Music Education Concentration

This program is designed to meet the needs of teachers in the field of professional music education who possess a valid teaching license. Students will be required to audition in their primary performing area or submit a video recording of their teaching. 

Diagnostic examinations in music history and music theory are given to all entering graduate students on the day prior to the starting date of each semester.  The results will assist the faculty in helping the student plan appropriate courses in the program of study. Deficiencies may be made-up after matriculation; however, no graduate credit will be allowed for such work.

Students who elect to not write a thesis must complete a research paper that must be approved by the major advisor in consultation with the other members of the student's graduate committee. All students are required  to pass an oral examination.

Required Core: Hours
Mus 5000 Research in Music 3
Mus 5050 Seminar in Music Education 3

Group A -- Select six hours from the following
Mus 5010 Directed Studies in Music 3
Mus 5020 Directed Studies in Music 3
Mus 5140 Marching Band Techniques 3
Mus 5260 Materials & Techniques of Instrumental Instruction 3
Mus 5270 Vocal Pedagogy 3
Mus 5280 Piano Pedagogy 3
Mus 5380 Choral Techniques 3
Mus 5990 Thesis 6

Group B Select 11 hours from the following or any remaining courses in Group A
Mus 5060 Music Analysis 3
Mus 5070 Music Analysis 3
Mus 5110 Composition 3
Mus 5120 Composition 3
Mus 5310 Survey of Piano Literature 3
Mus 5320 Survey of Guitar Literature 3
Mus 5330 Music Before 1750 3
Mus 5340 Music from 1750 to 1900 3
Mus 5350 Music After 1900 3
Mus 5370 Art Song Literature 3
Mus 5390 Choral Literature 3
Mus 5420 Symphonic Literature 3
Mus 5430 Chamber Music Literature 3
Mus 5450 Opera Literature 3
Mus 5460 Music of Many Cultures 3
Mus 5550 Music for the Band 3
Mus 5800 Advanced Conducting 3
Mus 5810 Orchestration 3
Individual Instruction (Maximum of four hours credit, one or two hours per semester)
Ensemble (Maximum of two hours credit)

GROUP C -- Select two courses for the Education Minor*:
EDUC 6400 Social/Cultural Foundations in Education 3
EDUC 6800 Seminar on Teaching Effectiveness 3
EDUC 6500 Seminar on Curriculum Improvement & Construction 3

GROUP D -- Select one of the following courses or any remaining course in Group C to complete the Education Minor
EDUC 5200 Evaluation of Teaching and Learning 3
HUM 5060 Recent Trends in the Humanities 3
PSY 5320 * Learning and Behavioral Disorders 3
PSY 5040 * Behavior Modification: Theories and Practice 3 TOTAL 32
*Permission of the instructor