART 6508 Research Topics in Art History: Periods or Styles
Nine semester hours of elective professional education core courses selected from the following:
EDU 5425 Advanced Child Development EDU 6506 Classroom Management
EDU 6522 Current Methodology in Elementary Education
EDU 6523 Current Methodology in Secondary Education
EDU 6542 Technology in Education EDU 6554 Tests and Measurements
EDU 7601 Comparative Philosophies of Education
PSY 6515 Advanced Developmental Psychology
COU 6520 Helping Relationship (Methods and Tech. Used in Counseling)
Fifteen semester hours of studio work in art in the areas of painting, ceramics, sculpture, and special studio selected in consultation with the major art professor. Student must have a concentration of nine semester hours in one of these areas. Six of these may be earned in ART 6563 Thesis I and ART 6564 Thesis II.
In their last semester of enrollment, candidates for the M.Ed.-Art must satisfactorily complete comprehensive exams with a supporting exhibit. If judged unsatisfactory, all or part of the oral examination may be retaken once in the following semester or summer term.
