The Art Education area at Tyler serves and celebrates the community that surrounds the University. Its programs send talented teachers into neighborhood schools, enliven the visual landscape with inspiring public artwork, and enrich the cultural climate of the city by sponsoring multimedia and performing arts collaborations that build relationships within and among the neighborhoods of North Philadelphia.

The BSEd in Art Education with teaching certification prepares students to qualify for the Pennsylvania Teaching Certification in Art, for grades K–12. The program marries a liberal arts perspective on art with top-notch teacher training to create flexible, well-rounded instructors. The degree accomplishes this goal by combining a rigorous course of study in studio art, art history, art education, education and Temple’s General Education Curriculum, with a real-world series of field placements in Philadelphia schools, at all grade levels, that allows students to pinpoint their interests and teaching capabilities.

Students take studio art courses across multiple disciplines, including courses in Community Arts, an area that offers coursework at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Tyler’s Community Arts Program works in partnership with community organizations, schools, and artists in North Philadelphia to develop and deliver university courses, after-school workshops, school residencies, intergenerational forums, and critically-acclaimed interdisciplinary exhibitions and performances that are based on the lives and stories of North Philadelphia.

Field internships and involvement with community arts projects give BSEd candidates the opportunity to be real collaborators who make a positive impact on urban communities even as undergraduates, a factor which has contributed significantly to the program’s excellent placement rate for graduating students.

Tyler facilities include studios for painting, drawing, basic design, and printmaking, 3-dimensional design, photography, and digital imaging. Students take advantage of state-of-the-art facilities in the Tuttleman Learning Center and the Student Tech Center.  Students are encouraged to explore the many resources available to them in Philadelphia’s museums and galleries, as well as further afield at the Temple Rome program and Temple University in Japan.

Students may earn their BSEd in Art Education with faculty approval after successfully completing 122 credits of coursework with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Pennsylvania certification standards require that students maintain a 3.0 average overall and achieve passing scores.