Students in the undergraduate portion of the program will make a formal application to the graduate level of the program during the fall semester of their senior year. 

At the end of Internship I, during senior year, students have a final review that serves as their interview for graduate school. Provisional acceptance is not final until the MAT faculty has determined eligibility for entrance into the graduate school year.

Entrance requirements to the M.A.T. graduate program for B.F.A./M.A.T students are as follows:

• Completed undergraduate degree in studio art from MICA
• Minimum of 30 credits in studio and 9 credits in art history/criticism
• Minimum 3.0 GPA, and a B or better in all required art education courses taken in the undergraduate program
• 18 credits of MICA art education courses outlined in the BFA/MAT degree plan in coordination with the MAT undergraduate coordinator
• Overall passing score on the Praxis Teacher Examination
• Personal statement
• Portfolio of studio work
• Personal interview with an undergraduate coordinator chair and/or faculty
• Criminal background check: BFA/MAT students must pass a criminal background check prior to the beginning of their fifth before they can take ED 5308 Teaching Internship II

Each semester graduate students have a departmental review with the Art Education faculty. This review is used to evaluate and advise students on their progress. Students given a satisfactory rating by faculty may continue with their program of study. Students who do not meet the minimum academic requirements and/or who do not demonstrate the knowledge, dispositions, behaviors, and performance consistent with program expectations will be ineligible for continuation.

The art education coursework for the M.A.T. graduate program begins in the fall. A program plan developed with the graduate director of Art Education sets forth the sequence of courses for each student.

Many art education courses involve travel to sites in the schools and local museums, and student teaching involves daily travel to school placements, many within neighboring counties. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from these off-campus sites, and graduate students should make arrangements to have use of a car for use during the fifth year of the program.