Degrees Offered with a Major in Music Education
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Music
- Without a Concentration
- Concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- Concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- Concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- Concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- Concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- Concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- Concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- Concentration in Performance
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- optional second concentration in Sacred Music
- Concentration in Piano Pedagogy
- optional second concentration in Choral Conducting
- optional second concentration in Composition
- optional second concentration in Electronic Music
- optional second concentration in Ethnomusicology
- optional second concentration in Instrumental Conducting
- optional second concentration in Music Business and Entrepreneurship
- optional second concentration in Music History and Literature
- optional second concentration in Music Theory
- optional second concentration in Performance
Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
School of Music Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUC 5315 | Introduction to Electroacoustic Music | 3 |
| MUC 6444 | Composition of Electronic Music | 3 |
| MUC 6445 | Electroacoustic Music Composition: Digital I | 3 |
| MUC 6446 | Electroacoustic Music Composition--Digital II | 3 |
| MUC 6625 | Jazz Composition and Arranging | 3 |
| MUC 6930 | Graduate Composition | 3 |
| MUC 6932 | Composition Seminar | 1-3 |
| MUC 7447 | Advanced Seminar in Electroacoustic Music | 3 |
| MUC 7931 | Advanced Graduate Composition | 3 |
| MUC 7938 | Seminar in Digital Sound Processing, Control, and Composition | 3 |
| MUE 5336C | Teaching Secondary Choral Music | 3 |
| MUE 5338C | Teaching Instrumental Music | 3 |
| MUE 5941L | Internship in Music Teaching | 3 |
| MUE 6080 | Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education | 3 |
| MUE 6385 | Music in Higher Education | 3 |
| MUE 6399 | Creative Thinking in Music | 3 |
| MUE 6444 | Materials and Methods of String Class Teaching | 2 |
| MUE 6497 | Public School Orchestral Literature | 2 |
| MUE 6647 | Trends in Teaching and Learning Music | 3 |
| MUE 6696 | Technology Assisted Music Learning | 3 |
| MUE 6747 | Assessing Music Learning | 3 |
| MUE 6785 | Research in Music Education | 3 |
| MUE 6790 | Capstone Project for Music Education | 3 |
| MUE 6931 | Instructional Design in Music Education | 3 |
| MUE 7045 | Seminar in Music Teacher Education | 3 |
| MUE 7046 | Sociology of Music Education | 3 |
| MUE 7746 | Measurement and Evaluation of Music | 3 |
| MUE 7784 | Quantitative Research Methods | 3 |
| MUE 7786 | Qualitative Research in Music Education | 3 |
| MUE 7924 | Doctoral Colloquium in Music Education | 0 |
| MUE 7938 | Music Education Seminar | 3 |
| MUG 6105 | Graduate Conducting | 3 |
| MUG 6227 | Advanced Choral Rehearsal Techniques | 3 |
| MUG 7106 | Advanced Graduate Conducting | 3 |
| MUH 5219 | Graduate Music History Review | 3 |
| MUH 5505 | Introduction to Ethnomusicology | 3 |
| MUH 5684 | Introduction to Historical Musicology | 3 |
| MUH 6515 | Musics of the World | 3 |
| MUH 6526 | American Vernacular Music | 3 |
| MUH 6535 | African Popular Music and Globalization | 3 |
| MUH 6538 | Jazz, Hip Hop, and African Connections | 3 |
| MUH 6545 | The Guitar in Latin American Culture | 3 |
| MUH 6548 | Seminar in Caribbean Music | 3 |
| MUH 6549 | Seminar in Brazilian Music | 3 |
| MUH 6635 | Seminar in American Music | 3 |
| MUH 6665 | History of Opera | 3 |
| MUH 6671 | Seminar in Renaissance Music | 3 |
| MUH 6672 | Seminar in Baroque Music | 3 |
| MUH 6673 | Seminar in Classical Music | 3 |
| MUH 6674 | Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Music | 3 |
| MUH 6675 | Seminar in Twentieth-Century Music | 3 |
| MUH 6725 | Timbre: Critical Discussions | 3 |
| MUH 6726 | Music and Audience | 3 |
| MUH 6931 | Nationalism in Music | 3 |
| MUH 6935 | Special Topics in Music History | 3 |
| MUH 7411 | Medieval and Renaissance Notation | 3 |
| MUH 7938 | Musicology Seminar | 3 |
| MUL 6486 | Piano Literature | 3 |
| MUL 6495 | Graduate Organ Literature | 3 |
| MUL 6505 | Symphonic Literature | 3 |
| MUL 6555 | Survey of Wind Literature | 3 |
| MUL 6565 | Chamber Music Literature | 3 |
| MUL 6645 | Choral Literature | 3 |
| MUM 6007 | Strategic Music Entrepreneurship Development | 3 |
| MUM 6008 | Foundations of Music Business | 3 |
| MUM 6501 | Music Production in Commercial Media | 3 |
| MUM 6502C | Music Production in Commercial Media | 3 |
| MUM 6565C | Multimedia Production for the Music Industry | 3 |
| MUN 6010 | Graduate Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6019 | Ensemble Participation | 0 |
| MUN 6125 | Concert Band | 1 |
| MUN 6135 | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUN 6145 | Symphonic Wind Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6215 | University Orchestra | 1 |
