Art Education Major

Towson University offers a Bachelor of Science degree in art education, consisting of core requirements, professional education requirements, and extensive studio coursework, art history,  art education, and art-specific reading courses. Art Education is a dual major in Art + Design and Art Education. 

Admission Requirements

The art education program is a screened major. Screening takes place twice a year on the 2nd Friday of September and February.  Admission into the university and into the Department of Art + Design does not guarantee admission into the major. Students in the program are eligible for certification, enabling them to teach art in grades PreK-12. View admission requirements.

Community Partnerships

Towson University’s art education program’s long-standing partnership with New Song Academy, a Baltimore City Public School is an integral service learning component in essential course work in the major. Additionally, our students work with numerous public schools and community organizations in the Baltimore region. 

Degree Requirements

You can view degree requirements and course descriptions in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Practicum

Candidates have extensive field experiences in Pre-K-12 art classrooms and in community settings, gaining hands-on teaching skills under supervision, focusing on diverse student populations, and demonstrating pedagogical abilities. During the final semester of the program, each student will spend 7 weeks as an intern in an elementary setting (teaching grades PreK-5) and 7 weeks teaching in a middle or high school setting. At the same time, students take a professional seminar one night a week to discuss the final practicum experience and prepare for employment. The assessment edTPA is also required during the final semester. 

Professional and Student Organizations

Towson University’s art education program actively participates in both the state (Maryland Art Education Association) and the NAEA (National Art Education Association). Towson University has an active NAEA student chapter that sponsors meetings, service opportunities, fundraisers, field trips, and group trips to conferences.

Towson University’s NAEA student chapter has received numerous national awards for its service, including the NAEA Outstanding Student Chapter Award. Emeritus Professor, Dr. Kay Broadwater, was honored as the recipient of the 2020 NAEA National Preservice Chapter Sponsor Award of Excellence.  In 2026, Towson University students received the NAEA’s Eastern Region Preservice Art Educator and the National Preservice Art Educator awards. 

Questions may be directed to the Art Education Undergraduate Area Coordinator, Dr. Diane Kuthy dkuthy AT_TOWSON.