Program Overview
College of Performing and Visual Arts
General Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements
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The graduate certificate program in the School of Art & Design offers an in-depth and individualized course of study. The program provides opportunities for K-12 art educators who are licensed to teach in Colorado and want to be able to teach concurrent enrollment Art classes, as well as appropriately degreed working artists who would like to teach undergraduate classes at a community college level or 4-year university as adjunct faculty. The eighteen credits of coursework completed in the certificate program may also be applied toward the thirty-credit Art and Design M.A. program requirements. Both the M.A. and the certificate are low residency hybrid models consisting of a short course summer residency and coursework conducted mostly online with some planned face-to-face meetings built around a working adult schedule. The certificate is a one-year program consisting of fall, spring, and a short course summer residency with coursework in a hybrid format.
Admission to the Art Studio Graduate Certificate program is approved by the faculty of the School of Art & Design following an evaluation of the applicant's admission materials. At the time of application to the Graduate School, application materials should be sent to: Coordinator of Graduate Studies, School of Art & Design, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 30, Greeley, CO 80639. Application materials include a portfolio of no less than 15 different pieces of current work in the proposed area of study submitted as digitized images in a format which will open on either a Mac or PC (PowerPoint, jpeg, pdf, etc.), a typewritten statement by the applicant elaborating the reasons for pursuing advanced studies in art that is two pages in length and that also serves as an example of writing ability; one professional recommendation, and a current resume. For more information, contact the Coordinator of Graduate Studies.
Prerequisites. Students who have completed an undergraduate degree in art or art education or the equivalent and whose grade point average is a minimum of 3.0 based on the last 60 semester hours of coursework may apply for the Art Studio Graduate Certificate program in the School of Art & Design. An applicant who does not have an undergraduate major in art or art education, or its equivalent, may be required to complete specified coursework or demonstrate competency in specific areas of study before beginning the program.
Certificate Requirements — 18 Credits
Required Core Art Studio Credits — 9 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| ART 525 | Graduate Studio Practice | 3 |
| ART 547 | Multimedia in Arts Studio | 3 |
| ART 590 | Studio Concepts and Application | 3 |
Required Art Studio Elective Credits — 9 credits
Select any courses from the list below to fulfill this requirement. These are Art Studio courses that are repeatable up to 9 credits each, allowing students to customize their area of focus.