BAE Admission Information
Applications are reviewed once a year at the beginning of spring quarter.
Entrance into the BAE program through the Department of Art Education is competitive. Students may apply in their sophomore or junior year. Students will start the Art Education Core program only in their senior year. To be eligible for review, students must complete the following criteria:
- To ensure compliance and have a credit check completed follow the requirements of the BAE program and complete a consultation with an Arts Advisor through the College of the Arts & Sciences Advising and Academic Services Office, Room 050 Denney Hall (614.292.2244) (artsadvising@osu.edu)
- Successfully complete Introduction to Art Education (Art Ed 225) with a grade of B or better
- Successfully complete “First Year English Composition” with a grade of C or better
- Have no more than the following number of unfulfilled GEC, Educational Studies, or Art credits (non-art education courses):
- 15 credits (unfulfilled at the start of the Core program) if applying as a junior (to begin the subsequent autumn quarter)
- 60 credits (unfulfilled at the time of application) if applying as a sophomore (to be deferred until the senior year)
- Have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 or better, including transfer credit (have combined GPA determined by Arts Advising).
- Have all transcripts of prior coursework outside of OSU evaluated by Admissions and all transferred coursework evaluated and registered on the OSU transcript.
These requirements are the minimum for application to the program.
2009 BAE and M.A. Application Packet (pdf file)