Music Education

This major is available on the thesis and non-thesis options. Both options require a minimum of 33 semester hours. A minimum of 15 semester hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for the thesis option and a minimum of 12 semester hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for the non-thesis option.

 

Required:

  Graduate Music Core:

    Music Theory: 580:210; 580:211.....6 hours

    Music History and Musicology: 590:222.....3 hours

    One course from the following - 590:110, 590:111, 590:112, 590:114, 590:115.....3 hours

  Music Education core:

    Research in Music Education and Methods: 570:221.....3 hours

    Research: 570:299.....3 or 6 hours

      Thesis option (6 hrs.)

      Non-thesis option (3 hrs.)

    Music Education and Methods: 570:230; 570:255; 570:282.....9 hours

  Music Education electives as approved by music education faculty (choose from the following):

    530:1xxg/5xxx (1-2 hrs.), 540:1xxg/5xxx (1-4 hrs.), 560:121, 560:122, 560:135, 560:152, 570:130, 570:145, 570:175, 570:197, 570:287, 580:127, 590:151, 595:131,
    595:140, 595:142.....3 or 6 hours

      Thesis option (3 hrs.)

      Non-thesis option (6 hrs.)

33 hours

 

Thesis Option (contingent on availability of faculty):

Required:

  Research: 570:299 (in lieu of 3 hours of electives)

 

Note: A maximum of 2 hours of ensembles (530:xxx) and 4 hours of applied music (540:xxx) may be counted toward fulfilling minimum degree requirements.