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The B.F.A./M.A.T. is a program designed to help students make the transition from artist and student to artist-teacher, one who can construct opportunities for others to make art and engage with it in meaningful ways.

The B.F.A./M.A.T. is a five-year dual degree program designed to help students make the transition from artist to artist-teacher, one who can construct opportunities for others to make art and engage with it in meaningful ways.

Program Overview

The B.F.A./M.A.T. program, housed in the Center for Art Education, is a Maryland State Approved Program for art teacher certification in grades pre-K–12. All students take national teacher exams (Praxis exams) as part of the program; passing scores, as set by the state of Maryland, are required for completion of the program and degree. Maryland maintains reciprocity with 39 other states, which allows for easy transfer of certification. Students with specific destinations in mind should check to see what requirements from other states they might need to consider. In addition to studio, art education, art history/criticism, and internship courses, six credits in the teaching of reading are integrated into the program.

Art educators from MICA have an exemplary reputation for being leaders in the field.

Our Art Education alumni work in the U.S. and abroad, and M.A.T. graduates receive Maryland State certification with reciprocity in almost all 50 states.

MICA art educators are teaching in public elementary, middle, and secondary schools, as well as charter and transformational schools, in Maryland and beyond. They can be found teaching domestically in Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Washington, D.C., and internationally in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Dubai, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.