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Philosophy Statement || Accreditation || Admission Requirements || M.A. Music Education || Master of Music Therapy
Administrator: Sister Joan McCusker, I.H.M., Ph.D.
Philosophy Statement
The Master of Arts degree in music education offers music K-12 teachers an opportunity to become exceptional artist-educators at all levels of music teaching and learning. This 36-credit program provides academic and practical training based on current issues and best research practices. The M.A. program guides students through philosophical, historical and psychological foundations of music learning, as well as music K-12 teaching methods. Students may choose concentrations in vocal, instrumental, or general music/music history.
Accreditation
The graduate music program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
Admission Requirements
Admission to the graduate music program is based on University and recommendation of the department audition committee. Applicants must audition, and take entrance exams in music theory and history. Pennsylvania Department of Education requires all applicants to teacher education programs to have a 3.00 undergraduate QPA ("B" average). Courses are offered in fall/spring academic semesters, as well as during summer session and online.
Master of Arts in Music Education
Applicants for the M.A. in Music Education must have an undergraduate degree in music education and hold music K-12 teaching certification. Applicants seeking initial teacher certification should possess an undergraduate degree in music.
Contact Marywood's Education Department for requirements specific to Pennsylvania state teacher certification.
Master of Arts in Music Education
36 semester hours
MAJOR COURSES:
(15 hours required)
| EDUC 502 | Multidisciplinary Foundations of Education |
3
|
| MUSC 506 | Psychology of Music |
3
|
| MUSC 521 | Seminar in Elementary Education |
3
|
| MUSC 522 | Seminar in Secondary Education |
3
|
| MUSC 543 | Introduction to Music Bibliography and Research |
3
|
| OR | ||
| EDUC 501 | Research Theory | 3 |
SUPPORTIVE COURSES: (12 hours required)
| MUSC 501 | Computers and Technology for the Musician |
3
|
| MUSC 511 | Analytical Techniques |
3
|
| MUSC 519 | Seminar in World Music |
3
|
| MUSC 525 | Administration and Supervision of Music Education |
3
|
ELECTIVES: (9 hours)
Music Education/Music History Emphasis:
| * MUSC varies | Seminar in Music History |
3 each
|
| MUSC 527 | History and Philosophy of Music Education |
3
|
| MUSC 528 | Seminar in Working with Special Needs Students |
3
|
*music history seminars offered on rotation: MUSC 507, 512-513, 516-518.
Vocal Emphasis:
| MUSC 530 | Choral Arranging |
3
|
| MUSC 531 | Choral Literature and Conducting |
3
|
| MUSC 545 | Seminar in Vocal Pedagogy I |
3
|
| MUSC 546 | Seminar in Vocal Pedagogy II |
3
|
Instrumental Emphasis:
| MUSC 520 | Instrumental Literature and Conducting |
3
|
| MUSC 526 | Care and Repair of Instruments |
3
|
| MUSC 536 | Instrumental Arranging |
3
|
| MUSC 550-554, 558 | Applied Music |
various
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Two semesters of ensemble participation are required for no credit.