Courses

    Introduces basic descriptive, experimental, and qualitative research methods, including sampling, design, data collection, and analysis. Students review published music research and conduct one original research study. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED) graduate students only.
    Comparative study and application of the principles of string teaching. In-depth analysis of individual instrument pedagogy and application to advanced studio and class teaching. Historical survey of major violin, viola, cello, and double bass pedagogues. Includes apprenticeship teaching. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Department enforced restriction, graduate students in music education. Same as MUSC 4313. Offered spring only.

    For graduate music education majors. Same as MUSC 4443. Offered spring only.

    For graduate music education majors. Same as MUSC 4583. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Surveys historical and philosophical bases of contemporary music education. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED) graduate students only.

    Explores curricular models for music education. Emphasizes comprehensive musicianship and standards-based frameworks for curriculum and development. Changed description: Department enforced restriction, graduate students in music education. Offered spring of even-numbered years.

    May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED-MMUE) graduate students only.
    Provides an overview of psychological concepts relevant to music teaching and learning. Topics include learning theories, selected individual difference variables (motivation, anxiety, creativity, and personality), physiological structures related to hearing, psychoacoustics, and approaches to examining musical ability (e.g. brain research, music aptitude, and skill acquisition). Offered spring only. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides an overview of traditional and contemporary approaches to music assessment. Topics include psychometrics, standardized tests, test construction, grade reports, and student portfolios. Offered on a rotating basis during summer session. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music Education (MMED-MMUE) graduate students only.
    Studies sociological perspectives related to music education. Topics include functions and uses of music; teacher and student role/identity development; social aspects of music performance, and cultural perspectives on music learning. Recommended prereq., MUSC 6113. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED) graduate students only.

    Explores four topics (reflective/critical thinking, teacher effectiveness, cultural/program contexts, teachers' lives/career development) relevant to long-term teacher development. Includes individualized feedback on teaching. Open to graduate students in music education and performance-pedagogy. Offered spring of odd-numbered years. Restricted to MME+ students in their second or third year of the program. Recommended prereq., MUSC 6113 and/or significant teaching experience.

    Provides a structured, collaborative environment for graduate students with K-12 teaching duties to apply the content from music education courses to their current pedagogical environments. Students will apply inquiry strategies as they design and implement an applied project that synthesizes specific theoretical or conceptual areas. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music Education (MMED-MMUE) graduate students only.
    Topics include oral history, archival collections, data verification, and critiquing/publishing research. Students conduct one original research study. Offered spring of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music Education (MMED-MMUE) doctoral students only.
    Topics include sampling, questionnaire development, research design, intermediate and advanced statistics, presenting/publishing research, and research ethics. Students conduct an original research study. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED) graduate students only.
    Topics include qualitative research traditions, site and participant selection, data collection and analysis methods, quality standards, and research ethics. Students conduct an original research study. Offered fall of odd-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED) graduate students only.
    Provides an advanced study of topics central to the music education profession. Requires class presentations and a major paper or project. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) or Music Education (MMED) graduate students only.

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