Program Overview

Master of Arts in Teaching

The Master of Arts in Teaching in Art Education (MAT) program is a 12-month, hybrid modality program that prepares artists to teach in elementary, middle, and high schools with a critical focus on both contemporary visual culture and traditional arts.

Program Overview

The program combines the resources of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) and the Tufts Department of Education campuses to enhance understanding of urban and multicultural education and develop capacity as a reflective studio artist.

Program Structure

• The in-person studio component is taught by SMFA faculty and paired with Education coursework taught both online and in-person on teaching methods, art education curriculum development, and visual-critical studies.
• Students complete supervised in-person pre-practicum internships in Boston area schools and assist instructors in the children's studio classes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• Full-time practicum internships in Boston area schools further engage MAT students in the study, analysis, and production of visual culture with youth in the classroom.

Curriculum

• MAT students complete a 12-month program of study in education foundations, art theory and curriculum, and studio art.
• Many MAT students start with four education classes at Tufts in the summer, then take six studio credits and two art education classes in the fall.
• Students complete their course of study in the spring with a full-time student-teaching internship that includes a weekly seminar and an art curriculum development course.

Licensure

Upon graduation, students are eligible to apply for grades PK-8 and 5-12 Massachusetts Initial Teaching Licensure in Visual Art.

Fifth-Year Master’s Program for BFA Students

SMFA BFA students interested in pursuing a Master's in Art Education can apply to the Fifth-Year Master’s Program through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Education.