Which would you choose for Art Education?

AustenNut
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:42:14 +0000

Yes, most colleges have study abroad, but some make it possible to study majors that might be more challenging to study abroad. For instance, people studying history, foreign languages, many humanities, etc. can have an easier time studying abroad. Programs for science majors, engineers, architects, and education can be more challenging. Sometimes those people need to take a lot of their electives or distribution requirements while they’re abroad. But sometimes universities have programs where students can continue to study their major while abroad. I do know that there are some schools that have education/teaching exchange programs in the UK, and perhaps in other locations as well. Do any of these schools have those kinds of study abroad options?

Right now your daughter wants to study art education. But if there are alternative careers/majors she’s considering, whether it’s art therapy, arts management, etc, then I would also look at those other degree programs and how much of the coursework overlaps in the first couple of years (i.e. when most students change majors). As none of these fields seem as though they would be high demand (unlike computer science), I doubt there would be much difficulty changing majors even if it is from one college to another.

Would that $60k (the difference across 4-years) change what might end up happening for your D’s experience? Whether that’s having season sports tickets or theater or ballet tickets at her college, or having a single room after freshman year? Does that mean multiple study abroad experiences over the summer, or parental support while taking unpaid internships that provide valuable experience? Or is this money for grad school or a house down payment or…? Or would all of these extra/supplementary experiences be possible at UTK as well as at one of her less expensive options?