Address complex social issues, experiment with new ideas and materials, and shape art and design's role in social change and transformation, in collaboration with schools, community, and cultural organizations.<br>The BFA/MA in Art and Design Education with initial New York State teacher certification (visual arts, all grades) is a unique opportunity for students to complete both the undergraduate and graduate degrees in Art and Design Education at Pratt in five years thus reducing time and cost requirements. Students follow the BFA program: all first-year students take the Foundation program's core curriculum, along with required art history and liberal arts courses, and begin the art and design education<br>curriculum in the fall of the sophomore year. Within the BFA portion of the BFA/MA in Art and Design Education, students can opt to pursue two different paths during the BFA portion of the five-year program: one in art and design education with New York State certification and one in community art and design education. On successful completion of the BFA, students enter the MA portion of the five-year program (fall entry only). This unique graduate year provides students with opportunities to explore<br>fields related to art and design education such as museum education or community- based art and design education and to undertake a research project.