A degree in Art Education is for busy educators who have a passion for making and teaching art. Who want to enhance their skills, practice, advance their careers, and change their students' lives through the power of artistic expression. The program in the College of Education provides students with an intensive, hands-on, process-oriented instruction in a supportive atmosphere.

Our program is committed to preparing a new generation of educators and scholars by engaging them in critical inquiry of educational issues and needs germane to the large cities of the 21st century. You’ll gain knowledge and tools that facilitate conceptual understanding, defensible practices, and learning dispositions.

Our Early Education program prepares candidates for a Birth-Kindergarten Michigan Standard Teaching Certificate. The Elementary Education prepares candidates for either a P-Grade 3 OR Grade 3-Grade 6 Michigan Elementary Standard Teaching Certificate. Our program is designed to provide quality education to children in a classroom setting.

Our programs prepare you to work in schools, school districts or private organizations as classroom teachers, clinicians, consultants or program coordinators. Our Bilingual Education emphasis or the English as a Second Language emphasis, both may lead you to endorsements.

Secondary Education prepares teachers for education jobs with children in 7-12 grades. Our program leads to a Michigan Secondary Standard Teaching Certificate for teaching in English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies for both bachelor and graduate programs. Our program is designed to provide quality education to children in a classroom setting.

Minors allows undergraduate students in any department across all schools and colleges at Wayne State University to add a minor, which adds skills and knowledge as a credential to their degree programs.