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Kodály Music Education Master of Music (M.M.) in Music – Music Education Specialization
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Requirements and Curriculum
Requirements
Applicants must apply and be admitted by both the Graduate School and the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance to begin this degree program.
You are required to complete a summer residency program on campus each summer and 15 online graduate-level credits. During your final semester of coursework, you must successfully complete a written and oral examination before the master's degree is awarded.
Curriculum
Through this graduate degree, you will take a variety of courses that cover topics such as pedagogy and folk song literature, folk song analysis and retrieval, conducting, Solfège/musicianship, and choir.
On-campus summer courses
- MU 526A – Kodály Training Program Level I (5 cr.)
- MU 526B – Kodály Training Program Level II (5 cr.)
- MU 526C – Kodály Training Program Level III (5 cr.)
Online courses
- MU 510 – Foundations of Music Education (3 cr.) (Summer)
- MU 518 – Analytic Techniques II (3 cr.) (Fall)
- MU 534 – Music of the Romantic Era (3 cr.) (Summer)
- MU 630 – Methods of Music Research (3 cr.) (Spring)
- Electives (3 cr.) - electives vary each semester; you will work with your advisor to choose approved electives
You may be required to take additional coursework as determined by diagnostic examinations and/or your graduate advisor.