Advanced Curriculum for Educators (ACE) Program

The ACE program is designed to provide educators with an opportunity to advance their personal artwork, refresh their teaching amidst a community of like-minded individuals at the graduate level.  The graduate level assumes that the student has mastered the art fundamentals of drawing, design, techniques, color, form, and materials, possess a knowledge of art history and theory, and is ready to apply these principles to the process of developing their unique artistic voice.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
·       K-12 educator
·       Bachelor’s degree
·       Portfolio review 
 
STRUCTURE
·       10 elective CE studio courses for graduate credit
·       Additional electives permitted
·       Includes Summer Academy for Teachers program
·       Certificate awarded upon Completion
·       No time limit
 
ELIGILBLE COURSES
·         Summer Academy for Teachers
·         Six-week Studio-Critique Program
·         Continuing Education studio courses
 
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
·       Signed agreement with instructor, Director of Continuing Education Programs and Graduate Programs Chair specifying the additional work for graduate credit
·       3 – 5 out of class independent projects
·       3 – 4 individual critiques
·       Research paper
 
TUITION
·       $450 per credit, $675 for 1.5 credits
·       42 – 45 hours course + outside work for 1.50 credits @ 14 – 16 hours course work per credit + 14 – 16 hours out of class work
 
For more information, or to enroll email: mkowbuz@pafa.edu or call 215-972-2028.