2024-2025 Graduate Academic Catalog

M.Ed. in Arts, Community, and Education 36 credits

This program provides a dynamic and interdisciplinary foundation in community arts work, including grant writing, arts administration, networking, fundraising, curriculum planning, assessment, and advocacy. In addition, the program requires students to pursue more in-depth knowledge in one of five specializations: arts in health; integrated arts; equity, access.

For the university's transfer credit policy for this and other programs, see the Transfer of Credits page.

Program of Study


Required Core Courses (9 credits):

EARTS 6001Collaborative Symposium: Power of the Arts in Communities and Schools

3

EARED 6117Theory and Practice in Community Arts: Ideas Into Action

3

EARED 7106Multiple Literacies: Social and Political Investigation

3

Required Inquiry and Practice Courses (9 credits):

EARED 7100Arts Integrated Inquiry: Seminar and Thesis Project

3

EARED 7700Internship and Seminar in Community Arts

3

EARED 7102Arts Based Research for Teachers of Visual Arts

3

Program Specializations (18 credits):

Each student will choose, in consultation with advisor, one of the specializations below for the duration of their program, and will take the courses associated with that specialization for a total of 18 credits.

Arts in Health Specialization

GEXTH 5045Arts and Healing

3

GEXTH 6028The Arts in Health: Cultural Context and Meaning

3

or

GEXTH 5010Principles and Practices of Expressive Arts Therapy

3

GEXTH/GCREA
Expressive Therapies/Creativity, Leadership and Social Change: Two courses chosen in consultation with advisor

6

EARED/EARTS
Arts Foundation and Interdisciplinary Arts Courses: One course chosen in consultation with Community Arts and Arts in Health faculty advisors

3

Integrated Arts Specialization

EARED 6100Arts Integration, Literacy, and Common Core

3

EARTS 6105Multiple Perspectives Through Music

3

EARED/EARTS
Arts Foundation and Interdisciplinary Arts Courses: Four courses chosen in consultation with advisor

12

Equity, Access, and Inclusion Specialization

EARED 6003Equity, Access, and Inclusion through Arts Based Inquiry

3

EARTS 6101Art and Culture in Community

3

EARED/EARTS
Arts Foundation and Interdisciplinary Arts Courses: Four courses chosen in consultation with advisor

12

Theater Studies Specialization

EARED 5009Drama and Critical Literacy

3

EARED 6091Transformational Leadership Through Drama

3

EARED/EARTS
Arts Foundation and Interdisciplinary Arts Courses: Four courses chosen in consultation with advisor

12

Visual Art Specialization

EARTS 6103Literacy and the Arts: Vision and Voice

3

EARTS 6006Power of the Image: Media Literacy

3

EARED/EARTS
Arts Foundation and Interdisciplinary Arts Courses: Four courses chosen in consultation with advisor

12