Offered by Department of Music

Music Education
Master of Arts in Education Degree

MAE in Music Education = 36 hours

  1. Required Music Core Curriculum (12 hours required)
    1. Music Theory
      • Take the following:
        • MUS 801, Music Analysis - 3 hours
    2. Music History/Literature
      • Take 6 hours from:
        • MUS 848, History of Baroque Music - 3 hours
        • MUS 849, History of Classical Music - 3 hours
        • MUS 851, History of Romantic Music - 3 hours
        • MUS 852, History of Twentieth Century Music - 3 hours
        • MUS 899P, Music Special Topics - 1-3 hours
    3. Research
      • Take 3 hours from:
        • TE 800, Educational Research - 3 hours
        • TE 802, Techniques of Research - 3 hours
  2. Music Education Support Courses (18 hours required)
    1. Required Courses
      • Take the following:
        • MUS 800, Foundations of Music Education - 3 hours
      • Take 6 hours from:
        • MUS 814, Aesthetics of Music - 3 hours
        • CSP 800, Advanced Educational Psychology - 3 hours
        • EDAD 831, Social Foundations of Education - 3 hours
        • TE 803, Philosophy of Education - 3 hours
    2. Performance/Pedagogy Electives
      • Take 6 hours from:
        • MUS 809P, Vocal Pedagogy - 3 hours
        • MUS 811P, Woodwind Pedagogy - 3 hours
        • MUS 812P, Brass Pedagogy - 3 hours
        • MUS 813P, Percussion Pedagogy - 3 hours
        • MUS 816P, Special Topics in Piano Pedagogy - 2-3 hours
        • MUS 820P, String Pedagogy - 3 hours
        • MUS 850, Graduate Applied Instruction - 2 hours
        • MUS 857P, Elementary School Music - 3 hours
        • MUS 894P, Workshop in Instrumental Art - 3 hours
        • MUS 895P, Workshop in Choral Art - 3 hours
        • MUS 899P, Music Special Topics - 1-3 hours
    3. Capstone
      • Take the following:
        • MUS 897, Graduate Capstone Project - 3 hours
  3. Electives (6 hours required)
    • Take 6 hours from MUS 800-MUS 899 courses or other graduate courses approved by the Graduate Music Program Committee.

See Music Education Program Information and Admission Requirements for more information about the program.

20 May 2010

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