Music with a Concentration in Music Education (MM)
Overview
The Master of Music with a Concentration in Music Education (MM) program provides graduate level study in teaching at the elementary, secondary, college, and university levels.
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the graduate program in music, prospective candidates must first meet all requirements for graduate admission to UT Rio Grande Valley, as well as the other requirements listed below:
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a recognized international equivalent in a similar or related field.
- Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours.
- Three letters of recommendation from professional or academic sources.
- Letter of intent detailing reasons for pursuing the graduate degree.
- Submission of an essay on professional goals
- Resume including educational background and work experience.
- Personal interview
- Applicants will need to provide video recording sample of their teaching and include a corresponding lesson plan. Length should be approximately 30 minutes. This recording may be either a guest coaching of a UTRGV ensemble (to be arranged by the graduate advisor and/or the ensemble director), or video of classroom/private teaching.
Application for admission must be submitted prior to the published deadline. The application is available at www.utrgv.edu/gradapply.
Additional Requirements
For the thesis option MUSI 7300, MUSI 7301 will require a research study designed to produce new and original conclusions and knowledge. The student must prepare a formal proposal that must be approved by the thesis committee. Approval of the final paper by the thesis committee will be a required for graduation. The student must also successfully defend the thesis.
For the non thesis option a Final Project (MUSI 6390) will require preparation of an original project approved by an advisory committee in the School of Music. This final project can be completed by various means and should reflect the interests and expertise of each student.
All students in this concentration must pass a general written and oral comprehensive exam designed and administered by the student’s advisory committee at the end of the degree program.
Program Requirements
Required Courses - 6 Hours
Concentration Courses - 6 Hours
This degree plan includes courses that appear in more than one section of the degree plan. These courses can only be used to fulfill one requirement on the degree plan and credit hours will only be applied once.
Choose two from the following:
Prescribed Electives – 18 Hours
Music Theory
Choose two from the following:
Music History
This degree plan includes courses that appear in more than one section of the degree plan. These courses can only be used to fulfill one requirement on the degree plan and credit hours will only be applied once.
Choose two from the following:
| MUSI 6348 | History of American Music Education | 3 |
| MUSI 6360 | Music History & Literature | 3 |
| MUSI 6362 | Music History and Literature - 20th and 21st Century | 3 |
| MUSI 6366 | Music History and Literature - Wind Band | 3 |
| MUSI 6367 | Music History and Literature - Medieval and Renaissance | 3 |
| MUSI 6368 | Music History and Literature - Baroque | 3 |
| MUSI 6369 | Music History and Literature - Music for the Stage | 3 |
| MUSI 6370 | Seminar in Music and Culture | 3 |
| MUSI 6371 | World Music Cultures | 3 |
| MUSI 6372 | Studies in Music & Gender | 3 |
| MUSI 6373 | Music of Africa and the African Diaspora | 3 |
| MUSI 6374 | Music of Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| MUSI 6375 | Music, Race & Ethnicity | 3 |
| MUSI 6381 | Music History and Literature - 18th Century (Classical) | 3 |
| MUSI 6382 | Music History and Literature - 19th Century (Romantic) | 3 |
Additional Music Elective
Choose any six hours from 6000-level MUSI, MUEN, and MUAP course(s).
Exam Requirements
All students in this concentration must pass the exit exams designed and administered by the student’s advisory committee at the end of the degree program.
Written Comprehensive Exam
Oral Comprehensive Exam
Non-thesis Option
Final Project - 6 Hours
| Choose any combination of three hours in MUSI, MUEN, and MUAP courses | |
| MUSI 6390 | Final Project | 3 |
Thesis Option
Thesis - 6 Hours
Total Credit Hours: 36