Bachelor of Art Education - University of New South Wales

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Program code: 4801
Faculty: College of Fine Arts
Min.years: 4 years
UOC (per year/total): 48/192
Semester 2 entry: Yes
Est. first year tuition: A$20,640
Est. fee to complete: A$92,560
Assumed knowledge: None

What is Art Education?

The Bachelor of Art Education is a four-year fulltime degree designed to meet the community’s need for art and design educators with highly
developed integrated skills in art education and fine arts. A Professional Experience Program includes fieldwork undertaken in a variety of educational, community and industry settings.

Program Description 

Learning and teaching are fundamental to all societies. They play a crucial role in the initiation of young people into the knowledge, skills and values of the community.   Within this framework, art education offers students a unique insight into the role that creative visual ideas play in the development of society.  Teaching in the area of art encourages students to examine and respond to the world around them.  Art education provides an intellectual basis for the interpretation and interrogation of objects, images and environments in the world.

Art Education at COFA provides a comprehensive and integrated program of study. Students acquire a sound foundation in studio practice, methods of art history, educational practice and professional experience in schools and in related educational settings, for example, museums and galleries.

The Bachelor of Art Education is a four-year full-time degree in art education and specialist fine arts studies. It combines the creativity of art and design with the extensive research and teaching facilities of UNSW.  The program includes professional experiences in teaching in a variety of educational settings in preparation for the full session Teaching Internship. It is possible to complete the Bachelor of Art Education with honours and proceed into either classroom based practice or a research degree.

Art Education can be studied as a second degree to achieve a teaching qualification following a specialist fine arts, visual arts or digital media degree.

Program Structure

FINE ARTS MAJOR
Drawing/Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture/ Performance/Installation, Photomedia, Time Based Art, Ceramics, Jewellery, Textiles
YEAR 1
Foundations of Art & Design Education, Making Curriculum in Art & Design, Learning & Teaching: Practice & Structure, Special Education, Professional Experience, Foundation Studies in Fine Arts, Mapping the Modern, Mapping the Postmodern
YEAR 2
Learning & Teaching: Language & Communication, Educational Psychology, Practices of Research in Art, Design & Education, Professional Experience, Fine Arts Major courses, Open Electives, General Education
YEAR 3
Learning & Teaching: Classroom Management, Sociology of Education, Curriculum Studies in Art & Design Education, Practices of Art & Design History in Education, Professional Experience, Fine Arts Major courses, Open Elective, Art Education Elective
YEAR 4
Aesthetics in Art, Design & Education, Philosophical Issues in Education, Professional Experience Internship, Open Elective, General Education

Career Opportunities

Graduates are able to teach Visual Arts, Visual Design, Photography and Digital Media in primary, secondary schools and tertiary educational
contexts and a range of community, cultural and industry settings, including as artists and designers, curriculum development officers, art
and design critics and theorists, and as educators in museums, galleries, community and local government organisations.

Professional Recognition

The Bachelor of Art Education is recognised by the Department of Education and Training in New South Wales, and the Independent Schools Association, as well as most other Australian States and Territories and overseas.