The 3+2 Secondary and K-12 Licensure Program allows students to complete a B.A. in their academic major with an emphasis in Secondary and K-12 Licensure and a Master of Arts in Education in five years. Students apply to the program by December of their junior year. MUS majors interested in the program need to set up an individualized plan with their MUS and EDUC advisors.  To be accepted into the 3+2 Program, each student must: 

• Provide letters of recommendation from at least one Education Department faculty member and one faculty member from the student's major
• Prove content, as defined by the Colorado Department of Education
• Be accepted into Western's Teacher Licensure Program
• Successfully complete EDUC 340 (by Spring of junior year)
• Be on track to complete all coursework required within the academic major

Upon satisfactory completion of these requirements, students will be designated as "MAED candidates with provisional acceptance." Upon completion of the final undergraduate credits for the Western B.A., students will be designated as "MAED degree-seeking students." Students who have completed all other requirements of the 3+2 Secondary and K-12 Licensure Degree Program and all Western undergraduate requirements, yet choose to leave the MAED program before Year Five, will still have completed the BA in Secondary and K-12 Licensure, have earned 120 credits necessary for a Western undergraduate degree, and be eligible to apply for initial teacher licensure . 

Program Requirements

This program provides students with Art content coursework necessary to earn the State of Colorado License in Art Education for K-12 teaching. Specific Education courses which are also required for Art Education Licensure are arranged through the Education Department (see description under Education). 

 In addition, the student must fulfill the requirements of the K-12 Licensure 3+2 Program (see description under Education), and the following:

It is recommended that students majoring in the Art Education Licensure Emphasis include COM 119 Introduction to Film and MUS 140 Introduction to Music (GT-AH1), in their General Education Liberal Arts Area III electives.