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Art Education Ph.D.
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.)
Program type:
Major
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
3-6 years
Credit Hours:
42 (with Master's)
Intersectional research across art, education, and philosophical/social/cultural theory
and practice, in the ONLY Art Education Ph.D. program in the state of Texas.
The Department of Art Education rigorously prepares innovative arts education professionals
for a dynamic educational landscape, through critical inquiry, creative research and
acts of transformative making, and intersectional perspectives and implications for
just and sustainable futures.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn a Doctorate in Art Education?
To become a leader in the fields of art and education in higher education, museums, and non-profit organizations both nationally and internationally. The program is highly individualized, enabling students to explore in depth their areas of research in relation to the field and faculty expertise.
Marketable Skills
- Academic writing
- Analysis of primary and secondary sources
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Origination of innovative educational theories
- Multicultural/diversity competencies
Art Education Ph.D. Highlights
Students work closely with faculty and advisors to design innovative and original
research projects that make significant contributions to the theory and practice of
art education.
Students are mentored by caring faculty through professional development opportunities
such as presentations, publications, and research collaborations.
Students get the opportunity to collaborate with the Onstead Institute for Education
in the Visual Arts and Design.
UNT offers unique opportunities to collaborate with the African American Museum of Dallas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Crow Museum
of Asian Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Meadows Museum and Modern
Art Museum of Fort Worth.
State-of-the-art facilities include the Visual Resources Collection with 65,000 digital
images and more than 1,000 films; Computer labs with new technology and cutting-edge
hardware and software; and 150,000 square feet of specialized classrooms, studios
and galleries.
The program offers financial support through competitive scholarships and teaching
assistantships and fellowships.
Career Outlook
Our graduates further their careers by becoming leaders in the fields of art and education in higher education, museums, and non-profit organizations both nationally and internationally.
Art Education Ph.D. Courses You Could Take
Visual Culture Theories and Pedagogy (3 hrs)
Examination of theories, concepts, practices and debates that frame contemporary understandings
of visual culture and visual studies education through a wide range of images, sites,
films and media culture/technologies.
Politics of Aesthetics (3 hrs)
Examination of aesthetics in the visual arts through visual discrimination and critical
thinking in relation to the historical and sociopolitical influences.
Curriculum Theory in Art Education (3 hrs)
Processes for developing and sequencing the curriculum and methodologies for the assessment
of educational programs and student learning in art for elementary and secondary public
schools and higher education.
Advanced Research Methods in Art Education (3 hrs)
Students conduct an in-depth investigation of a research methodology used by art education
and education researchers, including epistemological, methodological and ethical issues
and debates that surround it.
Theory and Research of Lived Experience for Art Educators (3 hrs)
Specially designed for art educators. Introduces students to basic phenomenological
theory, key philosophers within the phenomenological field, and methods of descriptive
analysis with particular emphasis on phenomenology’s own relationship to the arts.
Critical Art Education (3 hrs)
Introduction to theoretical frameworks and current research in critical art education,
with particular emphasis on the relationship between art education and social inequality
and change.
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