| MUN 6315 | Concert Choir | 1 |
| MUN 6325 | Chorale | 1 |
| MUN 6335 | Glee Club | 1 |
| MUN 6445 | Percussion Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6496 | World Music Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6497 | New Music Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6649 | Musical Theatre Instrumental Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6715 | Jazz Band | 1 |
| MUN 6816 | Steel Drum Ensemble | 1 |
| MUN 6835 | World Music Ensemble - African Popular Music Ensemble | 1 |
| MUR 6206 | Survey of Hymnody | 3 |
| MUR 6705 | Sacred Music Literature | 3 |
| MUS 6685 | Psychology of Music | 3 |
| MUS 6716 | Methods of Musical Research and Bibliography | 3 |
| MUS 6905 | Projects and Problems | 1-3 |
| MUS 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 |
| MUS 6940 | Supervised Teaching | 1-5 |
| MUS 6971 | Research for Master's Thesis | 1-15 |
| MUS 6973 | Individual Project | 1-10 |
| MUS 7656 | Teaching Music and the Creative Process | 3 |
| MUS 7905 | Projects and Problems | 1-3 |
| MUS 7941 | Internship | 1-12 |
| MUS 7951 | Individual Project | 1-6 |
| MUS 7955 | Preparation for Doctoral Project | 1-6 |
| MUS 7956 | Doctoral Project | 1-6 |
| MUS 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| MUS 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
| MUT 6051 | Graduate Music Theory Review | 3 |
| MUT 6177 | Graduate Jazz Theory | 3 |
| MUT 6445 | Advanced Counterpoint | 3 |
| MUT 6531 | Figured Bass and Continuo Performance | 3 |
| MUT 6565 | Late Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Styles | 3 |
| MUT 6576 | Contemporary Styles | 3 |
| MUT 6617 | Approaches to Theoretical Analysis in Music Education | 3 |
| MUT 6627 | Seminar in Reductive Analysis | 3 |
| MUT 6629 | Analytical Techniques | 3 |
| MUT 6751 | Pedagogy of Music Theory | 3 |
| MUT 6936 | Music Theory Seminar | 1-3 |
| MUT 7316 | Advanced Orchestration | 3 |
| MUT 7585 | Seminar in Musical Style | 3 |
| MUT 7760 | History of Music Theory | 3 |
| MVK 5156 | Improvisational Keyboard Skills and Related Technology | 2 |
| MVK 6605 | Organ Pedagogy | 3 |
| MVO 6250 | Secondary Music Performance | 1-3 |
| MVO 6460 | Music Performance-MM | 3 |
| MVO 7461 | Music Performance-DMA | 3 |
| MVS 6651 | String Pedagogy I | 3 |
| MVV 6651 | Vocal Pedagogy | 3 |
College of the Arts Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HUM 5357 | Creativity and Health: Foundations of the Arts in Medicine | 3 |
| HUM 5366 | Foundations of Arts in Public Health | 3 |
| HUM 5367 | Arts in Public Health Practice | 3 |
| HUM 5595 | Arts in Medicine in Practice | 3 |
| HUM 6308 | Arts and Compassion | 3 |
| HUM 6350 | The Art of Self-Care | 3 |
| HUM 6352 | Art and Design in the Environment of Care | 3 |
| HUM 6353 | Arts in Medicine Professional Seminar | 3 |
| HUM 6354 | Arts in Medicine Advanced Professional Seminar | 3 |
| HUM 6355 | Arts in Medicine Summer Intensive | 3 |
| HUM 6358 | Arts in Medicine Capstone Proposal | 2 |
| HUM 6359 | Arts in Medicine Capstone | 3 |
| HUM 6365 | Collaborating Across Disciplines: The Arts Therapies | 3 |
| HUM 6375 | The Arts and Human Development | 3 |
| HUM 6596 | Arts in Medicine Capstone | 4 |
| HUM 6597 | Research and Evaluation in Arts in Medicine | 3 |
| HUM 6886 | Coding and Narrative Analysis in Arts in Health | 2 |
| HUM 6930 | Special Topics in Fine Arts | 1-3 |
| HUM 6942 | Arts in Medicine Graduate Practicum | 3 |
| HUM 6944 | Arts in Action: Consulting Project in Performing Arts Management | 3 |
| HUM 6947 | Arts and Public Health Professional Seminar | 3 |
| HUM 6948 | Arts and Public Health Practicum | 3 |
music education (Ph.D.)
SLO 1
Knowledge
Describe, analyze, apply, and discuss, orally and in writing, content knowledge related to music education, music teacher education, and music education research.
SLO 2
Skills
Examine questions in music education through the collection and analysis of data that results in informed conclusions communicated in writing.
SLO 3
Professional Behavior
Effectively communicate through a prepared and purposeful oral presentation designed to increase knowledge, foster understanding, and inform listeners' attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.
MUSIC EDUCATION (M.M.)
SLO 1
Research Project
Identify and carry out a research project that is appropriate and contributes to the discipline of music education.
SLO 2
Synthesis & Application
Synthesize and apply knowledge from the major area of emphasis, as well as from any pertinent secondary and cognate areas.
SLO 3
Practical Application
Translate knowledge into practical application in teaching, research, and written scholarship.
SLO 4
Essential Techniques
Identify and apply essential techniques of research and theory relevant to their area of expertise within the discipline.
SLO 5
Professional Behavior
Employ ethical behaviors, cultural sensitivity, teamwork skills, collegiality, and communication skills relevant to working in the music education profession.