Offered by Department of Music

Music Education
Master of Arts in Education Degree

This program is offered online only.

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, Wind Band Pedagogy - 3 hours
        • MUS 895P, Choral Pedagogy - 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.